"The path to a great achievement—whether it is a technological innovation or a masterwork of art—is almost never direct. On the contrary, creative breakthroughs often come after wrenching failures. That idea animates The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery, a book by Sarah Lewis, an art curator who is completing her PhD at Yale. Based on 150 interviews with artists and explorers as well as scientists and entrepreneurs, the book is neither a self-help manual nor a bundle of case studies. It’s a meditation on accomplishments that come from...

"Career skills are increasingly regarded as a crucial element of higher education, and researchers have noted the importance of such skills in assuring successful post-college career outcomes. For example, students who report using schools’ career resources are less likely to work in unskilled occupations after graduation (Arum & Roksa, 2014). Reflecting this topic’s importance, the module was selected and appended to the core SNAAP questionnaire by 50 out of 53 (94%) of the participating institutions. Over 30,000 arts alumni of all ages with undergraduate or graduate...

"This SNAAP Special Report focuses on the experiences of 10,698 of the most recent undergraduate arts alumni who graduated between 2009 and 2013 and whose experiences reflect current economic realities. Comparisons to older cohorts are also included to help examine trends and provide historical context." [Introduction p. 6]

This research project was designed to profile and analyze how the creative economy is currently being defined,  segmented and quantified throughout the United States of America. We assessed what we can learn from  aggregating creative economy profiles, and whether there is the possibility of producing a ‘core’ national profile definition and accompanying data descriptors [Executive Summmary]

This one pager prepared in 2018 by Amercans for the Arts shows the value of Creative Industries. Nationally, 673,565 businesses are invovled in the creation or distribution of the arts, and they employ 3.48 million people, representing 4.01 percent of all U.S. businesses and 2.01 percent of all U.S. employee.

This is a one pager of quick facts about the number of artists employed in the United States compiled from research by the Americans for the Arts Research and Policy Department.