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heARTS.org
1600 Dexter
Avenue North
Suite A
Seattle, WA
98109
206.448.0927
Fax.448.1016
2 December 2003
Performing heARTS.org is selecting the appropriate venues for its artists and the hospitals, nursing homes, rest homes, mental care facilities and perhaps prisons will be notified soon.
Our study will show that the quality of life increases with exposure to live performances. We are excited by the Urban Institute's recently published findings. Their studies have found a significant relationship between artists and their contribution to the "general good of society."
During spring and summer 2002, Princeton Survey Research Associates conducted a national survey of attitudes toward artists. The survey included 15-minute telephone interviews with 500 adults in each of the nine case study cities (Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.) and with 1,000 adults in a nationally representative sample. The interviews explored the following topics:
Personal involvement in the arts
Perceptions of artists compared with other professionals
Personal contact with artists, past and present
Perceptions of artists’ contributions to society
Initial findings from the poll follow:
Music—87% say they are moved;
63% say they seek out new work by specific artists. Film and video—87% say they are moved; 49% say they seek out new work by specific artists.
Creative writers—76% say they are moved; 53% say they seek out new work by specific artists.
Only 33% seek out new work by specific theater or dance artists; only 22% seek out work by specific visual artists.
77% of Americans say they know a professional artist or serious amateur, ranging from 57% who know a musician to 31% who know a theater artist and 20% who know a film-maker or video artist.
Another study from Sweden explored the relationship of live cultural events with self-assessed perceptions of one's health. "Sustaining habits of attending cultural events and maintenance of health: a longitudinal study." "Cultural experiences and impressions from literature, theatre, film and from making music can have physical, mental and social effects. Within medical care and the care of children and senior citizens, art, drama and music have all been used as forms of therapy (Drees and Brade, 1969; Beck, 1991; Wickström et al., 1993; Walsh and Minor, 1997). In a study about cultural activities and mortality (Bygren et al., 1996), we found that attending cultural events is linked with longevity. People who rarely attended such events ran a nearly 60% higher mortality risk than those attending most often, after adjusting for a range of possible confounders. However, no conclusion about a causal connection could be drawn." Copyright © 2001 Oxford University Press.
"Imagine all the people, sharing all the world." ... John Lennon
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