From one of my fellow graduate students — This website will take you to The Economist’s 1860-1865 coverage of Abraham Lincoln’s election, assasination, and a retrospective briefly after (from their archives).
According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, in 2014, there were 11,451 jobs devoted to our state’s creative sector, which is 30% above the national average and second only to New York.
ARTS COUNCIL FACT
The Arts contributed $763.6 billion to the U.S. economy in 2015, 4.2 percent of GDP and counted 4.9 million workers, who earned $372 billion in total compensation.