A Meeting with Americans for the Arts, Randy Cohen

Arts and culture nonprofit professionals are invited to join Assembly and special guest, Randy Cohen. Randy is Vice President of Research at Americans for the Arts – the national advocacy organization for the arts – where he has been empowering arts advocates since 1991.  He publishes Arts & Economic Prosperity, the national economic impact study of nonprofit arts organizations and their audiences, and Americans Speak Out About the Arts, a national public opinion study about the arts. Randy led the development of The National Arts Index, the annual measure of the health and vitality of arts in the U.S. and the National Arts Policy Roundtable, an annual convening of leaders who focus on the advancement of American culture—launched in partnership with Robert Redford and the Sundance Institute. His 10 Reasons to Support the Arts blog received the Gold Award from the Association of Media & Publishing—their top honor for best blog post of the year. He was a recent nominee for the Sidney Yates Advocacy Award for outstanding advocacy on behalf of the performing arts in America. A sought-after speaker, Randy has given speeches in all 50 states, and regularly appears in the news media—including the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and on C-SPAN, CNN, CNBC, and NPR. 

During this session, we’ll focus on the Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 study, which Assembly is leading in Cuyahoga County in partnership with Americans for the Arts. Learn why this study is essential for our region’s arts and culture industry and how you or your organization can help.