ArtPride is committed to providing the research necessary for the arts community and its advocates to demonstrate the important connection between New Jersey's creative industry and its communities and citizens.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE ARTS:
Final Retreat Report & Digital Resource Guide
ArtPride New Jersey dedicated its 2025 organizational retreat to exploring artificial intelligence and its implications for our organization and the arts community we serve. Facilitated by Amy Fiore and Krishna Powell of The Bixel Group, the retreat focused on AI’s possibilities, limitations, and the questions that should guide its responsible use.
The retreat brought an organizational perspective to issues that extend across the arts: how AI might support our work, how its use could affect artists and cultural workers, and how to protect creativity, trust, and human judgment as technology evolves. We are sharing the accompanying report to contribute to continued learning and discussion across New Jersey’s arts community. Published Oct 2026
Jersey Arts Marketers “AI in Practice: A Peer Exchange for Arts Professionals” Report
Members of the Jersey Arts Marketers (JAM) network gathered at three locations across the state for a series of peer-to-peer discussions focused on artificial intelligence (AI).
These conversations explored how arts professionals are currently using AI in their daily work, the practical and ethical considerations and challenges they are encountering, and the potential implications of AI for the future of the sector. Published Sep 2026
ArtsPay NJ 2025
ArtsPay NJ is a long-term initiative to advance pay equity in New Jersey’s arts sector. Surveys conducted in 2023 and 2025 collected compensation data from nonprofit arts organizations and individual artists, providing a snapshot of current pay levels and changes over time. The findings identify areas of inequity and establish a baseline for measuring progress in future years.
The project is coordinated and funded by New Jersey’s statewide arts service organizations and managed by Baker Richards, a UK-based arts research firm with extensive experience studying compensation in the arts.
Arts and Economic Prosperity 6
ArtPride worked with Americans for the Arts and 13 local partners throughout New Jersey – on the Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6) is the sixth economic impact study of the nonprofit arts and culture industry in the U.S. This study is conducted approximately every five years to gauge the economic impact (on employment, government revenue, and household income) of spending by nonprofit arts and culture organizations and the event-related spending by their audiences. The AEP series demonstrates that an investment in the arts provides both cultural and economic benefits! Published 2023.
AEP6 Study Findings Participating County Findings
The 2021 New Jersey Arts Education Census Project
A collaborative partnership with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the New Jersey Department of Education, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, ArtPride New Jersey, and Quadrant Research.
The Resilience of Arts Ed Now: Beyond the Pandemic is the follow-up report to the nationally acclaimed 2007, 2012, and 2017 reports, Within Our Power: The Progress, Plight and Promise of Arts Education for Every Child, Keeping the Promise: Arts Education for Every Child, The Distance Traveled – The Journey Remaining, and ARTS ED NOW: Every Child, Every School. All four reports may be viewed and downloaded at www.artsednj.org.
Additional Research
- Creative Industries Reports: Published by Americans for the Arts, the Creative Industries: Business & Employment in the Arts reports to provide a research-based approach to understanding the scope and economic importance of the arts in America. Data current as of April 2017.
