The COVID-19 crisis forced significant cuts to arts and culture investment as the travel and tourism industry slowed and the Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT Tax), which is used to primarily fund local arts agencies, took a hit. A 2022 bond measure raised the percentage allocated for public art in all capital projects to 1.5%. For information on artist grants, public arts, and open calls for artists, visit the City of San Antonio's Department of Arts and Culture's website.
Increase City of San Antonio investment in arts by 50% ($12,647,915 by 2030)
Year | Value | Margin of Error |
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2015 | $7,566,048 | |
2016 | $7,500,511 | |
2017 | $7,997,166 | |
2018 | $7,699,860 | |
2019 | $8,528,016 | |
2020 | $6,934,175 | |
2021 | $5,735,564 | |
2022 | $8,151,409 | |
2023 | $8,092,530 |
Public Investments in Arts and Culture in San Antonio
City of San Antonio, Department of Arts & Culture
San Antonio
This measure is updated with the City of San Antonio's fiscal year: October 1-September 30. Investment dollars include agencies funded by the City of San of San Antonio and City-sponsored arts and culture events, such as: Centro de Artes and Plaza de Armas Galleries, Poet Laureate Program, and Distinction in Arts Awards.
After 12 years of driving progress toward a shared community vision, SA2020, the nonprofit organization, is dissolving. We believe this is the most visionary thing we can do. We made this decision with the greatest care for our organizational values of leadership, community, and accountability, and we hope you’ll read more about it on our blog.
Our website is live with our final data release, showing where San Antonio stands on reaching the shared community vision. The data release is accompanied by our final call to action—a policy agenda for City government based on our unique bird’s-eye view of San Antonio.
While SA2020’s operations ended March 28, these resources, along with the last twelve years of our research and stories, will be available to download from our website through September 2024.
– Team SA2020