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• Arts Participation Research 04 March 2010

  Paints a comprehensive picture of how Australians participate in the arts today.

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• Arts Participation Research 03 February 2010

  Paints a comprehensive picture of how Australians participate in the arts today.

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• Arts funding guide 2010 12 January 2010

  The Australia Council offers a wide range of programs to nurture the quality, richness and diversity of the arts. In 2010, we are offering 58 grant categories and 40 initiatives to help support your artistic practices.

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Research hub blog

• More than bums on seats: Australian participation in the arts Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:00:39 +0000

  This new research was conducted for the Research and Strategic Analysis section at the Australia Council by market research company instinct and reason. It paints a comprehensive picture of how Australians participate in the arts. The study will help arts organisations to better understand their audiences and make their art even more accessible. For policy makers, this [...]

• Culture in small and rural communities Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:44:18 +0000

  The latest edition of Canada’s Arts Research Monitor looks at recent Canadian research exploring how the arts can contribute to well-being in small and rural communities, and the factors that attract artists or contribute to the vitality of the arts in small and rural communities. The publication links to research on-   Developing and Revitalizing Rural Communities through [...]

• Thinking About Audience Research? Four Rules for the Perplexed (Part 2) Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:21:34 +0000

  The second instalment in Peter Linett’s look at key rules for researching audiences for arts organisations, published by the USA’s National Arts Marketing Project. Part 1 looked at two rules for building a research plan: (i) don’t start with what you want to know. Start with what you want to do; and (ii) think about a research plan, [...]

• Creative Communities conference call for papers Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:41:09 +0000

  The second Creative Communities conference will be held on 21-23 September 2010, in Surfers Paradise, Queensland. Organisers have released a call for papers. Topics for discussion at the conference include, but are not limited to, the following: Festivals and carnivals as spaces for multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism Youth culture, cosmopolitanism, citizenship and political engagement Ageing, leisure and social inclusion Embodiment, [...]