Arts Involvement Study

From a published report*:

Young people who participate in the arts for at least 3 hours, 3 days each week through at least one full year are:

• 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement
• 3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools
• 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair
• 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance
• 4 time more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem

Young artists, as compared with their peers, are likely to:

• Attend music, art and dance classes nearly 3 times as frequently
• Participate in youth groups nearly four times as frequently
• Read for pleasure nearly twice as often
• Perform community service more than four times as often

* (“Living the Arts through Language + Learning: A Report on Community-based Youth Organizations,” Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University and the Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching, Americans for the Arts Monograph, November 1998)