Arts in Western Sydney | Arts NSW. Western Sydney has a strong and vibrant arts and cultural environment. Over 2 million people live in the Greater Western Sydney region*. With strong growth in the region, the population is projected to increase to 2.96 million by 2036. The region also has the largest urban Aboriginal population in Australia and is home to many other cultural communities and languages, with Arabic being the most commonly spoken language outside English. *as of 30 June 2011, Australian Bureau of Statistics Western Sydney arts facilities In recognition of the diversity and vitality of culture in Western Sydney, the NSW Government, in partnership with local government in Western Sydney, jointly invested over $55 million in capital infrastructure in between 2002 and 2010.
From the 2012-2013 Arts Funding Program, over $3 million was provided to 25 organisations and individuals located in Western to undertake a range of programs and projects across the region. 2013 Program Funded Organisations: Bankstown Art Centre. Drdreh. Cultural Clusters: The Implications of Cultural Assets Agglomeration for Neighborhood Revitalization — Journal of Planning Education and Research. Social Impact of the Arts Project - University of Pennsylvania. The Social Impact of the Arts Project is a research center at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice. SIAP conducts research on the role of arts and culture in American cities with a particular interest in strategies for arts-based revitalization.
Since 1994, SIAP has focused on developing empirical methods to stud the links between cultural engagement and community well-being. Over the past two years, with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation, SIAP has collaborated with The Reinvestment Fund in an exploration of the potential of arts-based regeneration strategies. For the collaboration, SIAP produced a critical review of the literature on culture and revitalization and three policy briefs.
From Creative Economy to Creative Society This brief uses a social policy lens to look at the impact and potential of the creative economy for urban neighborhoods. Mark Stern and Susan Seifert are conducting an evaluation of the John S. and James L. The art of regeneration: urban renewal through cultural activity. Evaluating the social impact of participation in arts | Paola Merli | Variant 19. Evaluating the social impact of participation in arts activities A critical review of François Matarasso's Use or Ornament? Paola Merli Introduction In 1993 the independent research organisation Comedia, on behalf of the Arts Council of Great Britain, produced a discussion document on the social impact of the arts (Landry et al., 1993). The study was followed in 1995-1996 by an empirical research project focused on the social impact of participatory arts programmes, co-ordinated by François Matarasso for Comedia, producing the influential report Use or Ornament?
The Social Impact of Participation in the Arts (Matarasso, 1997). A short description of Matarasso's studyThe subject of Matarasso's study is the social impact of participatory arts programmes "because it is to this area of the arts that social benefits are most commonly attributed in policy discussion" (Matarasso,1997, p. iii). Works CitedBennett, T. (1998) Culture: A Reformer's Science (Sage, London). Arts Victoria - Strengthening Local Communities. Strengthening Local Communities Arts in Community Settings This publication presents the findings of an evaluation of two community focussed grants programs, Arts Development for Communities and Arts Residencies undertaken in 2006.
The results of independently mediated focus groups with artists, community participants and partner organisations were the main source of data for the report. It was jointly produced by the research units at Arts Victoria and the Department for Planning and Community Development. The report demonstrates that arts can be a powerful and inclusive way of strengthening communities by: VicHealth - Evaluation of the Community Arts Development Scheme. Women's Circus performs 'Daddy'. Photo: Viv Mehes VicHealth supported three experienced community arts organisations to facilitate and maintain social inclusion, civic engagement, promote diversity and address discrimination. These were: The mental health impact of VicHealth’s Community Arts Development Scheme was evaluated by the University of Melbourne in partnership with Brotherhood of St Laurence Social Research Unit and the Victorian College of the Arts.
The aim of the evaluation was to improve the health evidence for community arts practice, and increase awareness in the health sector, arts, across government, community organisations and academics of the impact of community arts activity on mental health and wellbeing at both individual and community levels. Go to evaluation report Research team Dr Lindy Joubert – Faculty of Architecture, University of Melbourne Dr Margaret Kelaher – School of Population Health, University of Melbourne A/Prof.
Contacts. Big hART :: Evaluation Reports. EDIA - The Social Impact of Arts Programs : How The Arts Measure Up. Click to download word document The Social Impact of Arts Programs How The Arts Measure Up: Australian research into social impact Working Paper 8: Preface 3 References 24 The Social Impact of Arts Programmes' is Comedia's 4th major study of cultural policy, following research into libraries, parks and the creative city.
