Bibliography Arts Research Monitor
Title Author(s) Publication Name
Performing Arts Attendance in Canada and the Hill Strategies Research Inc. Research Series on the Arts
Provinces
Consumer Spending on Culture in Canada, the Hill Strategies Research Inc. Research Series on the Arts
Provinces and 13 Municipal Regions in 2001
Performing Arts Spending in Canada in 2001 Hill Strategies Research Inc. Research Series on the Arts
Donors to Arts and Culture Organizations in Canada Hill Strategies Research Inc. Research Series on the Arts
Arts Education Hill Strategies Research Inc. Arts Research Monitor
Volunteers / Philanthropy Hill Strategies Research Inc. Arts Research Monitor
Planning and Management Hill Strategies Research Inc. Arts Research Monitor
Arts Organization Finances (Performing Arts) Hill Strategies Research Inc. Arts Research Monitor
Sector Profiles and Surveys Hill Strategies Research Inc. Arts Research Monitor
Performing Arts Facilities Hill Strategies Research Inc. Arts Research Monitor
Human Resources Hill Strategies Research Inc. Arts Research Monitor
Arts Attendance and Participation Hill Strategies Research Inc. Arts Research Monitor
Theatre / Status of Women Hill Strategies Research Inc. Arts Research Monitor
Creative Class Hill Strategies Research Inc. Arts Research Monitor
Reading and Writing Hill Strategies Research Inc. Arts Research Monitor
Arts Advocacy Hill Strategies Research Inc. Arts Research Monitor
Arts Education Hill Strategies Research Inc. Arts Research Monitor
Arts and Culture Labour Force / Human Resources Hill Strategies Arts Research Monitor
Arts Advocacy Hill Strategies Arts Research Monitor
Hill
National Arts & Youth Demonstration Project: Highlights Strategies Arts Research Monitor
Arts Attendees in Canada Hill Strategies Research Inc.
Canadian Consumers Spent $21.3 Billion on Cultural Hill Strategies Research Inc.
Items in 2001
Arts and Cultural Projects in Rural and Remote Canada Council for the Arts Arts and Cultural Projects in
Canada: A Review of Canada Council Support Rural and Remote Canada:
A Review of Canada Council
Support
New Media and Electronic Rights Robert Labossiere
Intellectual Property and International Trade Susan Crean, B. Laurie Edwards and
Marian D. Hebb
Managing Our Performance Spaces Louise Poulin
Diversity, Demography and the Arts In Canada: the Jack Jedwab Minister's Forum on Diversity
Possible Effects of Canada’s Changing Population on and Culture
Canadian Cultural Expression
Media Arts Study and Profile: Phase 1 Hill Strategies Media Arts Study and Profile
Creative Management in the Arts and Heritage: Jocelyn Harvey
Sustaining and Renewing Professional Management
for the 21st Century
Cultural Consumption and Participation John A. Foote Strategic Research and
Analysis
Economic Impacts of 97 Festivals and Events Hill Strategies Fact Sheet 2: Analysis by
Size of Festival
Performing Art Companies Funded by the Canada Canada Council for the Arts Arts Sector Profile # 3
Council: 10-Year Audience Trend
Strong Growth in Number of Artists, Hill Strategies
but Earnings Remain Low
Environics Research
Arts & Heritage Participation - Environics Study Final Report Group Limited Environics Study
Report Of The Jane Marsland
Arts In The Community Task Force Graeme Page
Stan Shortt
Artists are unevenly distributed across Canada Hill Strategies Research Inc.
