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Cherbo, Joni Maya; Peters, Monnie – 1995
Data gleaned from the 1982, 1985, and 1992 Surveys of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPAs) were used in this analysis of participation in opera and musical theater/operetta. Findings indicate that opera is the least popular of the fine arts, being the least frequented and the least selected as an activity respondents would like to attend more…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Audience Participation, Audience Response, Audiences
Bergonzi, Louis; Smith, Julia – 1996
Using data from the 1992 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA92), research focused on the question: "Does arts education make arts participation more accessible to Americans?" The effects of both school-based arts education and community-based arts education were considered and compared. Art forms considered in this…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Audience Analysis, Audience Participation
Peters, Monnie; Cherbo, Joni Maya – 1996
This monograph examines the extent to which the U.S. adult population was involved in personal art participation in 1992, compares it to participation in 1982, and profiles personal arts participants. The National Endowment for the Arts attempted to determine the scope of adult public participation in the arts through the Surveys of Public…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Attitudes, Audience Analysis
Robinson, John P., Comp. – 1993
This document presents an analysis of the 1992 nationwide Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA), conducted by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for the National Endowment for the Arts. Data were collected in household surveys. Respondents were part of a larger continuously rotating panel of adults who were interviewed monthly either by…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Measures, Audience Participation, Audiences
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Prendergast, Monica – Research in Drama Education, 2004
Performance theorist Herbert Blau's "The Audience" (Baltimore and London, Johns Hopkins Press, 1990) is an important yet neglected theoretical text on theatre audience. Deconstructive, dense and allusive in nature, Blau's text creates a real challenge for his reader. This paper presents a study of "The Audience" employing what I am calling…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Poetry, Audience Response, Doctoral Dissertations
Cahalan, Margaret; And Others – 1988
This report presents a compilation of national statistics on the not-for-profit and commercial arts fields and is intended to serve as a reference book for arts statistics. The focus is on nationally representative data collected through research efforts and donations of statistical information by arts related organizations. The statistics are…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Artists, Audience Analysis