Attendances at arts events in the UK are well documented. In any one month about 5% of the population will go to see a play, opera or dance performance. About 4% will take part in amateur music or drama. These percentages have hardly changed throughout the 1980s. The article documents attendances...

The reduction in UK Government support for the performing arts has resulted in a reduction in overall subsidies for music, dance and opera companies. While alternative sponsorship has been sought in the business world, income arising from this source has shown only modest growth over the last four...

As a participatory activity, dance in the form of disco, ballroom, folk, Scottish, etc., enjoys wide popularity. However, in its non-participatory form, dance is a minority interest audience activity. In August 1991 the Arts Council of Great Britain published the results of an Omnibus which it had...

The article discusses the level of financial and other support for the arts and museums in the UK. It begins by outlining the government framework within which policy matters are formulated. Central government funding, local authority expenditure and per caput expenditure on the arts and museums...

The article discusses the level of financial and other support for the arts and museums in the GFR. It begins by outlining the government framework within which policy matters are formulated. Federal government expenditure, Länder government funding and per caput expenditure on the arts and museums ...

This article focuses on music in the UK, dealing primarily with music that attracts funds from the principal arts funding bodies (excluding opera and music theatre) but also presents the statistics in the context of the music industry as a whole. The chapter is divided into three parts. The first...

This study of the amateur arts in the UK looks in detail at the nature and extent of participation in a remarkably diverse set of activities. It is estimated from the General Household Survey that just under 1.8 million individuals are regularly involved in amateur music and drama, 3.7 million...

The article attempts to document the significant changes that have taken place in the UK arts and museum sectors during the 1980s. Each of the first five parts looks at the main sources of income of arts organizations and museums: income earned; contributions from central and local government;...

The article discusses the level of financial and other support for the arts and museums in the USA. It begins by outlining the government framework within which policy matters are formulated. Federal funding of the arts, state and local funding and per caput public expenditure on the arts and ...

The chapter is divided into four parts, each of which covers one of the four principal sources of funding for the arts and the wider cultural sector in the UK. The first section brings together statistics on consumer expenditure and examines how the pattern of spending has changed over the last ten ...