The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music would like to thank the following organizations and individuals who have assisted in Indiana Impact Study project:

INDIANA BUSINESS RESEARCH CENTER

Established in 1925, the Indiana Business Research Center is an integral unit in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. The IBRC provides and interprets the economic information needed by the state’s business, government and nonprofit organizations, as well as users of such information throughout the nation.

The IBRC maintains databases on numerous topics such as income, employment, taxes, sectors of the economy, education, demographics and a host of other economic indicators for the nation, the state and local areas. In addition, the Center conducts original research to generate needed information when existing data are not available or sufficient.

The IBRC is Directed by Jerry N. Conover. Timothy F. Slaper played a leading role in developing the study's financial analysis.

SALLY GASKILL

Sally Gaskill is an arts administrator with three decades of experience covering all arts disciplines. She served as executive director of two local arts councils (Rochester, NY and Bloomington, IN) and the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras. She managed grantmaking programs for the state arts council in New Hampshire and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her higher education experience includes concert management for Harvard University and Boston University, and cultural policy teaching in the arts administration programs at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music and Indiana University. As a consultant, she has led policy studies for the National Endowment for the Arts (Arts in Schools: Basic to Education) and for the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, among others. She serves as President of the Indiana Coalition for the Arts and is a member of the State Arts Action Council of Americans for the Arts, and is also Indiana State Captain for arts lobbying. She is the recipient of several awards, including the 2006 Arts Advocate Leadership Award from the Bloomington Area Arts Council. Sally has a B.A. in history from Colorado College and an M.A. in arts management from American University, where her thesis documented the entrepreneurial work of Noah Greenberg and the New York Pro Musica. She sings in two chamber choirs.

MICHAEL RUSHTON

Associate Professor Michael Rushton is director of the Indiana University Arts Administration Program, which is a program of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Bloomington. He has previously been on the faculties of the School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, the Economics Department of the University of Regina, Canada (where he also served as Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts), the University of Tasmania, Australia, and St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. He has also held visiting positions at Erasmus University, The Netherlands; Freiburg University, Germany; and the University of Chicago. He has published widely in cultural policy and economics, with articles on such topics as public funding for the arts, copyright, other legal rights of artists, freedom of expression, and the role of nonprofit arts organizations. Recent articles have looked at the use of earmarked taxes for the arts in US cities, and a referendum on arts funding held in Metro Detroit. His current projects include an analysis of the relationship between artists and urban economic growth, and the use of economic analysis in arts advocacy. In 2006 he became co-editor of the Journal of Cultural Economics, after serving as its book review editor for a number of years.

OUR THANKS

The IU Jacobs School of Music would like to thank the Jacobs School Alumni Association Board Board of Directors for its guidance and financial support of the Indiana Impact Study. In particular, we thank Scott Addison, who offered his expert knowledge and guidance.

We also thank the many Jacobs faculty, staff, students, and alumni who took time to respond to the survey that was central to the study.