LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Arts Council and Arkansans for the Arts have announced that the state of Arkansas’ nonprofit arts and culture industry generated $306.4 million in economic activity in 2022.

That economic activity – $202.1 million in spending by nonprofit arts and culture organizations and $104.4 million in event-related spending by their audiences – supported 4,800 jobs and generated $49,377,951 in local, state and federal government revenue.