The Arts Research Monitor, created by Hill Strategies in 2002, provides synopses of qualitative and quantitative arts research projects. The Monitor is available here in pdf form, while our web resource - ArtsResearchMonitor.com provides categories, quick links and easy search access to all individual Arts Research Monitor articles.
The synopses of qualitative and quantitative research findings in the Arts Research Monitor can be applied to:
arts and culture management; advocacy; business, strategic and career planning; communications; policy making; and program design.
The Arts Research Monitor is funded by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council.
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In this issue: Summaries of four reports on the situation of cultural facilities and infrastructure, including a survey of arts facility needs in Ontario, an American study of “creative placemaking”, a survey of technology adoption in North American arts organizations, as well as a Quebec report aimed at developing standards for municipal provision of cultural facilities.
In this issue: A focus on arts education and children’s arts experiences, including an American report on arts education and arts participation, a study of the arts education activities of Toronto performing arts organizations, a report on the participation of young Canadian children in arts and reading activities outside of school, as well as a brief report on the situation of the arts in Ontario schools.
In this issue: Four reports that examine the financial impacts of culture, including a Canadian study of cultural tourists, American reports on the performing arts and cultural industries, and an Italian study of the cultural economy.
In this issue: A summary of four reports on the situation of artists, including a profile of Quebec writers as well as Australian and American studies on the situation of artists, teaching artists and arts program graduates.
In this issue: A focus on audience engagement across arts disciplines as well as key statistics on heritage organizations, including art galleries, museums, historic sites, zoos and botanical gardens.