Infographics | General Social Survey (GSS) with Arts Module
– Arts Participation in the Midst of COVID
In the last 12 months* …
| …go in person to a live music, theater, or dance performance? | …go in person to an art exhibit, such as paintings, sculpture, textiles, graphic design, or photography? | …go to the movies? |
|---|---|---|
| 49.65 % | 30.52 % | 53.62 % |
| Were any of those activities outdoors? |
|---|
| 57.62 % |
| …visit or tour an online art museum, gallery, or exhibition? | …watch or listen to a live-streamed event featuring a music, theater, or dance performance? | …watch or listen to an archived web event featuring a music, theater, or dance performance? |
|---|---|---|
| 25.02 % | 42.99 % | 69.86 % |
* The 2022 GSS Arts Module was conducted between July 11th and September 21st, 2022. Respondents were asked to report their participation over the past 12 months (July 2021 – September 2022).
About the 2022 GSS Arts Module: Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, the 2022 GSS Arts Module was fielded between July 11th and September 21st, 2022, as a web-only follow-on study to the GSS and included questions about changes in individual’s recreational activities before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2022 module also asked respondents to compare their participation in such activities at the time of the survey to their participation from March 2020-March 2021, the first year of the pandemic. For more detail, check out the NEA Research Brief, Online Audiences for Arts Programming: A Survey of Virtual Participation Amid COVID-19.