1.6 million artists are at work in the United States, according to the USDA's Economic Research Service. Artists include not only painte...

Are the live arts in decline, or is the latest survey by the National Endowment for the Arts simply picking up on changes in arts preference...

Number of Americans who participate in selected leisure activities on an average day... 190,701,000 watch television   57,231,000 read fo...

One in five Americans aged 18 or older has a tattoo, according to a Harris poll. This figure is up substantially from the 14 percent with a ...

Twenty percent of adults own an original piece of art--such as a painting, drawing, sculpture, or print, according to the National Endowment...

Type of music American adults like best... Classic rock: 26.6% Country: 17.1% Contemporary rock: 10.4% Hymns/gospel: 8.4% Classical: 8...

Despite the obsession in the educational establishment with the three Rs, the great majority of public elementary and secondary schools stil...

The popularity of Glee and Dancing with the Stars has the folks over at the National Endowment for the Arts scratching their heads. Their ...