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Access Arts

Access Arts wished to understand the value they offer to participants lives and the wider community. Culture Counts helped to implement an evaluation plan designed to collect evidence on their impact.

Arts Value Forum

How do we understand, measure and express the value of the arts? What contribution do the arts make to society, the economy, health and wellbeing, education, innovation and civic life? The Arts Value Forum at the Canberra Theatre Centre brought...

Talking Points, Arts Value Forum

Michael Chappell, Managing Director Culture Counts. Wednesday July 26th 2017, Canberra Theatre Centre. The arts needs an evidence-based value story. Without it, resources allocated to the arts will always be under threat. The plural of anecdote is not data. Investment...

Measuring Impact – 2017 WA Day Festival

Each June, Western Australians celebrate WA Day with a three-day festival culminating in a free concert. The event combines the best of Western Australian Music with community activities and range of high quality food vendors. This year Celebrate WA and...

Valuing Heritage

The Perth Heritage Days weekend is an annual event presented by Heritage Perth Inc. In 2016, approximately 43,000 attendees were provided the opportunity to engage with the City of Perth’s heritage sites and stories through a programme of guided tours,...

Insights from Queensland Pilot 2016

Following a successful 2015 pilot involving 12 organisations, Arts Queensland funded a further 11 arts organisations to use Culture Counts throughout 2016.  20 events were evaluated by the 11 organisations, capturing over 1,600 public, 91 peer and 98 self-survey responses....

Ian Potter Foundation Arts Evaluation Forum

The Ian Potter Foundation (IPF) has long been a pioneer and leader in supporting the arts and cultural sector, encouraging and facilitating excellence, innovation, creativity and capacity building since its inception in 1964. Recognising that grant recipients often experience difficulty...

Blue Roo Theatre Company Inc.

With very special thanks to Clark Crystal, Artistic Director and founder of Brisbane’s inclusive theatre company Blue Roo Theatre Company Inc., for sharing their results and insights for this case study originally published on the Arts Queensland blog on 12...

Access Arts participates in Culture Counts’ pilot program

With very special thanks to Pat Swell, CEO of Access Arts, for sharing their results and insights for this case study originally published on the Arts Queensland blog on 13 August 2015. Pat Swell shares Access Arts’ experience of the Culture Counts...