US arts receive $357.5 million in state funding

US arts receive $357.5 million in state funding

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norman lebrecht

March 06, 2018

From an interview with Pam Breaux, head of the US National Assembly of State Arts Agencies.

Overall, state governments invest $357.5 million in state arts agencies; that represents about $1.08 per capita. During fiscal year 2018, legislative appropriations to state arts agencies decreased by 2.4%; yet, there are distinctions among the states.  Twenty-two state arts agencies reported increases in 2018; fifteen reported flat funding, and nineteen reported decreases (50 states and 6 jurisdictions total)….

Nothing Trump can do about it.

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