ARTISTS MIGHT STARVE

BUT ART  MARKET SOARS

American artists are  at the heart of a vast culture market that generates billions of dollars in foreign and domestic revenues. 

According to the US Bureau of Economic Analysis GDP for the arts and culture nonprofit and commercial sector now tops $1.102 trillion with over 5.2 million jobs. Additionally, America's arts and culture exports increased the trade surplus from $15.5 billion to $21 billion. The arts and culture sector represents a full 4.31% of the nation's GDP. (See graphic below.)

So the next time your Uncle Mortimer rails against art funding, rattle off some of these figures.

Josh Martin