This page provides links to key research and evaluation reports under the following sub-headings:

· country-based studies

· evaluation and measurement

· other international projects

AUSTRALIA

Evaluating Community Arts and Community Well Being has been developed by Arts Victoria, VicHealth, Darebin City Council and the City of Whittlesea to assist community arts practitioners collect evidence about the impacts of community arts projects. Increasing value is being placed on community activities which have positive impacts on the community. There is a growing recognition of the social and community well-being outcomes of community arts projects, yet there is a gap in the resources available to community arts practitioners.
http://www.arts.vic.gov.au/arts/publications/publications/evaluatingcommunityarts.htm

CANADA

Making the Case for Culture is an invaluable web resource
http://www.creativecity.ca/resources/making-the-case/arts-positive-change-4.html

UK

The New Economic Foundation seeks to understand, measure and influence well-being. In particular they ask the question 'what would policy making and the economy look like if their main aim were to promote well-being?' http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/well_being_top.aspx?page=1038&folder=174&

'New Body Languages: the emergence of participatory arts in health' - launched and made available for free online download by commissioners `Arts Partnership Surrey',a strategic alliance of Surrey local authorities, the County Council and `Arts Council England South East` who released it in conjunction with the `National Network for Arts in Health`
http://openevolution.info/?q=node/18 (PDF)

UK

Art for Health: A review of good practice in community-based arts projects and interventions which impact on health and well-being, SHM Productions Ltd, 1999

'Evaluation and Collection of Evidence: an example', Art, Health and Community, A Study of Five Community Arts in Health Projects, A Everitt and R Hamilton, Centre for Arts and Humanities in Health and Medicine, 2003

Measuring the economic and social impact of the arts: a review, Michelle Reeves, 2002

Towards a shared vision for Arts and Health: A review of the field to inform creative evaluation methodology. Kilroy AJ & Parkinson C (2006), Manchester Metropolitan University, Departmental Publication ISBN: 1900756323

This publication is the culmination of an extensive literature review of the arts and health field.  It explores the context of arts and health practice, summarizes key findings around impact and benefit of arts and health activities and draws together some of the issues and recommendations for evaluation. This piece of work directly informed the development of the Invest to Save evaluation methodology. 

The Centre for Arts and Humanities in Health and Medicine have a large number of reports available from their website at: www.dur.ac.uk/cahhm/reports/

The Exeter Evaluation: www.rdehospital.nhs.uk/EHCA/index

The Arts and Education Interface: ongoing evidence-based research, J Harland, NFER.  www.nfer.ac.uk

USA

An Evaluation of the Core Arts Programme 1998-2001- Executive Summary, W Cleveland, Center for the Study of Art and Community,Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2001

The Creative Engine: How Arts & Culture is Fueling Economic Growth in New York City Neighbourhoods, N S Kleiman et al, Centre for an Urban Future, 2002

http://www.citylimits.org/images_pdfs/pdfs/CUFArtsReport1118.pd

The Arts, Creativity and Cultural Education: An International Perspective, C Sharp and J Le Metais, NFER, 2000

http://www.nfer.ac.uk/about-nfer/people/sharp-caroline.cfm

This evaluation and others in 'Champions of Change: The Impact of Arts on Learning', E B Fiske (ed) 2000  
http://www.creativecity.ca/resources/making-the-case/arts-positive-change-4.html

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