Arts participation / Public engagement
Volume 11 No 8 / January 16, 201316 January 2013
In this issue: A summary of four reports on public engagement and arts participation, including a Canadian discussion paper on public engagement, a British study that segments arts audiences, a Canadian study of factors in arts attendance, and a presentation on the changing demographics of arts attendance.
Resources
Changing demographics and their effect on values, beliefs and attitudes toward performing arts presentation
Arts Research MonitorThe bulk of this presentation provides information about key demographic trends in Canada: a growing and aging population, differences in average age by location, increased immigration from Asian countries, and an increasing Aboriginal population. Th… View this resource
Factors in Canadians’ Arts Attendance in 2010
Arts Research MonitorBased on Statistics Canada’s 2010 General Social Survey, an in-depth telephone survey of about 7,500 Canadians 15 or older, this report concludes that “there is an arts-interested public that transcends demographics”. For example, the report indicate… View this resource
Arts audiences: Insight 2011
Arts Research MonitorBased on large-scale surveys of English adults, this report aims to provide “a tool to inform marketing and audience development plans for arts organisations, local authorities and other agencies working in the arts”. The report outlines 13 arts cons… View this resource
Public Engagement in the Arts
Arts Research MonitorThe goal of this discussion paper is to provide “a high-level overview of current thinking and practices in the sphere of public engagement in the arts”. Noting that the concept of public engagement “springs from a broader discourse about democracy,… View this resource
Other Resources
http://hillstrategies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ARM_vol11_no8.pdf
