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Artography BlogAmerica's Diverse Majority by 2042Written by: Linda J. Park Published on: August 18, 2008 
This month the Census Bureau released new figures* that continues to underline the significant shift towards increasing diversity in the country’s make-up. It is projected that ethnic and racial minorities will comprise a majority of the nation’s population in a little more than a generation. It was previously thought that this change, of Hispanic, black, Asian, American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders outnumbering non-Hispanic whites, would occur by 2050 – but this recent study is now predicting that the demographic shift will happen sooner, by the year 2042.These accelerating changes, no doubt, will have an important impact on all sectors of society. For us at Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC), these kinds of reports and figures are closely tied to the ebb and flow in the cultural field and we are dedicated to examining the potential ramifications of these kinds of widespread changes on artistic practice. Artography’s mission emerged out of early indications of these facts. If these new statistical findings underscore a sea change in the diversity of the nation, affecting the way in which we identify and describe our communities, then how do we understand and subsequently articulate the changing arts that exist in this context? I open up the topic of exploring diverse arts organizations and artistic practices for all of us invested in our cultural communities to share – for all of us to offer up experiences, thoughts, feedback on this issue – and suggest that we begin by jumping into the discussion wherever this intersects or speaks to you. * Census Bureau, “An Older and More Diverse Nation by Midcentury” (August 14, 2008)  email
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