Beyond Attendance: a multi-modal understanding of arts participation

Using Survey if Public Participation in the Arts data from 1982–2008, Alan Brown and Jennifer L. Novak-Leonard explore the breadth of participation within and between three primary categories, or “modes,” of arts activities: arts attendance, personal arts creation and performance, and arts participation through electronic media.

In addition, the monograph offers a unique context for understanding arts participation, suggesting that a more expansive framework for the cultural ecology is needed, and discusses implications of the SPPA data and other trends for practice, policy, and future research.

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