Arts Midwest

Are you feeling pressure to document impact? Relevancy? Measurable outcomes? Are you challenged to make sense of all of those goals, commitments, data, and metrics named by both external and internal stakeholders for development? Wondering how to put data to use to inform decision-making? This Arts Learning Xchange metro-wide workshop was an opportunity for you to consider your own processes for learning and reflection within your organization, and to probe how evaluative learning can be put to work in making key decisions about future program and organizational direction.

Date: Monday, October 17, 2011
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Place: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Reception Hall
2400 3rd Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404-3506

Presenters: David Scheie, President, Touchstone Center for Collaborative Inquiry
Panel:
Kristin Prestegaard, Director of Marketing and Communications, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Barbara Plunkett, Marketing Director, MacPhail Center for Music
PJ Doyle, Managing Director, Mixed Blood Theatre
Co-hosted by: Sharon Rodning Bash, Program Director, ArtsLab

Resources
Event slides
MacPhail Center for Music one-page handout
MacPhail sample one
MacPhail sample two
Minneapolis Institute of Arts one-page handout
MIA sample one
MIA sample two
MIA sample three
MIA sample four
MIA sample five
Mixed Blood Theatre one-page handout

Brief Bibliography
Animating Democracy. Resources for Evaluating the Social Impact of the Arts. Americans for the Arts. Retrieve from http://impact.animatingdemocracy.org/

Australa Council for the Arts (2010). Artistic vibrancy: Self-reflection tool. Retrieve from http://www.americanorchestras.org/images/stories/resource_papers/Artistic_Vibrancy_Self_Reflection_Tool.pdf

Australia Council for the Arts (2010). Artistic Vibrancy: A New Measure of Success. Retrieve from http://www.artsmanagement.net

Brown, Alan (2010). What is Artistic Vibrancy? Wolf Brown Sounding Board, No. 29, 2010. Retrieve from www.wolfbrown.com

DeMark, Sharon (2011). Effective Grant Evaluation: A Funder’s Tips. Giving Forum: Minnesota Council on Foundations, Summer 2011. Retrieve from http://www.mcf.org/news/giving-forum/effective-grant-evaluation

Gamble, Jamie A. A. (2008). A Developmental Evaluation Primer. The J. W. McConnell Family Foundation, Montreal, Québec, Canada. Retrieve from http://www.mcconnellfoundation.ca/assets/Media%20Library/Publications/A%20Developmental%20Evaluation%20Primer%20-%20EN.pdf

National Association of State Arts Agencies. Getting Started with Program Evaluation. Retrieve from http://www.nasaa-arts.org/Members/Evaluation_Guide.pdf

Sukop, Sylvia, adaptation of original report by Joseph Tobin and Gustavo E. Fischman (2007). Storytelling Approaches to Program Evaluation: An Introduction. The California Endowment. Retrieve from http://www.tcfv.org