Adjust your view: developing multicultural audiences for the arts - A Toolkit
Fotis Kapetopoulos (2009). Australia Council for the Arts. Document (PDF, 8.4MB)
Arts and Culture Indicators in Community Building Project
An exploratory and experimental effort to develop arts and culture neighbourhood indicators for use in local planning, policymaking, and community building in the United States. Weblink
Arts, Cultural Inclusion and Social Cohesion (The): NESF Report 35 (Summary)
National Economic Social Forum, January 2007. National Economic & Social Development Office (NESDO). Document (PDF, 248 KB)
The Arts and Smart Growth: The Role of Arts in Placemaking
Translation Paper Number Twelve, Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities and Grantmakers in the Arts. April 2003. Document (PDF, 556 KB)
Arts and Social Exclusion
A literature review commissioned by the Arts Council of England to support its two-year social inclusion research programme. The review explores the concept of social exclusion, and evidence of the impact of the arts in contributing to addressing social exclusion. Document (PDF, 540KB)
Arts Participation: Steps to Stronger Cultural and Community Life
Walker, C., Fleming, C., Sherwood, K. (2003). Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute. Document (PDF, 2.4MB)
Cultural Symbiosis: cultural participation and cohesive communities
Research in cultural participation rates and effects on civic participation and community development. Document (PDF, 66 KB)
Cultural Vitality in Communities: Interpretation and Indicators
Maria Rosario Jackson, Florence Kabwasa-Green, & Joaquín Herranz. (2006). Culture, Creativity, and Communities Program: The Urban Institute. Document (PDF, 4.7 MB)
Communities: the engines of social cohesion
Summary of current directions and understandings in social cohesion research. Document (PDF, 170K)
Connecting Generations Toolkit - Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming
This Toolkit contains information to help guide you through creating, planning, implementing and evaluating your Intergenerational program. (Thank you Susan Wright, Intergenerational Project Coordinator, Lifestyle Information Network). Toolkit Website
The Diversity of Cultural Participation: Findings from a National Survey
2005 Report, based on a national survey in the United States, investigating the varying motivations and expectations people have when they attend different types of artistic events. Document (PDF, 296KB)
Ethnic enclaves in the urbanism of America
How should culture be managed from the point of view of urban form? Weblink
Leveraging Assets: How Small Budget Arts Activities Benefit Neighborhoods
Grams, Diane and Warr, Michael. (2003). Richard H. Driehaus Foundation and The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Document (PDF, 1.7 MB)
Mapping cultural participation in Chicago
Lalonde, M. et als. (2006). Chicago: University of Chicago, Cultural Policy Center. First study of its kind in a major US metropolitan centre finds that while race and ethnicity do play a role in lower participation rates among African-Americans and Latinos, socio-economic factors are the strongest predictors of participation. Document (PDF, 19.3MB)
Other key findings:
• Smaller ethnic and diverse organizations successfully reach different audiences from those targeted by larger organizations.
• There are large, predominantly white areas, regardless of income, where participation rates are low.
• In the lowest participation communities, an average of one in twenty households was involved in the largest organizations.
Singing Alone? The Contribution of Cultural Capital to Social Cohesion and Sustainable Communities
M. Sharon Jeannotte. The International Journal of Cultural Policy, 2003 Vol. 9 (1), pp. 35–49. Document (PDF, 156 KB)
