Resources

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Area Demographics

U.S. Census Bureau Demographics - 2000

Boulder County Demographics - Example of County information.

City of Denver Demographics - Example of City Demographics.

Lectures, Videos, Podcasts

Seeking an Active Voice: Enriching & Building Arts Audiences by Lynne Conner, professor, theater, University of Pittsburgh

Audience Development for Indie Artists with Dave Charest and Shoshana Fanizza

Kansas City - Part 1 Collaborative Audience Development (Part 1 of 4)

Michael Kaiser's Arts in Crisis, Question 1, Los Angeles (1 of 12)

League of American Orchestras: Opening Plenary Conference 2011

Arts Midwest: Are You My Audience?

Papers, Studies, Reports, Articles

The James Irvine Foundation (Wolf Brown) - Getting In On the Act: How arts groups are creating opportunities for active participation

Wallace Foundation - Audience Development for the Arts

Opera America - The Guiding Principles of Audience Development

Museums for visitors: Audience development - A crucial role for successful museum management strategies (2006)

Audience Development - League of American Orchestras

Orchestras Live- Challenging our Audience Development Model (2008)

WKSU - Audience Development Archives

Urban Institute - Cultural Collaborations: Building Partnerships for Arts Participation

Technology in the Arts - Online Audience Engagement: Strategies for Developing Jazz and Classical Audiences (2011)

Createquity Arts Policy Library

Dallas Museum of Art - A Framework for Engaging with Art (2010)

The International Journal of the Arts in Society - Symphony Audience Development: Analysis of Organizational Culture in the Performing Arts (2010)

Museums & Galleries NSW - Audience Development Study: Guess Who's Going to the Gallery? (2007-2009)

Creative Trust - Audience Engagement Survey (2010)

WolfBrown: A Segmentation Model for Performing Arts Ticket Buyers (2007)

Heritage Lottery Fund: Thinking About...Audience Development (2010)

MuseumNext and Sumo: Social Media Audiences and the Museum (2011)

Design Accessibility: Audience Development and Marketing

Journals

Participations - Journal of Audience & Reception Studies

Dance Journal - Audience Development

Slide Shows

Scottish Jazz Federation Promoters Forum Digital Audience Development

Audience Development Issues - Discuss!

2010 Generation Trend Report

Blogs

Foundation Center: Blogs for Arts Nonprofits

Initiatives

Boulder County Arts Alliance - Audience Development Initiative

Kansas City Collaborative Audience Development Initiative Phase II Evaluation

Kansas City Collaborative Audience Development Initiative Phase III

SC Arts Commission Programs - Statewide Arts Participation Initiative

Arts Memphis Audience Development Initiative

Recommended Databases

Easy-Ware, Total Info Database for all non-profits; great for audience development!

Finding Volunteers

Volunteer Match - post your opportunities and find new volunteers today!

Volunteer Connection - Boulder County volunteer services - Example of County Source.

CU Volunteer Resource Center - Example of University Source.

More to come...
 
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