Arts & Economic Prosperity 6
Change the conversation.
The arts uplift, educate, and inspire.
In 2017, the nonprofit arts industry generated $166.3 billion in economic activity, supporting 4.6 million jobs and generating $27.5 billion in government revenue. Guess how many arts organizations were partially responsible? It’s less than you think.
Just over 100,000 nonprofit arts organizations and hundreds of thousands more individual artists and administrators continuously create content and experiences for families, schools, donors, businesses, and communities from modest rural towns to large urban metropolitan centers.
The Greater Hartford Arts Council is embarking on a region-wide survey to examine the economic impact of our local arts and culture organizations and their audiences. Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6) is the sixth national study conducted by Americans for the Arts to gauge the economic impact (on employment, government revenue, and household income) of spending by nonprofit arts and culture organizations and the event-related spending by their audiences.
From May 2022 through April 2023, the Arts Council will be partnering with arts organizations to conduct on-site surveys with audiences across our 34-town service area.
The Arts mean business. Still need some convincing? Watch the video.
Organizational Partners
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The CT Forum
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HartBeat Ensemble
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Night Fall Hartford
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Raytheon Technologies
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TheaterWorks Hartford
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Noah Webster House
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Hill-Stead Museum
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New Britain Museum of American Art
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Real Art Ways
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Ballet Hartford
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Workspace Manchester
Is your organization eligible as a partner?
We are so excited that AEP6 is finally here and we want YOU to be a part of it!
Traditional nonprofits (arts and culture organizations, programs, events, venues, and facilities): including, but not limited to, performing arts, galleries, and museums
Municipally owned/operated (institutions, programs, venues, and facilities): including, but not limited to, state colleges, city-operated museums or galleries
Unincorporated (community arts and culture organizations and programs)
Fiscally sponsored arts and culture organizations, programs, events venues, and facilities
Arts and cultural programs embedded in non-arts organizations: including, but not limited to, faith-based organizations, community/senior centers, health facilities, and libraries
Living collections: botanical gardens, zoos, aquariums, etc
Historical and heritage societies
Private arts councils
Municipal arts agencies: including, but not limited to, arts commission or a department of cultural affairs
If your organization is for profit/commercial business or an individual artist, then you are not eligible for AEP6.
Contact AEP6 Coordinator Abhiram Khade with any questions.
Do you have an event that would be perfect for AEP6?
Here’s how to participate as a partner.
We are thrilled that you and your organization would like to partner with us for the AEP6 survey! Here are 5 unique ways you can join the cause:
Pledge to take organization survey and collect audience-intercept surveys with in-house volunteers at your event
Pledge to take organization survey and collect audience-intercept surveys with GHAC volunteers at your event
Offer an event for GHAC volunteers to take audience-intercept surveys and provide survey takers with various incentives (i.e. discount codes, organization swag)
Offer an event for GHAC volunteers to take audience-intercept surveys and provide survey
Pledge to take the organization survey
Partner logos will be posted on our website throughout the AEP6 study.
Contact AEP6 Coordinator Abhiram Khade with any questions.
Volunteers needed
Volunteers are needed to attend arts events in Greater Hartford to administer audience surveys.
Volunteers can participate quarterly, monthly, or whenever they are available. Survey administrators will be assigned specific events to attend. Training on administering audience survey will be provided.
Contact AEP6 Coordinator Abhiram Khade with any questions.