Artists in Canada’s Provinces, Territories Hill Strategies Research Inc. Statistical insights on the arts
and Metropolitan Areas
Arts and Culture Labour Force Hill Strategies Research Inc. Arts Research Monitor
Census Metropolitan Areas David Coish
as Culture Clusters
Source Publication Year Language ISSN
Hill Strategies Research Inc. January, 2003 Bilingual 1709-6650
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html
Vol 1 No 1
Hill Strategies Research Inc March, 2003 Bilingual 1709-6650
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html
Vol 1 No 2
Hill Strategies Research Inc April, 2004 Bilingual 0-9735577-0-
http://www.hillstrategies.com/docs/Performing_ 2
arts_spending.pdf
Vol. 2 No. 3
Hill Strategies Research Inc January, 2004 English 1709-6669
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html
Vol 2 No 2
Hill Strategies Research Inc August, 2003 Bilingual 1708-170X
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html
Vol 2 No 1
Hill Strategies Research Inc August, 2003 Bilingual 1708-170X
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html
Vol 2 No 2
Hill Strategies Research Inc September, 2003 Bilingual 1708-170X
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html
Vol 2 No 3
Hill Strategies Research Inc October, 2003 Bilingual 1708-170X
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html
Vol 2 No 4
Hill Strategies Research Inc November, 2003 Bilingual 1708-170X
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html
Vol 2 No 5
Hill Strategies Research Inc December, 2003 Bilingual 1708-170X
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html
Vol 2 No 6
Hill Strategies Research Inc January, 2004 Bilingual 1708-170X
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html
Vol 2 No 7
Hill Strategies Research Inc March, 2004 Bilingual 1708-170X
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html
Vol 2 No 8
Hill Strategies Research Inc March/April, 2004 Bilingual 1708-170X
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html
Vol 2 No 9
Hill Strategies Research Inc April, 2004 Bilingual 1708-170X
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html
Vol 2 No 10
Hill Strategies Research Inc May, 2004 Bilingual 1708-170X
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html
Vol 3 No 1
Hill Strategies Research Inc June, 2004 Bilingual 1708-170X
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html
Vol 3 No 2
Hill Strategies Research Inc July, 2004 Bilingual 1708-170X
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html
Vol 3 No 3
Hill Strategies Research Inc Sep, 2004 Bilingual
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html
Vol 3 No 4
Hill Strategies Research Inc May, 2005 Bilingual ISSN 1708-
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html 170X
Vol 4 No 2
Hill Strategies Research Inc Jun-05 Bilingual ISSN 1708-
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html 170X
Vol 4 No 3
Hill Strategies Research Inc May, 2002 English
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html
Hill Strategies Research Inc February, 2004 English
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html
Canada Council for the Arts December, 2001 English
http://www.canadacouncil.ca/publications_e/res
earch.html
Canada Council for the Arts March, 1999 English
http://www.canadacouncil.ca/publications_e/res
earch.html
Canada Council for the Arts March, 1999 English
http://www.canadacouncil.ca/publications_e/res
earch.html
Canada Council for the Arts December, 2002 English
http://www.canadacouncil.ca/artsinfo/research
Canadian Heritage January, 2003 English
http://www.pch.gc.ca/special/dcforum/pubs/jed
wab_e.cfm
Canada Council for the Arts, Department of May, 2003 English
Canadian Heritage and the Independent Media
Arts Alliance
http://www.canadacouncil.ca/artsinfo/research
Canadian Conference of the Arts&the Cultural July, 2002 Bilingual
Human Resources Council
http://www.ccarts.ca/eng/04res/CMPhase1.htm
Department of Canadian Heritage June, 2002 Bilingual
http://www.culturescope.ca
Hill Strategies Research Inc April, 2003 English
http://www.arts.on.ca
Canada Council for the Arts June, 1999 English
http://www.canadacouncil.ca/publications_e/res
earch
Hill Strategies Hill Strategies Research Inc September,2004 English
http://www.arts.on.ca
http://www.culturescope.ca/ev_en.php?ID=2984 September, 2000 English ID: 2984
_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC
http://www.arts.on.ca/userfiles/page_attach English
ments/library/1/318_879746_Task_Force_
Report_English_webfinal.pdf
http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html October, 2004 Bilingual
Hill Strategies Research October, 2004 Bilingual
Inchttp://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html
Vol. 3 No. 2
Hill Strategies Research October, 2004 Bilingual
Inchttp://www.hillstrategies.com/resources.html
Vol. 3 No. 6
Statistics Canada October, 2004 Bilingual ISSN: 1710-
2944
ISBN: 0-662-
38392-3
Description Sub-headings
This report examines the attendance of Canadians at Canadian Performing Arts Attendance Rates and Attendee Profile
theatre, symphony, opera, choral music, popular Attendance Trends in the 1990s
music and dance performances (excluding festivals). Provincial Comparisons
Provincial and Regional Profiles
Performing Arts Questions asked in 1992 and 1998-General Social
Surveys
This report examines the spending of Canadians on Consumer Spending on Culture in Canada
cultural activities, goods and equipment, including art Provincial and Municipal Comparisons
supplies and musical instruments, art works and Profiles of Cultural Spending by Province and Municipal Region
events, home entertainment, movie theatre Survey of Household Spending
admissions, photographic equipment and services,
and reading material.
This report examines in much greater detail the Low and high spending households
spending of Canadian households on live performing Performing arts spending by household income
arts, which is one line item from the 2001 Survey of Performing arts spending by age
Household Spending. Performing arts spending for households with or without children
Performing arts spending by household size
Performing arts spending for home owners and renters
Performing arts spending by size of area of residence
Spending patterns of high spenders on the performing arts
Performing arts spending by region or province
This new report analyzes donors and donations in Donors to Arts and Culture Organizations in 2000
2000 and changes since 1997. The report also Demographic Analysis of Donors to Canadian Arts and Culture
examines the motivations and opinions of donors, as Organizations in 2000
well as the demographic characteristics of arts and Changes in Arts and Culture Donors and Donations between 1997 and
culture donors, including the distribution by sex, age, 2000.
education, household income, employment status Provincial Estimates of Arts and Culture Donors
and marital status. Provincial estimates of the
number of donors and the value of donations to arts
and culture organizations in 2000 are also provided.
