CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND THE ARTS: ISSUES OF CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT
Submitted by Tommer on November 2, 2009
Based on a literature review drawing from the social sciences, humanities, and public policy, this new report by by Mark J. Stern and Susan C. Seifert of the Social Impact of the Arts Project at the University of Pennsylvania suggest documentation and evaluation strategies that artists, cultural and community organizations, philanthropists, and public agencies could take to improve the quality of knowledge about the social impact of arts-based civic engagement work.