Still time to register: Webinar comparing two major US cultural data platforms
Mauldin, Bronwyn
If you haven’t registered for tomorrow’s webinar yet, there’s still time. See below for all the details.
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Parallel Tracks: A comparison of cultural data platforms
Please join the Cultural Research Network for a Virtual Study Group webinar exploring two approaches to indexing arts data: Westaf’s Cultural Vitality Index (CVI) and Americans for the Arts’ National/Local Arts Index.
The webinar will be Thursday, June 12 from 2-3 pm Eastern time (11 am-noon Pacific). We recommend that you take some time to familiarize yourself with the two indexes prior to the webinar.
Register for the webinar here: https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/562611623
Presenters:
Roland Kushner is Associate Professor at Muhlenberg College teaching courses in arts administration, as well as nonprofit and small business management. He and co-author Randy Cohen of Americans for the Arts published “National Arts Index 2009: An Annual Measure of the Vitality of Arts and Culture in the United States." Followup National Arts Index reports were also published in 2011 and 2012. In 2011 and 2012, he collaborated with Americans for the Arts on the Local Arts Index project, which measures cultural activity at the local level. National and Local Arts index data are available at www.artsindexusa.org.
Anna Muessig works with Gehl Studio, which specializes in urban planning and strategy, working with cities, nonprofits, developers and foundations. Her recent projects include the creative activation of development sites in transition, cultural masterplanning, and the urban design of manufacturing districts. She was lead author and researcher for a report on Minneapolis’ creative economy commissioned by the City of Minneapolis where she developed a methodology for analyzing large data sets that described the scale and impact of that city’s creative economy, in part using CVI data. Read the report here.
Facilitator:
Kiley Arroyo is an independent cultural research, evaluation, and management strategy consultant based in Sausalito, California. Over the past two decades she has been intimately involved with American, European, and Middle Eastern arts and culture, philanthropic, and government organizations. Arroyo is a founding member of the Cultural Research Network steering committee.
Register for the webinar here: https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/562611623
Bronwyn Mauldin
Research and Evaluation Manager
Los Angeles County Arts Commission
1055 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90017