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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.”
Featured 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 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
I am a member of the National Emerging Museum Professionals Group on Facebook, which keeps me connected to a network of people working throughout the field. A couple of months ago I read a post asking for podcast recommendations and “Working” caught my interest since...
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I'm not usually a fan of those big-budget "blockbuster" exhibitions that are mounted by non-museum producers in touristy, non-museum spaces. But I am a huge fan of the musical "Hamilton," Lin-Manuel Miranda's genius rewiring of the American founding story....
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I am thrilled to be joining my colleagues and friends from the performing arts world at this year’s Theatre Communications Group national conference in Miami. The themes this year are: Audience & Community Engagement, Well-being & Wellness, and...
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Across the U.S., foundations are rethinking how they fund culture and the arts. Some are pulling out. But some are becoming even more creative and collaborative. My team and I are excited about four new studies we've just started, all of them tied to how...
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I’m so pleased to share that we recently welcomed Aparna Hariprasad as the newest member of our team at Slover Linett. Aparna is a Research Coordinator at the firm, providing crucial direct support to project teams for both qualitative and quantitative...
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Each year I look forward to reconnecting with museum colleagues, meeting new people, getting inspired, and having fun at the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) conference. This year, I’ll be joined by our president, Peter Linett,and we are both excited...
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"It’s not hard to observe an increasingly toxic divide between theatre artists & critics; can a new publication called @3viewstheater change all that?" @RobKendt chats w/ Sarah Ruhl & Julia Jordan about their journal aimed at diversifying theatre criticism:
Can 3Views Change Theatre Criticism?
Coming this fall: a new artist-driven online journal from the Lillys that aims to widen and diversify the discourse.
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I love #streetart! We need more fun and surprises in our day to day life! @SloverLinett
Street Artist Adds Fake Shadows To Confuse People
Brilliant idea that proves it's possible to troll people in a positive, unharmful way.
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We unanimously agree that this idea rocks. But what medium shall we choose?! cc: @cgarfin @michell86113013 @vvp317 @AshleyAnnWolfe @jenbenbry
Do more #art. It’ll make you feel better! I see an art-making all staff meeting in the near future! @SloverLinett https://t.co/xCqfIxpYqh
Fun to know that what gave my neck that tingle in #RocketmanMovie is also what touched @eltonofficial most: the "ridiculous," "eerie" serendipity of being handed an envelope of #BernieTaupin lyrics in '67. #Creativity in the #arts: never inevitable.
Elton John and Bernie Taupin on How âRocketman‘ Captures an R-Rated Life
The pop star‘s friendship with his lyricist is a major focus of the biopic. For years, they each tried not looking back.
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Love what our friends at https://t.co/C9Z7NixFEd are doing w @RISDMuseum: install a browser add-in and you can see how their invited, outsider "critics" have layered their perspectives onto the conventions & assumptions of the #museum website https://t.co/E4Rz5iVBXX @OFBYFOR_ALL
We loved getting interactive with Starry Night @mfah in their "Up Close" Van Gogh exhibition today. @ The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Jennifer Benoit-Bryan on Instagram: “We loved getting interactive with Starry Night @mfahouston in their "Up Close" Van Gogh exhibition today.”
12 Likes, 0 Comments - Jennifer Benoit-Bryan (@jenbenbry) on Instagram: “We loved getting interactive with Starry Night @mfahouston in their "Up...
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"SISTRRRRS?" Regarding identity & labeling, we can all stand to learn from what @quiarahudes & Gabriela Sanchez have to say about society's "insatiable need for cultural clarity". "We're sisters. Period." #TCG19 cc: @PowerStreet12 @SloverLinett @AmericanTheatre
"What if their #creativity, sense of mission, & understanding of #art were part of the conversation? Wouldn’t they make visitors’ experiences more meaningful & relevant?" Madeline Smith shares her take on @Slate's "Working" podcast with @MuseumModernArt:
Slate’s “Working” Podcast: Behind the scenes at MoMA with the people who do the work | Slover Linett
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