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Participation
People, culture, place – the role of culture in placemaking
Short guide with case studies demonstrating the use of culture in placemaking by ten local authorities.
Public realm - a-n The Artists Information Company
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Public realm
In the Mix: artists working on Connected Communities projects
Research produced as part of the year-long Co-producing legacy project, which explored how artists worked within the 2009 AHRC-led Connected Communities programme from the perspective of the artists involved.
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Participation
Taking part focus on: diversity – statistical release
Looks at who is participating in four of the sectors DCMS has responsibility for: Arts, Heritage, Museum and galleries and Libraries, including information by key demographics.
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Faster but slower, slower but faster – creative people and places learning 2016
Second learning summary of the first three years of the Creative People and Places initiative.
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Cultural value
Building whilst flying: learning from the creative people and places programme
Learning from the first two years of the ACE funded major national programme Creative People and Places.
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Creative Industries
The art of living dangerously
Provocation urging all those working with arts and culture to rethink their contribution to a vision of sustainable development that benefits the whole of society.
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Cultural value
London 2012 Cultural Olympiad evaluation: executive summary
Summarises key findings from the Institute of Cultural Capital evaluation of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
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Cultural value
Arts Audiences: insight
Widely adopted breakdown of arts audiences into thirteen different “segments” for marketing use by organisations and local authorities.
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Participation
The ecology of innovation
A joint Local Authority, Arts Council and Royal Society for the Arts (RSA) project focused on enhancing the town of Peterborough, through a variety of interventions aimed at stimulating citizen power, attachment to place and innovation amongst residents in Peterborough.
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Cultural value
Arts engagement in England 2008/09
Overview of findings from the Taking Part survey of 2008-09.
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Cultural value
Achieving great art for everyone: a review of research and literature to inform the Arts Council’s 10-year strategic framework
A review of research and literature to inform the Arts Council’s 10 year strategic framework.
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Cultural value
Arts engagement in England from 2005/06 to 2007/08
Findings from the first three years of the Taking Part survey.
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Participation
Attendance and participation in visual arts and crafts in England
Headline data from the Taking Part survey 2005-06
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Participation
From indifference to enthusiasm: patterns of arts attendance in England
Including 2008-09 statistics, this analysis of Taking Part survey data on arts attendance in England is produced in partnership with Tak Wing Chan and John Goldthorpe from the University of Oxford.
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Participation
Attendance and participation in theatre, street arts and circus in England
Headline data from the Taking Part survey 2005-06
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Participation
Attendance at music events and participation in musical activities in England
Headline data from the Taking Part survey 2005-06
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Participation
Reading, writing and attendance at literature events in England
Headline data from the Taking Part survey 2005-06
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Participation
Dance participation and attendance in England
Headline data from the Taking Part survey 2005-06
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Participation
Attendance at combined arts events in England
Headline data from the Taking Part survey 2005-06
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Cultural value
Public value and the arts in England: discussion and conclusions of the arts debate
Summary of process, discussion and conclusions of Arts Council England’s Arts Debate programme from 2006.
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International contexts
Radical positions
Manick Govinda explores a moment in time when it appeared that politics had taken centre stage in contemporary art, focusing on Sharjah Biennial 8.
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Public realm
Playing up
Introductory essay to an a-n Collection. Gillian Nicol explores the nature of collaborative and creative processes involved in making artwork in the public realm.
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Working practice
The arts festival sector in Yorkshire: economic, social and cultural benefits, benchmarks and development
Assesses the scale of arts festival activity in Yorkshire in 2006, and development needs of the sector as indicated through analysis of case studies.
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Cultural value
Investing in rural creativity: new rural arts strategy
A proposed arts and cultural sector response to the new Rural Strategy.
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Cultural value
The economic and social impact of cultural festivals in the East Midlands of England
The economic and social impact of cultural festivals in the East Midlands of England in 2002.
