From Pacific Standard:
Would you like to meet people who are engaged in their communities, tolerant of others’ differences, and more willing than most to help out those in need?
Try a concert hall, theater lobby, or art museum.
People who regularly attend arts events are more likely to embody the aforementioned qualities, even after taking into account such variables as age, race and education. That’s the key finding of a new study by political scientist Kelly LeRoux of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
It’s the first in a series of studies on the arts and society funded by research grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Read more here.
