Assessing the Impact of Bringing Arts into Neighbourhoods

Abstract

This guide is an evaluation framework developed to support the assessment of short and long-term impacts of arts projects, events, and initiatives on neighbourhoods, public life, and communities. It is designed to help document and better facilitate creative efforts to bring quality arts close to where people live, work, and play. The content presented in this guide represents the synthesis of a study conducted at selected Arts and Culture Nodes. The Arts and Culture Nodes initiative, launched by the National Arts Council in 2012, establishes an island-wide network of arts touch-points within neighbourhoods to provide all Singaporeans with greater access to quality arts, bring vibrancy and stronger identity to public spaces, and increase opportunities for community participation and bonding through the arts. Such touch-points go beyond formal arts venues (typically found in the city centre) and involve partnerships with various institutions such as libraries, government agencies, civic centres, community and recreational clubs and corporate organisations that play a key role in their respective neighbourhood.

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