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We’re a social research firm for the cultural sector.
We use rigorous research & evaluation methods to shine new light on how people connect to the arts, museums, media, science, stories, ideas, creativity, and community. And how they could connect.
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The research has the capacity to be transformational for the O’Keeffe Museum. Slover Linett took the time to listen, understand our needs, and integrate their work with another consultant team… As a result, the staff is eager to develop and implement experimental programs to attract and retain new audiences. Peter and his team are not only experts in audience research; they are experienced, thoughtful, and sophisticated partners who are willing to think with my team.”
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Announcing Wave 2 of the National Culture + Community Research & Strategy Collaboration in 2021
Information for cultural organizations interested in participating in Wave 2 We are excited to share that we are launching a new phase of the Culture + Community research in collaboration with LaPlaca Cohen and Yancey Consulting. The second wave of this...
READ MOREAnnouncing a national study of cultural audiences & the wider American community during COVID
Like others in the arts and culture sector, we’ve been asking ourselves how we can help the field during these difficult times. We believe that a shared, empirical picture of cultural audiences and the wider American public will help ground and guide a collective...
READ MORENew, free toolkit for DIY audience surveys, with OF/BY/FOR ALL
We're right there with community innovator Nina Simon when she says, "Collecting good demographic data can help you smash stereotypes. It can help you make smarter strategic decisions and better programs." Well, we would believe that — we’re researchers....
READ MOREWhere is Folk Music Heading? A New Survey for Folk Alliance International
Slover Linett has done considerable research on classical music audiences and innovations over the years. But other kinds of music are also vital, evolving art-forms, with their own communities of creators and consumers. So we’ve been delighted...
READ MOREContinuing Our Inquiry with Two Wallace Foundation Arts Grantees About Audiences’ Connection to New, Unfamiliar Works
In 2019, we’ve been working again with Ballet Austin and the Goodman Theatre on related research questions: How do audiences decide to take the leap of attending dance or theater performances that they don’t know much about? Both organizations are...
READ MOREHow Can Science Connect to More Millennials? A Survey for the National Academy of Sciences
In 2018, the National Academy of Sciences closed its science museum in Washington, DC and announced a new program aimed at millennials, LabX. The LabX team engaged Slover Linett to conduct a groundbreaking national study of how science is perceived by...
READ MOREMapping the Future of the Arts at Cornell University
Slover Linett has long worked with museums and arts presenters based on college and university campuses. But until recently we hadn’t helped a major educational institution look at the big picture: What roles can the arts and creativity play in...
READ MORESupporting and studying a learning community of arts organizations in California
We’re excited to be entering the homestretch of one of our most rewarding and complex engagements: an ongoing evaluation and capacity-building project with the James Irvine Foundation and its fifteen grantee-partners in the New California Arts Fund (NCAF)...
READ MORENews & Notes
Slover Linett is excited to announce that we are looking for a new team member to join our firm! We are hiring another Research Coordinator to support our team of social researchers in both administrative and operational ways. The role of Research Coordinator is a really special one…
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We are excited to welcome Camila Guerrero as the new Research Coordinator at Slover Linett. In this role, Camila is helping with a variety of projects across the firm in both administrative and operational ways to help move projects forward and strengthen the research studies that we lead for our clients in the cultural sector…
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Busy times around here, so we’re looking for some high-level analytical help over the next six months on an hourly basis. We’re hoping to collaborate with a quantitatively trained grad student, postdoc, or consultant who can help us conduct a mix of pre-planned and exploratory/iterative analyses of the large survey dataset from Wave 2 of Culture + Community in a Time of Transformation…
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The Culture + Community in a Time of Transformation study is in the field, and we’ve already received tens of thousands of responses to the survey. In Wave 2 of the study we are aiming to keep the cultural sector engaged with its audiences, to better serve them during the pandemic and beyond, and provide the field with actionable insights…
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We can’t wait to extend and update our understanding of how people’s circumstances, attitudes, expectations, and engagement with arts and culture may have changed after a full year of the pandemic. Their responses to this survey will let us more deeply explore the future of online participation and connection and understand the roles people want arts and culture organizations to play in social change and racial justice…
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Please visit our new mini-site to read more, and spread the word to your networks. This is a major opportunity to better understand the people and communities you serve (and receive your own respondents’ data in useful forms) while also contributing to a national, policy-level research picture that will help the whole cultural sector become more equitable, useful and relevant during this pivotal moment. Interested organizations should complete the sign-up form no later than Monday, March 15.
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So great to see #CCTTstudy inform & reinforce this creative work by the #museumeducation & #communityengagement team @MOCAlosangeles. Congrats to @ecuacat, and thanks for letting us know about your terrific post @AAMers:
#arts #digital #cocreation
Inviting Engagement: Front-of-House Workers Become Online Content Creators
After announcing our free admission initiative in January 2020, MOCA’s lobby was a bustling hive of activity. ...
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So great to see #CCTTstudy inform & reinforce this creative work by the #museumeducation & #communityengagement team @MOCAlosangeles. Congrats to @ecuacat, and thanks for letting us know about your terrific post @AAMers:
#arts #digital #cocreation
Inviting Engagement: Front-of-House Workers Become Online Content Creators
After announcing our free admission initiative in January 2020, MOCA’s lobby was a bustling hive of activity. ...
www.aam-us.org
New report for my #creativeplacemaking friends and #funders. Part case study, part urban sociology, part outcomes evaluation, this pre/post qualitative research completes a multi-year trilogy of studies with the free-outdoor-music visionaries @LevittFdn.
https://sloverlinett.com/insights/listening-to-the-music-of-community-change-findings-from-a-pre-post-research-study-at-levitt-pavilion-denver/
Equally thrilled to be co-author with @tanyatreptow on this #creativeplacemaking #research, a qualitative deep dive into the role of @LevittDenver and #arts in a changing place.
We hope it's useful to both funders and practitioners in equitable-arts-and-community-development.
Thrilled to announce “Listening to the Music of Community Change,” a new pre/post research study by @SloverLinett exploring collective memory, shifting perceptions of surrounding neighborhoods, and equitable belonging at @LevittDenver over time. http://levitt.org/research
Thrilled to announce “Listening to the Music of Community Change,” a new pre/post research study by @SloverLinett exploring collective memory, shifting perceptions of surrounding neighborhoods, and equitable belonging at @LevittDenver over time. http://levitt.org/research
"What's the role of creative placemaking in communities experiencing change?"
Announcing a new report on the arts in community development, in collaboration with @LevittFdn.
Details & the report may be accessed below; we look forward to your feedback:
https://mailchi.mp/sloverlinett/announcing-new-white-paper
“I’d left my home for survival, and staying alive was bringing me back.”
Just @josesolismayen in the @nytimes with an absolute must-read for all searching for hope. 😭💕
A Surprising First Live Show, in the Hometown I Once Fled
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Just wondering why my first flight in 15 months needs to be on this particular type of plane?
