Evaluation of Hull’s UK City of Culture year (2017), demonstrating positive social and economic outcomes. Reports that the over 2,800 events, cultural activities, installations and exhibitions attracted an audience of 5.3 million, with over 95% of Hull residents attending at least one cultural activity during the year.
Read MoreThe Value of Presenting: A Study of Performing Arts Presentation in Canada→
/Research on the current and future roles of performing arts presenters, exploring demographic changes, economic and technological changes, evolution of artistic genres and more.
Read MoreUNESCO Culture for Development Indicators→
/Highlights the transformative power of culture as a driver or enabler of sustainable development through facts and figures, by unveiling challenges and by highlighting opportunities for the future. The CDIS implementation tools provide guidance for maximum policy impact through culture’s integration into development strategies.
Read MoreCulture Track 2017 Reports→
/New behaviours are driving digital engagement, loyalty, and giving. Measuring, proving, and articulating social impact has never been more important in the eyes of cultural consumers. Released in: a top-line deck, a top-line report, a supporting data document containing over two hundred graphs, and the raw data tables.
Read MoreWarwick Commission 2015 Report on the Future of Cultural Value→
/The result of a 1 yr investigation by cultural leaders, supported by academics from the University of Warwick. The report argues that the Cultural and Creative Industries are an ecosystem and calls for joined-up policy making and a national plan for the sector that maximizes cultural, economic and social return.
Read MoreEveryday Creativity - 64 Million Artists→
/Commissioned by Arts Council England and written by 64 Million Artists, this report looks at the role of Everyday Creativity in the cultural ecology. The work was delivered following the publication of the Warwick Commission Report into Cultural Value.
Read MoreTowards cultural democracy: Promoting cultural capabilities for everyone→
/The final report of King’s fourth Cultural Enquiry on the basis of a 15-month research project. Calls for a radical shift in arts support and funding to make creativity more widely accessible.
Read MoreCreating Connection: Research Findings and Proposed Message Framework to Build Public Will for Arts and Culture→
/National research project by Arts Midwest and Metropolitan Group to understand public values, behaviours, and attitudes as they relate to arts and culture.
Read More8 Things That Happen In Kids' Brains When Arts Funding Gets Cut→
/A list of the negative effects on children's development when arts funding is cut in schools.
Read MoreCorporate Social Responsibility and the Arts: Partnering with business to enact social change→
/Americans for the Arts, in partnership with The Conference Board, conducted this survey which examines business support and employee engagement for the arts.
Read MorePoster: 10 Reasons to Support the Arts →
/Based on the one page report by Randy I. Cohen, Vice President of Research and Policy for Americans for the Arts.
Read MoreFriendship, Courtship, Partnership: Why Canadian nonprofits need to think about working together differently→
/Published by Charity Village, written by Barbara Grantham, the Principal of Barbara Grantham Consulting Services Inc.
Read MoreVancouver Cultural Plan 2008-2018→
/Creative City Task Force, 2008. The central vision of this ten year Culture Plan is to promote and enhance the culture and creative diversity of the City of Vancouver.
Read MoreBC Government Arts + Culture Facts & Stats Sheet→
/2014 Provincial and Territorial Culture Satellite Account facts & figures highlighted by the Province of British Columbia.
Read MoreCulture: Urban Future Report→
/Makes the case that culture needs to be fully integrated into urban strategies to ensure their sustainability, as well as a better quality of life for residents.
Read MoreMaking a Single Case for the Arts: An International Perspective→
/Addresses challenges faced by Canadian arts and culture organizations in advocating for the arts and examines successful cases in other countries.
Read MoreBC’s Music Sector – From Adversity to Opportunity→
/Highlights BC’s wealth of talented artists and music assets—sources of economic diversity and job creation in communities throughout the province—and the factors that have put these assets at risk.
Read MoreCultural Value and the Crisis of Legitimacy: Why culture Needs a Democratic Mandate→
/Addresses the culture sector's "crisis of legitimacy," which is the loss of support and public investment from government over time due to a general lack of understanding about culture's benefits. The author calls for cultural professionals to take the lead in solving the problem, and outlines the process for doing so.
Read MoreUnderstanding the Value and Impacts of Cultural Experiences→
/International literature review, organized through the dual portals of 'individual impacts' and 'orgnizations' creative capacity'.
Read MoreInside, Outside, Beyond: Artistic Leadership for Contradictory Times→
/Recommended reading: This Bluecoat initiative articulates the need for support of existing + emerging arts leaders and sets out “a simple framework for artistic leadership in the future, one which can be used to develop ways of working, organisations and networks which can be adaptive and resilient and which can produce the kind of rich cultural value desired.” Bluecoat is Liverpool’s centre for the contemporary arts and the UK's oldest arts centre.
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