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
State of Emergence: Why We Need Artists Right Now
Arts Research MonitorThe thesis of this essay is that “artists are not adequately centred or supported in the professional arts ecosystem, nor have they been ambitiously mobilized as change agents during this time of crisis, much to the detriment of the arts and culture… View this resource
Art and the World After This
Arts Research MonitorThis qualitative report is devoted to examining two key questions: “What does the world need from the art-society relationship right now? And what do we need to do as a sector to meet that need?” A key finding of the report is that there are four dis… View this resource
BC Everyday Creativity & COVID-19
Arts Research MonitorHighlighting ”the ways in which [British Columbia] residents turned to creative activities during the COVID-19 pandemic”, this study argues that greater value should be placed on the arts, beyond aesthetic excellence, including “civic impacts related… View this resource
1,243 Voices: Live Performance Artists’ Hopes for a Post-COVID Future
Arts Research MonitorDuring the pandemic, 1,243 emerging performing artists applying to a unique granting program from Jerwood Arts completed a qualitative survey and provided “a vision and ideas for the future of their artistic or creative practice”. The 33 successful a… View this resource
Artists in the pandemic: Recent and long-term labour force trends
Statistical Insights on the ArtsKey findings This report examines recent and longer-term data on workers at the core of the arts sector: artists. Key labour force data and trends are examined, largely based on data commissioned from Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey (LFS). In… View this resource
