The symposium tackled some large and challenging questions, such as “what counts as ‘the arts’? and “what do people consider culture?” Concern was expressed that [...]
These brief articles highlight government support for the arts in 2013 and foundation support for the arts and culture in 2011 in the United States. The public funding article focusses on [...]
Based on an online survey of 809 Canadians outside of Quebec who made a financial donation to a not-for-profit organization over the year before the survey (May 2013), this report examines [...]
While focussed on cultural investments by the City of Saskatoon, this research document also provided information regarding the expenditures of other municipal governments that have [...]
This report from Quebec’s cultural observatory highlights various statistics related to cultural spending by Quebec municipalities in 2012. In the report, cultural spending includes: [...]
Many arts organizations struggle to reflect the diversity of their communities within their audiences, and would like to learn more about how diversity is reflected in the arts sector as a [...]
Kelly Hill's presentation was a two-part session in Whitehorse: Part one (morning) highlighted statistics on the arts and culture that are (or are not) available for the North, based in [...]
Artists and cultural workers transform communities. But what do we know about artists and cultural workers in our cities? Kelly Hill’s presentation provided key information about artists [...]
This presentation examines the operating, grant, and capital expenditures on culture by the City of Saskatoon between 2009 and 2012. The presentation highlights why we should care about [...]
Baseline data on artists are used for multiple purposes, including as evidence for policy analysis, trend analysis, benchmarking in reporting on outcomes, analysis of particular issues such as [...]
