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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
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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We are thrilled to announce a second wave of Culture + Community in a Time of Transformation and to invite both new and returning arts, culture, and community organizations to participate in this national study — especially those serving Black, Indigenous, and communities of color, rural communities, public libraries and parks, festivals of all kinds, and small for-profit performance venues.
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As we put a raw, revealing year behind us, I’m thinking about all the things I’ve been grateful for during the pandemic and what I’m hopeful about for 2021. Deep breath through the mask, here we go…
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We’re thrilled to share a new report that we’ve been working on for several months: “Centering the Picture: The Role of Race & Ethnicity in Cultural Engagement in the U.S.” It’s a major analysis of national survey data from the first wave of Culture + Community in a Time of Crisis: A Special Edition of Culture Track.
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Most of what we’ve shared about the national study that we’re co-leading with our colleagues at LaPlaca Cohen, Culture and Community in a Time of Crisis, has been focused on research findings; in this post we’d like to provide a different perspective on the work—a behind-the-scenes view of the research process itself.
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1 week from today! There's still time to register for our @ArtsWyoming webinar with @jenbenoitbryan, Madeline Smith, & Amy Gedal Douglass of @WallaceFdn. Details below!
#CCTTstudy @CultureTrack
Join us April 22 as @ArtsWyoming hosts @jenbenoitbryan, Madeline Smith, & @WallaceFdn's Amy Gedal Douglass to discuss findings from the first wave of Culture + Community.
Registration is open below:
#CCTT @CultureTrack
https://wyomingarts.org/online-arts-culture-series/
Delighted to announce that @US_IMLS has awarded a National Leadership Grant to our #culturetrack #CCTTstudy. This grant enables the inclusion of up to 50 public libraries in the research and supports library-specific analysis and presentations.
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Thank you to all the organizations & individuals who have already participated in the Wave 2 survey!
Receive an invitation to participate from a cultural org & have questions? @jenbenoitbryan answers them below.
#CCTTstudy @CultureTrack @LaPlacaCohen
And we're launched! Starting today, the Culture & Community Wave 2 survey is being sent out by hundreds of arts & culture orgs to millions of people across the US. Principal investigator @jenbenoitbryan shares details:@LaPlacaCohen #CCTTstudy @CultureTrack https://sloverlinett.com/news-notes/millions-of-invitations-hundreds-of-organizations-ten-languages-equity-in-the-center-go
Welcome respondents! Translated into 10 languages, our Culture + Community in a Time of Transformation survey is currently being sent out by hundreds of arts & culture organizations to millions of people across the US.
#CCTTstudy #CultureTrack @LaPlacaCohen @SloverLinett
Excited to welcome Aroha Philanthropies as a new funder for #culturetrack Wave 2 #CCTTstudy. Aroha's focus on vitality arts fosters deeper insights on inspiring creativity for those aged 55+. We can't wait to dive into this expanded research
@ArohaPhil @LaPlacaCohen @SloverLinett
We are inviting you to be heard in a national study! GMCC is working with @SloverLinett on a research project about culture, creativity & community during the pandemic...and what comes next. https://selfserve.decipherinc.com/survey/selfserve/1799/210301?list=usorgs&org=GMAC
And we're launched! Starting today, the Culture & Community Wave 2 survey is being sent out by hundreds of arts & culture orgs to millions of people across the US. Principal investigator @jenbenoitbryan shares details:@LaPlacaCohen #CCTTstudy @CultureTrack
And we're launched! Starting today, the Culture & Community Wave 2 survey is being sent out by hundreds of arts & culture orgs to millions of people across the US. Principal investigator @jenbenoitbryan shares details:@LaPlacaCohen #CCTTstudy @CultureTrack
Millions of invitations. Hundreds of organizations. Ten languages. Equity in the center. Go! | Slover Linett
We can’t wait to extend and update our understanding of how people’s circumstances, attitudes, expectations, ...
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