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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.”
Robert A. KretFeatured Projects
Where 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 MORESupporting Cultural Innovator Nina Simon’s New OF/BY/FOR ALL Movement
We are honored and excited to play a small role in a big idea emanating from Santa Cruz, California. OF/BY/FOR ALL is a new, international change network created by museum and community leader and author Nina Simon to help civic, cultural, and community...
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 MORENews & Notes
I’m delighted to share that we’ve welcomed Matthew Jenetopulos as Slover Linett’s new Research Coordinator. As a Research Coordinator, Matt will provide crucial support to project teams across the full range of the firm’s research and strategy...
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Cultural organizations oriented toward children, like zoos, science centers, and natural history museums, often seek to deepen engagement with families by offering adult social activities, often on weekend evenings. These activities frequently...
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I have more browser tabs open than is strictly healthy. But sometimes they tell the story of cultural evolution more vividly and concisely than any abstract argument. At the least, they’re a kind of prose poem of what grabs my attention as a researcher of...
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After more than a year of hard work, I’m so excited to finally be able to share with you our all-new, baked-from-scratch website. Peter and I, and really the whole team here at Slover Linett, are very grateful for the talented eye and brain of designer...
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This is hard for me to write, because it means acknowledging the sunsetting of two remarkable partnerships with two remarkable people. For the last fourteen years Cheryl and I have had the privilege of working closely with Sarah Lee and Chloe Chittick Patton, both of whom — in different and complementary ways — helped define…
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All roads lead to Baltimore for me at the moment, with new research projects for two of our favorite east-coast clients: the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. For the BMA, I’m working with Nancy Plaskett to help the...
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We are thrilled to introduce y'all to the newest member of the @SloverLinett team, Matthew Jenetopulos! Please join us in welcoming Matt, & learn more about how he contributes to our #audienceresearch: @vvp317
"You have young people who have supported the entertainment industry & all its formats over the years. They are imploring us to stand alongside them & do something meaningful." We love this initiative, @levelforwardinc; perhaps it will inspire more #art orgs to be #gunneutral?
Eager to see the traction that @levelforwardinc and #gunneutral makes "...entertainment companies have a responsibility to make a change because storytelling produces 'a powerful cultural currency that can be very valuable in changing the conversation.'
https://t.co/7EoeOJVYJ0
Meanwhile, those of us in Chicago are JEALOUS.
I had the best tour of @DallasZoo today with Patty before a fantastic conversation about audience research and engagement for @SloverLinett https://t.co/C70qlTTY5t
Lots of takes here, eg @tanyatreptow: It’s all about *to what end?* Think about movie trailers that give everything away; they actually get people to watch those movies, perhaps by creating familiarity. So maybe video guides at an art museum would get people into those galleries.
This #newyorker cartoon nails our anxiety about technology replacing rather than deepening the "real" (i.e. live, unmediated) #museum experience. Plus our fear that visitors are increasingly passive. @NAEA @museweb @heychrisbarr #artstech @futureofmuseums
@NightMinistry The pleasure was all ours!
What an exciting successor to one of the real progressives and innovators in the #arts. Big congrats to @ngdragonfly71 and to @osfashland.
Nataki Garrett, @osfashland's next artistic director, spoke to us today about her background, her priorities, and what's in store as she takes the helm of one of the nation's leading theatres
https://t.co/bOjJTqqNgO
Warning: Cuteness overload from the @DallasZoo!
Congratulations to Megan and @DallasZoo from your friends @SloverLinett. https://t.co/Ue9iAOFIed