“Arts, Entertainment and Recreation in New York City Recent Trends and Impact of COVID-19” (2021) by the New York State Comptroller’s office. This report provides an overview of the state of the arts in New York City, including data on the number of cultural organizations, the number of people employed in the arts, and the amount of money spent on the arts.

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Annual Report. This report provides an overview of the agency’s programs and initiatives that serve New York’s cultural community. It includes summaries and highlights of the accomplishments made possible through the agency’s partnerships with artists, nonprofits, colleague agencies, public officials, community groups, residents and visitors.

In 2017, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs published CreateNYC, a cultural plan for the city. The report includes recommendations for increasing access to cultural programs and resources, promoting diversity and equity in the cultural sector, and supporting the city’s cultural organizations and artists.

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation Annual Report. This report provides an overview of the department’s work to provide parks, recreation, and cultural programs for New Yorkers of all ages. It includes information on the department’s parks, playgrounds, recreation centers, cultural institutions, and programs.

The NYC Arts in Education Roundtable publishes an annual report on the state of arts education in New York City. The report includes data and insights on the state of arts education in the city’s public schools, as well as recommendations for improving access to quality arts education for all students.

“Culture + Community in a Time of Crisis: A Special Edition of Culture Track” (2020) by LaPlaca Cohen and Slover Linett. This report examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cultural audiences in New York City. The report finds that audiences are eager to return to cultural events, but they are also concerned about safety and accessibility.

“The Social Impact of the Arts Project (SIAP)” (2019) by Americans for the Arts. This report provides data on the social impact of the arts in New York City. The report finds that the arts contribute $13.5 billion to the city’s economy and support 200,000 jobs.

Understanding the social value of the arts has been the goal of the Culture and Social Wellbeing in New York City project undertaken by the University of Pennsylvania’s Social Impact of the Arts Project (SIAP), in collaboration with Reinvestment Fund, a community development financial institution.

Even before the coronavirus pandemic hit, New York’s soaring cost of living and the lure of cities from Baltimore to Berlin had threatened the city’s position at the apex of global culture. At the same time, a powerful, growing force of cultural vibrancy has reenergized the city in recent years and sharpened New York’s creative edge: immigrant artists.

This paper asks, “Do entrepreneurship levels affect the population dynamics of arts and culture nonprofits?” The interactions between the formation and exit of nonprofit arts organizations and entrepreneurial climate of the fifty US states for the period from 1989 to 2011 are analyzed using negative binomial regression.

This survey study explored the entrepreneurial dispositions and behaviors of public school music teachers in New York State to better understand the incidence of arts venturing in highly bureaucratic school environments.