Moving the Needle from Cultural Policy to Cultural Engagement
Brooke Flanagan, Director of Institutional Advancement, and Hilary Odom, Senior Advancement Office at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Beyond Attendance: A multi-modal understanding of arts participation
Jennifer Novak-Leonard presents a preview of her forthcoming NEA report.
Race/Ethnicity and Arts Participation
NORC Senior Survey Methodologist Vince Welch and NORC Graduate Research Assistant Yonghyun Kim
This presentation was the second of three workshops this quarter that looked at new research from one of the five competitive NEA research grants to examine and interpret data from the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (conducted in 1982, 1992, 2002, and 2008).
Arts Participation: There's More than the Decline in Attendance to Discuss
Jennifer Novak-Leonard, Senior Consultant, WolfBrown
The presentation looked at new research from one of the five competitive NEA research grants to examine and interpret data from the 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts and previous SPPA surveys (1982, 1992, 2002). Jennifer Novak-Leonard heads the project looking at relationships between attendance and personal arts creation. Her research examines new ways of measuring arts participation and the implications for arts organizations' practice and for policy.
Changing Arts Audiences: Capitalizing on Omnivorousness
A presentation and discussion with Richard A. Peterson, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Vanderbilt University
Baby Boomers are “cultural omnivores,” according to sociologist Richard A. Peterson. To them, serious art means the Beatles and B.B. King as much it does Beethoven and Bizet. With more choices and less time, they enjoy opera and classical music as occasional options amid a wide range of what they consider culture. They don’t associate supporting the fine arts with gaining elite status, a motivator that drove previous generations to the opera and symphony halls.