Season for Change Toolkit
Part of a UK wide cultural programme inspiring urgent and inclusive action on climate change, this is a digital collection of tips, case studies and resources to help people use the arts and culture to work for a more sustainable future.
Applying Performance: Live Art, Socially Engaged Theatre and Affective Practice
This academic text explores the process of making contemporary performance in social contexts. Nicola Shaughnessy, 2012.
Conversations over a brew
Conversations Over A Brew is the podcast series from Heart of Glass - intimate recorded conversations exploring the stories of the people they make art with. So much goes into the making of a new artwork, that you might not ever [...]
Covid-19 and the Global Cultural and Creative Sector
Extensive research from the Centre for Cultural value on the impact of the pandemic on the cultural sector internationally. Anthony Sargent CBE, 2022
Municipal Artist Partnerships
An excellent toolkit, described as: A “relationship guide” to forging strong and sustainable creative partnerships between local governments and artists. USA specific but with lots of relevance for practitioners internationally. Blade of Grass / Animating Democracy, 2020.
Proof of the Pudding
A resource for artists to help them demonstrate the value and impact of participatory arts and develop partnerships for funding work. Produced in collaboration with Artworks Alliance. People Dancing, 2020.
Performing Impact
A scoping study of the ways in which community theatre understands and evaluates its work. University of Nottingham, 2013.
Partnerships for Learning: A guide to evaluating arts education projects
A very useful step by step guide to all aspects of participatory project evaluation. Felicity Woolf, 1999.
The role of the Arts during the Covid-19 Pandemic
This report draws on a range of literature to explore (i) how audiences and arts behaviours changed and whether such changes are showing signs of becoming persistent within our society, (ii) how and why the arts helped people to cope [...]
The Social Impact of Participation in Culture
A submission to the DCMS enquiry - presents a clear evidence base and analysis of the benefit/impact. MB Associates, 2018