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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 noticed a slightly perplexing pattern recently when conducting interviews with bilingual Spanish/English speakers: when offered their choice of languages, the interviewees consistently selected English. I did not ask interviewees why they made their choice, but after spending some time reflecting on various elements of the interviews, I have developed some potential reasons…
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One of the qualities I most appreciate about the culture at Slover Linett is our growth mindset; the team actively supports each other in taking on challenges that stretch and grow our skills. I’m delighted to share three promotions today that reflect the learning and growth happening at every level of Slover Linett…
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Quotes Benoit-Bryan, “They’re holding both ideas at once. There is systemic racism in many different parts of the arts and culture sector, but they still believe in the power of arts and cultural organizations to address that very same issue, even though they know it’s still being grappled with internally…
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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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Love these places where empiricism meets activism. Congrats to all involved, and big thanks to all the #museum directors and changemakers who are participating in this critical upcoming #research.
So proud to be working with @MuseumsMoving (@mialocks + team!) on a Fall survey of workplace #equity in #artmuseums. Right now @jenbenoitbryan is doing a webinar w/@NU_CAMD about participating.
If your museum is interested, all the info at https://museumsmovingforward.com/data-study (Yes it's free)
So proud to be working with @MuseumsMoving (@mialocks + team!) on a Fall survey of workplace #equity in #artmuseums. Right now @jenbenoitbryan is doing a webinar w/@NU_CAMD about participating.
If your museum is interested, all the info at https://museumsmovingforward.com/data-study (Yes it's free)
What #communityarts really means:
"If the #theater were really made welcoming & accessible to all, this is what it might manifest—a stage bursting with performers diverse in age, race, size, habit & circumstance," & an audience similarly distributed.
Yes! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/theater/review-as-you-like-it.html
@nickmirzoeff Kinda the book we've all been waiting for - congrats, Nick and super looking forward to reading it.
Yep, we're reviewing applications now and excited about finding a wonderful new colleague.
It's an awesome opportunity for a #socialsciences #research and #evaluation person who's interested in #equity & inclusion in the #arts/#culture/#community sector.
Know anyone...?
Hey #research peeps in the #arts & #culture field! We've just clarified the salary range for the #Researcher or Senior Researcher position we posted a few weeks ago. Please check it out...and we'd be very grateful if you can help spread the word!
http://sloverlinett.com/careers/researcher
Hey #research peeps in the #arts & #culture field! We've just clarified the salary range for the #Researcher or Senior Researcher position we posted a few weeks ago. Please check it out...and we'd be very grateful if you can help spread the word!
http://sloverlinett.com/careers/researcher
In this episode of CMA Talks, we speak with Melody Buyukozer Dawkins from @SloverLinett. We also listen to a selection from "Pillar III" from
@AndyAkiho’s Seven Pillars performed by @sandboxperc. Listen now at: https://www.chambermusicamerica.org/podcast
Thanks Jeremy, yes still open! We're sorting through resumes with excitement, and still receiving them through Sept. 9.
#culturalresearch #audienceresearch #socialsciences #artsjobs #visitorstudies
Great job in #artsresearch at @SloverLinett here: https://sloverlinett.com/careers/researcher/. Seems like the posting is still open, if I'm not mistaken.