Reports

The Economic Impact of the Arts in Iowa - A Demonstration Project of Selected Counties (Summary)

The Economic Impact of the Arts in Iowa - A Demonstration Project of Selected Counties

Brief Points on 3 Studies of Economic Impact of the Arts in Iowa

MetLife Foundation National Arts Forum Series Summary Report:
Arts and the Iowa Workforce: Planting and Cultivating Creative Workers, February 2007

Report to the Governor and General Assembly
on the Status of Out-of-School Arts Programming
for Youth, December 2006

Iowa's First Creative Economy Study - Overview of Study

Iowa's First Creative Economy Study - Complete Study

 

Reports from Other Sources

The Economic Value of Arts and Cultural Organizations to the Central Iowa Economy -- A study of the economic impact of 37 organizations that received funding from the Bravo Greater Des Moines (Bravo) organization in 2006.

Arts & Economic Prosperity III: Iowa Cultural Corridor – A 2007 economic impact study conducted by Americans for the Arts and administered by the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance (ICCA)

Focus Groups with State Legislators and Legislative Staff: A 2006 report titled about state legislators’ responses to questions about the attitudes and needs of legislators and legislative staffers around the role of states in supporting the arts. Sponsored by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies in partnership with the National Conference of State Legislators.

Arts & the Economy: Using Arts and Culture to Stimulate State Economic Development – A 2008 report from the National Governor’s Association’s NGA Center for Best Practices.

Strengthening Rural Economies Through the Arts – A 2005 Issue Brief from the National Governor’s Association’s NGA Center for Best Practices.