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TABLE 6: PERCEPTION OF VRYFEES'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ARTS
VISITOR PERCEPTION OF VRYFEES CONTRIBUTION TO THE ARTS Vryfees promotes all art forms on an equal level Vryfees makes the arts more accessible
Vryfees inspires the visitors to practise some form of the arts Vryfees improves the visitors’ knowledge about the arts The quality of art at Vryfees improved
Vryfees creates a greater awareness to the arts
Visitors experienced a greater variety of the arts at this year’s festival compared to previous festivals
Visitors specifically spend money on the arts at this year’s festival Visitors consider themselves to be arts lovers
YES 84% 98% 52% 83% 87% 88% 75%
71% 78%
NO
16% 2%
48% 17% 13% 12% 25%
29% 22%
Unfortunately, and as indicated in Table 6, the respondents viewed Vryfees as contributing to the arts to a smaller extent when it comes to inspiring the respondents themselves to practise some form of the arts (48%), to spend money specifically on the arts at this year's festival (29%), to experience a greater variety of the arts at this year's festival when compared to previous festivals (25%). These findings may be somewhat explained by noting that only 22% of respondents considered themselves to be arts lovers (22%).
Comparison of personal arts involvement to preference for the performing arts or the visual arts of respondents at Vryfees
T-tests were also employed to determine any significant statistical differences between the type of arts products and activities the respondents purchased at the festival in terms of their arts preference. The only significant, and quite surprising, statistical difference was found between the amount of paintings purchased between those who prefer the performing arts and those preferring the visual arts. Respondents who prefer performing arts purchased more paintings with a mean value of 0.309 than those preferring the visual arts, with a mean value of 0.140 (Table 7).
TABLE 7: T-TEST BETWEEN PREFERENCES FOR PERFORMING OR VISUAL ARTS BASED ON PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT