Arts South Dakota, in partnership with the South Dakota Arts Council and five South Dakota communities: Aberdeen, Brookings, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, and Yankton, has released a new study of South Dakota’s nonprofit arts and culture industry showing $363 million in economic activity generated in 2022. Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6) is an economic and social impact study by Americans for the Arts.
During Fiscal Year 2022 in the state of South Dakota, the non-profit arts & culture sector provided:
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- $362,987,163 in economic activity
- 6,054 jobs
- 6,455,088 attendees to arts & culture events
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In spite of the effects of the pandemic just prior to this study, the non-profit arts are strong in South Dakota! Find more detailed information on the impacts in the study materials below, as well as more information about the five local studies of creative communities across the state.
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SOUTH DAKOTA REPORTS
NATIONAL REPORTS
Randy Cohen’s slides from his keynote presentation at the 2024 South Dakota Arts Conference, featuring data and advocacy resources from the Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 and other key research projects.
BROOKINGS
Study Partners: Brookings Arts Council
& South Dakota Art Museum
Study Overview
Comprehensive Report
