In this episode, we look at a recent report on job quality measurement and consider its implications for strengthening the arts workforce. A transcript is available here. … [Read more...] about Quick Study: Job Quality Measurement and the Arts
Making Space for Indigenous Practices in Government Data about the Arts
One of my former colleagues used to complain that arts funders and administrators are “data paupers.” This must have been more than a decade ago. Even at the time, I questioned the assertion, but nowadays it may provoke stares. I mean, far from experiencing an arts data shortage, it often feels as though we’re swimming in the stuff. Quite apart from the increasingly … [Read more...] about Making Space for Indigenous Practices in Government Data about the Arts
Quick Study: Arts-Based Research Methods
In this episode, we consider “different ways of knowing”: how arts-based research can inform our understanding about—well—the arts. A transcript is available here. . … [Read more...] about Quick Study: Arts-Based Research Methods
Buyer’s Remorse in Higher Education—Some Questions for the Arts
In January 2014, President Obama caught flak from art historians when, speaking at a General Electric manufacturing plant in Waukesha, Wisconsin, he casually referred to their field of study. “I promise you,” he said, “folks can make a lot more potentially with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might with an art history degree.” Immediately, Obama qualified his … [Read more...] about Buyer’s Remorse in Higher Education—Some Questions for the Arts
Quick Study: K-12 Access to Arts Education
In this episode, we consider a recent analysis about the availability of arts education in public K-12 schools. A transcript is available here. … [Read more...] about Quick Study: K-12 Access to Arts Education