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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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A major national research initiative about how Americans have been connecting to culture, creativity and community
Our pandemic-era research collaboration with Culture Track® and Yancey Consulting has been all about equity and transformation. Read the reports from our 2021 phases: “A Place to Be Heard,” which centers Black voices, and “Rethinking Relevance,” findings from a large-scale national survey...
READ MOREThe Building Blocks of Welcome: Lessons Learned from Interviews with Black and Latinx Theatergoers for Signature Theatre
By Emily Bray & Jen Benoit-Bryan In early 2021, the Signature Theatre in NYC shared that they wanted to learn about the experiences of Black and Latinx audiences in their theater around welcome and belonging with the goal of making the theater a more...
READ MOREA toolkit for DIY audience surveying, 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 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’m honored to be promoted to the role of President at Slover Linett, a company where I’ve had the valuable opportunity to grow through almost every role on the team during my eight years here. Looking back at the last few years, I’ve been particularly challenged by leading the national Culture + Community research initiative…
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I’m so happy to announce a few important changes, starting with the promotion of Jen Benoit-Bryan, PhD, to president of the firm. As many of you know, Jen has been vice president and co-director of research here, and over the last two years she has been the overall leader of our national, equity-focused research collaboration with LaPlaca Cohen and Yancey Consulting, Culture + Community in a Time of Transformation: A Special Edition of Culture Track. That word “transformation” has applied to Jen, as well…
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I caught wind of a new musical bringing cheer to Theatre Row, and that’s how, on a blustery Saturday morning in November, I found myself, a solo adult woman, rushing to make a 10:00am curtain of Winnie the Pooh…
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Our Culture + Community in a Time of Transformation national survey found that more than three-quarters (76%) of Americans believe that arts and culture organizations should be addressing at least one of the social issues we asked about in our survey—which, honestly, surprised me…
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In a society where identity plays a large role in how we connect to ourselves and how we are perceived by others, we are careful about our labels. A common pause that people took in the interviews for the Culture + Community in a Time of Transformation study was right before calling themselves an “artist.” It’s a label I have also struggled…
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One year, as a freshman in high school, a new tradition started when a friend called my house on Thanksgiving day and asked if I wanted to go with him to the Peabody Museum of Natural History the next day. It was a curious request at the time…
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Will we see you in Boston?! Details below:
#CCTTstudy @BarrFdn @BPLBoston #BosArts
Join us on May 18 for a conversation on the future of #BosArts at the @BPLBoston.
We'll explore new audience research from @SloverLinett and take next steps for action. RSVP below. https://twitter.com/MASSCreative/status/1525108601064398849
We are so looking forward to this conversation; join us!
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We're lucky to have members of @SloverLinett join us for two important sessions during our 2022 online conference including "Time for Transformation: Social Justice, Digital Engagement, and Recovery in the Arts & Culture Sector" on Thur, May 26th @ 10 AM EDT. See you there!
Grief & rage far beyond #Buffalo. Let's do something this time. Starting with holding #FoxNews accountable for the hate-speech that made this anti-Black massacre all too predictable.
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We hope you'll join us!
Registration available here: https://artsadministration.org/conference/
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Interested in learning more about this research? @SloverLinett will be joining us May 23rd at 4:30 PM EDT to discuss this topic further during their session "Culture + Community: Black and African American Perspectives on Creativity, Trustworthiness, Welcoming, and Wellbeing" https://twitter.com/WallaceFdn/status/1522231323162722304
Many thanks to @WallaceFdn for their support of this important work. If you have not yet read the report, you can below:
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How can arts organizations be more welcoming? A recent report from @SloverLinett reveals some insights from Black and African Americans, a viewpoint historically sidelined from research and planning efforts in the arts. Read more: https://bit.ly/3kSZ0O1
We're very much looking forward to this session and hope you'll join us!
#CCTTstudy
Interested in learning more about this research? @SloverLinett will be joining us May 23rd at 4:30 PM EDT to discuss this topic further during their session "Culture + Community: Black and African American Perspectives on Creativity, Trustworthiness, Welcoming, and Wellbeing" https://twitter.com/WallaceFdn/status/1522231323162722304
We hope you'll join us! Details below:
https://eventbrite.com/e/culture-community-in-a-time-of-transformation-boston-convening-registration-314808188767
#CCTTstudy
In two weeks we will be with Greater Boston artists, creatives and cultural orgs digging into Culture+Community in a Time of Transformation. Register today: https://bit.ly/GreaterBosMay18 @BPLBoston @ArtsinBoston @BarrFdn @SloverLinett
We hope you'll join us for the Culture + Community in a Time of Transformation Greater Boston convening!
Registration details here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/culture-community-in-a-time-of-transformation-boston-convening-registration-314808188767
#CCTTstudy
Register today for the Culture+Community in a Time of Transformation: the Greater Boston Convening https://bit.ly/GreaterBosMay18 cohosted by @BPLBoston, @ArtsInBoston, @SloverLinett & @BarrFdn We can't wait to dig into the research, connect with artists, creatives and cultural orgs!