Arts are good for business!

WE “DO” ART to entertain, to give voice, to celebrate our culture and to ponder life’s mysteries. As it turns out, the arts are also good business for South Dakota.

A new study shows that the state’s nonprofit arts industry alone generates $363 million in economic activity annually. That doesn’t even include private arts enterprises, which are larger.

The study was done by Arts South Dakota in partnership with Americans for the Arts, the South Dakota Arts Council and the communities of Aberdeen, Brookings, Rapid City, Sioux Falls and Yankton.

Jim Speirs, executive director of Arts South Dakota, says the study “dramatically illustrates the arts’ economic significance to South Dakota.”

It showed $63.7 million in spending by nonprofits and culture organizations and $299.3 million in event-related spending by audiences. That generates nearly $52 million in local, state and federal tax revenues and supports 6,054 jobs.

WHEN COMMUNITIES invest in arts and culture, they are not doing so at the expense of community and economic development. Rather, they are investing in an industry that stimulates the economy, supports local jobs and contributes to building healthy, vibrant and livable communities. For more information on the Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 study, visit ArtsSouthDakota. org/AEP6, and also find county-by-county information on the arts at ArtsSouthDakota.org/map.

335 GRANTS GIVEN

$1.5 MILLION AWARDED

85 COMMUNITIES NEARLY 70% OF SD

$17.75 MILLION IN LOCAL SPENDING THROUGHOUT SD

In Fiscal Year 2022, the South Dakota Arts Council awarded over $1.5 million in grant support to arts organizations, schools, artists and other nonprofit organizations to support arts projects and programs throughout the state.

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88% would feel a sense of loss if cultural opportunities were not available

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91% of respondents mentioned a sense of community or neighborhood pride in arts offerings

Source: Americans Speak Out About the Arts in 2023.

Arts South Dakota, a non-partisan and non-profit service organization, advances the arts for South Dakotans and our visitors by connecting, advocating, and educating.

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