This research was conducted by Seana S. Lowe at the University of Colorado, USA
Calculating the value of community arts projects is a tricky task. In an attempt to better understand the impact such projects can have on participants, this paper looked in detail at two initiatives that took place …
This research was conducted by Stephanie E. Pitts and Jonathan Gross at the University of Sheffield, UK
This paper outlines the use of the ‘audience exchange’ approach to audience development. This involves facilitated group dialogue between audience members who are first-time attenders who may lack confidence or familiarity with the …
This research was conducted by Alessandra Lembo at the University of Chicago, USA.
Honky Tonk Night Happy Hour is a hard country music club night at small venue in a large mid-western US city. The study took place over 15 months via a combination of observation and life history interviews …
This research was conducted by Ingebjørg Vestrum at the Nordland Research Institute, Norway
This paper examined the influential role of a community entrepreneur (CE) to create social change by introducing an annual jazz festival in a rural community in Norway. The community faced challenges related to depopulation and the area's …
This research was conducted by Ben Walmsley at the University of Leeds, UK
This article presents findings from an in-depth project carried out with five audience-participants at cultural events during Leeds’ annual LoveArts festival. The researchers asked participants to explain what the arts meant to them. They discovered that people …
This research was conducted by Jonathan Ward at the University of Leeds, UK
The seaside town of Margate, South East England, has undergone a substantial art-led regeneration, with the intention of transforming it into a creative and interactive place. This has led to greatly increased cultural activity and attracted many …
This research was conducted by Dahyun Lee at Ohio State University, USA
This paper describes what happened in Columbus Ohio during the Guernica Peace Mural Programme in July 2010. The GPMP brought together 18 US graduate students and approximately 20 Somali children over five days to create a piece of …
This research was conducted by Dirk vom Lehn and Christian Heath at King's College London, UK
This paper looks at the way in which galleries and museums have deployed technology in their exhibitions to support the aesthetic and educational experience of the public. The research specifically examined the use of …
This research was conducted by Jennifer DeWitt and Jill Hohenstein at King's College London, UK
This paper examined the quality of children’s talk to better understand the ways in which children learn in a museum setting. The research was based upon four separate school visits to the Science Museum in …
This research was conducted by Fiona Collins and Susan Ogier at the University of Roehampton, UK
This paper describes what happened when primary school pupils in London participated in a project called Images and Identity, using digital art to interrogate the issue of identity in the context of the European …