Arts research information
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Cultural venues in New Brunswick: Groundbreaking research now complete
Other resourcesWith the goal of contributing to an understanding of the contributions of cultural venues to the cultural community and all New Brunswickers, as well as venues’ financial situations and community engagement, a major research project has now come to a… View this resource
Arts insights in a new format
Presentations, Statistical Insights on the ArtsI am excited and a bit nervous to announce a new structure to Hill Strategies’ work. Statistical insights on the arts will now be distributed as a “newsletter” at statsinsights.hillstrategies.com. Through a subscription model, I will continue to offe… View this resource
All our arts research projects
Arts Impact Measurement Project
Other resourcesThree major research streams contributed to the Arts Impact Measurement Project, conducted for Arts Council Wood Buffalo (ACWB) in 2015 and 2016:An online survey of the arts community in and around Fort McMurrayA telephone survey, representative of a… View this resource
Arts Index England 2007–2014
Arts Research MonitorThis report attempts to provide a “health check” for the arts in England. Between 2007/08 and 2013/14, the overall arts index increased from 99 to 111. Most of the increase in the index occurred between 2007 and 2011.The report highlights… View this resource
NCAR Arts Vibrancy Index II (2016)
Arts Research MonitorArguing that “creativity is a desirable and necessary element for a thriving community”, this American report attempts to identify cities with particularly strong artistic vibrancy among 937 metropolitan areas in the U.S.A. Arts vibrancy,… View this resource
National Arts Index 2016
Arts Research MonitorThe 2016 report of the National Arts Index, based largely on data from 2013, highlights the “post-recession recovery” of the arts using 81 equally-weighted national indicators across four key dimensions: financial flows; capacity; arts pa… View this resource
Canadian Index of Wellbeing (2016)
Arts Research MonitorThe Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) looks beyond the key national economic indicator (Gross Domestic Product, or GDP) to attempt to measure “those areas of our lives that we care about the most, like education, health, the environment, and th… View this resource


