Research for Field Building

We use a range of research and communication skills to advance understanding and field building. For a group of foundations, we explored social cohesion and how it relates to place-based arts and cultural strategies. For Americans for the Arts, we synthesized research on the impacts of art on health and well-being. We’ve conducted creative economy/ecology studies for Minneapolis, MN and on California. We:

• Apply an equity-lens to research work
• Conduct interviews & focus groups (qualitative research)
• Use ethnographic techniques (site visits & participant observation)
• Collaborate with artists on arts-based research & documentation
• Develop & analyze surveys
• Wrangle data and analyze stats (quantitative analysis)
• Creative economy/ecology studies
• Execute literature reviews
• Track, articulate & amplify big-picture developments
• Produce case studies, articles, book chapters, white papers, and reports
• Curate webinars and panels
• Lead workshops and deliver keynotes and presentations