MACT

This information is from the Minnesota State Arts Board website.

Minnesotans have long believed that the arts are important. The Minnesota State Arts Board has created a dashboard to help report ways that the arts add value to our individual and collective lives, and some of the ways that Minnesotans show that they value the arts. The dashboard reports the status of 16 key indicators that fall under five broad, strategic outcomes. The data produced will be used to track progress toward achieving those five outcomes, to ensure that all Minnesotans are benefiting from public funding for the arts, and to inform the way the Minnesota State Arts Board and Minnesota’s eleven regional arts councils invest state resources in programs and services.

Goal 1: The arts are interwoven into every facet of community life

• 68% Minnesotans who develop greater acceptance of others through arts experiences
• 91% Minnesotans who use arts to improve their health and well-being
• 36% Minnesota curriculum directors who believe that arts experiences are important to student success
• 93% Minnesota employers who say that a vibrant arts sector is important to the success of their businesses
• 79% Minnesotans who believe having the arts in their built environment gives them pride in their community

Goal 2: Minnesotans believe the arts are vital to who we are

• 97% Minnesotans who believe the arts have a positive effect on Minnesota’s quality of life
• 38% Minnesotans who make financial contributions to the arts
• 18% Minnesotans who volunteer with an arts organization, program, or activity
• 74% Minnesota towns/cities that commit resources to the arts

Goal 3: People of all ages, ethnicities, and abilities participate in the arts

• 88% Minnesotans who participate in the arts
• 42 Average number of arts experiences Minnesotans have per year
• 50% Variance in participation among key demographic groups

Goal 4: People trust Minnesota’s stewardship of public arts funding

• 87% Minnesotans who are satisfied with the benefits of public funding for the arts

Goal 5: The arts thrive in Minnesota

• 64% Minnesotans who say the art forms and kinds of arts experiences they want are NOT available to them
• 53% Minnesota nonprofit arts organizations that report increases in total net assets (unrestricted and restricted)
• 70% Artists and arts organizations that say they are able to achieve their annual goals