A) Establishing a number of case studies to evaluate the social impact of specific programmes and the assessment structures within which they operate. b) Reviewing existing literature on social impact in relation to arts programmes alongside comparable thinking in other fields. c) Providing a background analysis of the value of arts programmes in achieving social outcomes more commonly targeted through other forms of intervention. d) Stimulating a debate around the social impact of arts programmes through the publication of working papers, and associated meetings and seminars. PS The final outcome from the Social Impact of Arts Programs was published as Use or Ornament? Cultural participation | Cultural Data Online. Beyond Machinery: The Cultural Policies of Matthew Arnold -- Bennett 37 (3): 455 -- History of Political Economy.
Editorial Community development and the arts: reviving the democratic imagination — COMMUNITY DEV J. Consumed by the political: the ruination of the Arts Council - BRIGHTON - 2006 - Critical Quarterly. A literature review of the evidence base for culture, the arts and sport policy. This review of the social and economic impacts of culture, the arts and sport provides an overview and compendium of robust research evidence, both national and international, in these fields.
It creates a coherent social research evidence base to inform Scottish policy development and future investment in culture, the arts and sport, and also investment in wider policy areas which can achieve their objectives through initiatives employing culture, the arts and sport. The Review has highlighted gaps in evidence which, if addressed, should contribute significantly to a robust evidence base for all these policy areas. The Review has concentrated on the main issues covered by the National Cultural Strategy, Sport 21, and the Partnership for a Better Scotland agreement. Key Findings from a review of the research literature are: Social Impact Personal and Community Development Social Justice Health Education Participation and Under-represented Groups Barriers to participation Audience Development. Evaluation Methodologies | Disseminate. Although practitioners in the CCD field clearly see the value of arts practice as a tool for reducing health and social inequalities, the evidence to support this is still emerging.
And while practitioners acknowledge evaluation as important, methods for gathering evidence vary greatly, and evaluation is not yet central to much community arts practice. Calls for more scientific approaches to evaluation point out limitations such as including reliance on anecdote, small sample size, limited hypothesis testing and a lack of longitudinal components. From an arts perspective, there is some scepticism about whether the true value of art and the artistic process can be measured by empirical means, and about the risks of narrowly measuring the arts as only an instrument of intervention, which may overlook other unexpected or intangible outcomes.
Quantitative research methods Qualitative research methods. Something More Substantive Than Social Inclusion - page 7 | Social Alternatives. In Search of..... - TV.com www.tv.com/shows/in-search-of Narrarated by Leonard Nimoy, In search of was a 30 minute syndicated show that covered a wide range of paranormal topics. It pioneered a lot of the methodology that ... Search Engine - Download.com download.cnet.com/s/search-engine search engine free download - GSA Search Engine Ranker, Nomao - The personalized search engine, Zoom Search Engine, and many more programs Google Search - Download.com download.cnet.com/s/google-search google search free download - Google Search, Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer, Google Search, and many more programs Star Search - Episode Guide - TV.com www.tv.com/shows/star-search-2003/episodes Star Search episode guides on TV.com.
Reference List | Disseminate. Arts and Health Evaluation Approaches Appleton, J 2006, ‘Who owns public art?’ In Culture vultures: Is UK arts policy damaging the arts, pp. 53–69, England, Policy Exchange. Georgeff, N, Lewis, A & Rosenberg, M 2009, ‘Bridging the gap: towards a framework for evaluating art and health’, Australasian Journal of Arts and Health, vol. 1, pp. 31–39. Jackson, MR, Harranz, J & Kabwasa-Green, F 2003, ‘Art and culture in communities: a framework for measurement’, Creativity and communities program, The Urban Institute, Washington. Kelaher, M, Berman, N, Joubert, L, Curry, S, Jones, R, Stanley, J and Johnson, V 2007, ‘Methodological approaches to evaluating the impact of community arts on health’, UNESCO Observatory E-Journal, vol. 1, pp. 1–18.
Arts and Health Evaluation Debate Baum, M 2001, ‘Evidence-based art?’ Arts and Mental Health Arts and Social Inclusion / Social Capital. Evaluating the social impact of participation in arts | Paola Merli | Variant 19.