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<br /> <br />MARKET ANALYSIS <br />City of Elk River, MN <br />Feasibility Study * <br />Page 52 <br />Table AF – Percentage of U.S. Adult Population Performing or Creating Art: 1992-2008 <br /> <br /> Rate of Change <br /> 1992 2002 2008 2002-2008 1982-2008 <br />Performing: <br />Jazz 1.7% 1.3% 1.3% +0.0% -0.4% <br />Classical Music 4.2% 1.8% 3.0% +1.2% -1.2% <br />Opera 1.1% 0.7% 0.4% -0.3% -0.7% <br />Choir/Chorus 6.3% 4.8% 5.2% +0.4% -1.1% <br />Musical Plays 3.8% 2.4% 0.9% -1.5% -2.9% <br />Non-Musical Plays 1.6% 1.4% 0.8% -0.6% -0.8% <br />Dance 8.1% 4.3% 2.1% -2.2% -6.0% <br />Making: <br />Painting/Drawing 9.6% 8.6% 9.0% +0.4% -0.6% <br />Pottery/Ceramics 8.4% 6.9% 6.0% -0.9% -2.4% <br />Weaving/Sewing 24.8% 16.0% 13.1% -2.9% -11.7% <br />Photography 11.6% 11.5% 14.7% +3.2% +3.1% <br />Creative Writing 7.4% 7.0% 6.9% -0.1% -0.5% <br /> <br /> <br />Adults are creating or performing at lower rates – despite opportunities for displaying their work <br />line. <br /> <br />• Only photography increased from 1992 to 2008 – reflecting, perhaps, greater access to <br />digital media. <br />• The proportion of U.S. adults doing creative writing has hovered around 7.0 percent. <br />• The rate of classical music performance slipped from 1992 to 2002 then grew over the <br />next six years. <br />• The adult participation rate for weaving or sewing was almost twice as great in 1992 as in <br />2008. This activity remains one of the most popular forms of art creation. <br /> <br /> <br />APPENDIX B