Nashville’s thriving arts community improves our daily life and economic future. A broad and diverse array of arts entities, ranging from neighborhood theaters to major performance companies, combine to stimulate, educate and enhance our culture. Artists make Nashville one of America’s most dynamic cities – a place where people want to live, work, play and visit. The arts are a major employer, a catalyst for community development and an attraction for tourism and conventions. Nashville’s rich arts and cultural scene makes our city alive!

Improving Quality of Life

The arts create a healthy, vibrant community.  Enlivening our days and nights with an abundance of options, artists entertain, inspire, educate and make a remarkable difference in our lives.  

Arts organizations, diverse in size and programming, reach every neighborhood.

Enhancing Education

The arts create better students and academic performance, aiding the development of social interaction and motor skills while stimulating the development of creative problem-solving skills.

•Students involved in the arts are less likely to drop out of school by grade 10.

•Arts education closes the achievement gap, improves academic skills for reading and language development, and advances students’ motivation to learn.

•The arts provide a uniquely accessible, affordable and meaningful lifetime educational opportunity for citizens of all ages.

Driving Economic Impact

The arts create economic activity. Communities with strong arts amenities are more attractive places to live and work.

•Thenonprofitartsindustry generates about $200 million annually in economic activity

•In Nashville the arts account for5,700 full-time jobs, generate $125 million in income and deliver $15.64 million in local and state tax revenues

•Each public dollar invested in the arts yields a $7 return to Metro Government

•Cultural amenities were a critical factor to the nearly 300 companies that have relocated to Nashville in recent years

•Arts investment is revitalizing our urban core

WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO

The Nashville Arts Coalition is a partnership of arts organizations, artists and supporters working together to ensure that our arts environment continues to grow and prosper.

•Together, we educate citizens, elected officials and the region on the value and enormous impact of the arts

•We create forums that bring together community leaders, arts entities and the general public to focus on the arts. Together, we have a big impact

•Each year the Nashville Arts Coalition hosts a major event with featured speakers on topics related to arts and its impact on communities