Since our last update, we’ve made additional progress investigating the connection between arts participation and economic disadvantage. We’ve reviewed two new sources and also done “deeper dives” on one of the publications that were a part of our original investigation. This brings our total bibliography on the topic to 35 sources thus far. Here are the updates:Read More
Core Research Process Update: April 2015
As noted in our last update, we’re working on an investigation of the relationship between arts participation and economic disadvantage. Since February, we’ve made some additional progress in the course of preparing our first feature article on this topic. We’ve reviewed five new sources and also done “deeper dives” on five of the publications thatRead More
Core Research Process Update: February 2015
When Createquity relaunched in October 2014, we identified two broad focus areas for our research investigation: disparities of access and the capacity of our field to create change. In the time since then, we’ve begun to dive into the literature around the first of these topics, and more specifically the relationship between arts participation andRead More
Research Progress Report: The effect of arts organizations’ survival instinct on ecosystem outcomes
These initial research reports were completed during summer 2014 by members of the Createquity editorial team. They are intended to give a sense of our (very) preliminary thoughts on the topic in question. We welcome discussion and debate. –IDM Hypotheses: Not enough “scarce” opportunities are available to those who have the most to contribute, becauseRead More
Research Progress Report: Disproportionate influence of wealthy individuals on the sector
These initial research reports were completed during summer 2014 by members of the Createquity editorial team. They are intended to give a sense of our (very) preliminary thoughts on the topic in question. We welcome discussion and debate. – IDM Process background Our research on this topic has been rather cursory. Jackie spent a fewRead More
Research Progress Report: Access to arts education
These initial research reports were completed during summer 2014 by members of the Createquity editorial team. They are intended to give a sense of our (very) preliminary thoughts on the topic in question. We welcome discussion and debate. – IDM A bit about our process After defining our hypotheses more precisely, we defined five “researchRead More
Research Progress Report: Arts administrators’ capacity to make effective decisions to support the field
These initial research reports were completed during summer 2014 by members of the Createquity editorial team. They are intended to give a sense of our (very) preliminary thoughts on the topic in question. We welcome discussion and debate. – IDM Process background Devon and Ian spent approximately 10-12 hours on hypothesis definition and searching forRead More
Research Progress Report: Racial and gender diversity among patrons, artists, and administrators
These initial research reports were completed during summer 2014 by members of the Createquity editorial team. They are intended to give a sense of our (very) preliminary thoughts on the topic in question. We welcome discussion and debate. – IDM A bit about our process Between the two of us, we spent approximately 6-8 hoursRead More
Research Progress Report: Economic disadvantage/insecurity and opportunities to participate in the arts
These initial research reports were completed during summer 2014 by members of the Createquity editorial team. They are intended to give a sense of our (very) preliminary thoughts on the topic in question. We welcome discussion and debate. – IDM A bit about our process We spent a total of about 12-14 hours on researchRead More