The Changing Landscape of Arts Participation: A Synthesis of Literature and Expert Interviews
This report provides an overview of theoretical issues concerning: ■ How people participate, both in terms of what activities should be included within the larger, ecological domain of artistic and cultural activity, and the manner and degree of people’s involvement with them ■ Who participates ■ Where participation happens ■ Motivations and barriers to participationTeaching Artists Research Project
Led by CPC Research Affiliate Nick Rabkin, the Teaching Artists Research Project (TARP) deepens our understanding of world of teaching artists through studies in twelve communities, and it will inform policy designed to make their work sustainable, more effective, and more meaningful.
Arts Education in America: What the declines mean for arts participation
Investigating the relationship among arts learning (both past and current), overall educational attainment, and all forms of arts participation.
The New Chicago Cultural Plan: Looking ahead or a retread?
Nick Rabkin, associate of the Cultural Policy Center and consultant on the Chicago Cultural Plan
Ra Joy, executive director of Arts Alliance Illinois
Teaching Artists and the Future of Education
Teaching Artists, hybrid professionals who link the arts to education and community life, are redefining the roles that the arts can play in public education. Who are teaching artists? Where and how do they work? What new strategies might they offer to help ailing public schools? And how can schools become generative sites of creative growth for artists, teachers and students?