Insights for Data-Driven Decision Making
To help identify and embrace contemporary culture at its core and edges, CultureSource provides timely and relevant research to understand the core being of our field as well as emerging trends and new advancements.
We regularly engage in practices of research and learning in order to build field knowledge and enhance our work of convening and grantmaking. In our portfolio of research activities, we are part of a research lab and have partnerships with arts research firms locally and nationally.
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What We're Reading
Opportunities to Support Artists’ Ability to Thrive
Fractured Atlas
Identifying opportunities to improve the social safety net for artists, propel cultural equity by benefiting artists who are currently left out of the existing artist support systems, and build the collective power of artists.
Arts Organizations Grow Staff Despite Challenging Conditions
SMU DataArts
Attracting, retaining, and cultivating a strong workforce is a key priority for every organization. But how has the cultural workforce fared through the ups and downs of the labor market both during and after the pandemic?
More Than $8 Billion Worth of Cultural Projects Built in 2023
artnet
The findings of the 2023 Cultural Infrastructure Index, which was developed by AEA Consulting to break down global investment in cultural projects, will likely surprise no one as they reflect the “mixed picture” of the broader economic outlook.