Three reports on arts education and one on skills For the Greater Good: A Framework for Advancing State Arts Education
and training in non-profit organizations. Partnerships
Creative Connections: An Arts in Education Policy Consultation Paper
Art, Artists and Teaching
Human Resources / Capacity-Building
A variety of reports on volunteers and charitable The Culture of Volunteering and Donating: Helping Culture
donors in Canada and the US, some of which Organizations Between 1997 and 2000
highlight the situation of arts and culture Roundtable Discussion on Philanthropy in the Performing Arts
organizations. AFP State of Fundraising, 2002 Report
Volunteering in the United States
Giving and Volunteering in the United States 2001
Non-Profit Sector's $100 Billion Opportunity
Key reports on the state of arts management in Creative Management in the Arts and Heritage: A Proposed Action Plan
Canada, including an action plan for sustaining and for Creating Winning Conditions
renewing arts management and a national arts
managers’ compensation survey. Also included are
reports on the orchestra sector in Canada and the art
museum sector in the U.S.
A report on the finances of Canadian performing arts Performing Arts, 2001
organizations and three American reports on arts Attendance and Participation
participation and the value of the performing arts. The Value of the Performing Arts in Five Communities: A Comparison of
2002 Household Survey Data
Reports on the state of Canada’s media arts sector, Media Arts Study and Profile, Phase 1 - Final Report
Canada’s Aboriginal dance groups and artists, and Findings from the Survey with Aboriginal Dance Groups and Artists in
American dance companies. Two other reports Canada
examine the value of culture in our communities. Raising the Barre: Geographic, Financial and Economic Trends of
Nonprofit Dance Companies
Social, Economic and Community Impacts of the Arts
Valuing Culture
A major report on the state of Canada’s performing Managing Our Performing Spaces: Impact Study of the Costs Relating to
arts facilities as well as reports on arts education in the Management of Performing Arts Premises in Canada
performing arts centres, museums and other arts
organizations. Links to arts education, cultural
research and cultural tourism resources are also
provided.
A number of reports on human resources in the Human Resources Management in the Cultural Sector
cultural sector and other non-profit organizations, a Human Resources Management in the Cultural Sector
report on evaluation in non-profits, and two reports Coping with Change / Passion and Commitment Under Stress
on arts attendance in Canada. Human Resources in the Voluntary Sector Assessing Performance:
Evaluation Practices and Perspectives in Canada’s Voluntary Sector
Arts Attendance
Three reports on arts attendance and participation, Diversity, Demography and the Arts in Canada: The Possible Effects of
with a particular focus on the impact of demographic Canada’s Changing Population on Canadian Cultural Expression
change on Canada’s arts community. Profiles of two The Arts in Canada: Access and Availability
studies of arts and culture donors and volunteers in Canadians and their Museums
Canada, as well as a link to a site regarding Arts Donors and Volunteers
Canadian cultural statistics, are also provided. Guide to Culture Statistics
A report on the status of women in theatre, two The Status of Women in Theatre – The Ontario Experience
articles on dance programs and participation, and a Dance / Arts Participation
document outlining a framework for increasing arts Twelve Top Tips for Bigger Audiences for your Dance Company
participation. Arts Participation
A special issue of the Arts Research Monitor, A Short Summary of the Theory Critical Commentaries on the Creative
devoted to the debate over the “creative class” Class
theories of Richard Florida. This issue attempts to Implications for Social and Cultural Policy
review the most salient reports and articles from
supporters, followers and detractors of the creative
class theories, with a particular focus on Canadian
implications. References to specific reports and
articles are provided at the end of this issue.
Five reports on reading and writing in Canada and Reading Canada Part 2: Fiction or Non-Fiction
two fact sheets on the economic impact of festivals The Arts in Canada: Access and Availability
and events.
These web resources compiled by the Canadian Advocacy Resource Kit
Conference of the Arts provide information and statistics Basic Stats about the Arts in Canada
to help artists and cultural workers demonstrate the value
of the arts and culture in Canada. The primer also
includes a series of "arts facts", largely drawn from
Statistics Canada and other government sources,
concerning the economic impact of the arts and culture,
arts attendance, public support for the arts, the cultural
industries, cultural tourism and heritage. In addition, the
primer provides short "boxed quotes" from a variety of
sources on the importance of arts and culture.
a focus on arts education and arts for young people, Education Indicators in Canada
including studies examining Variation in Literacy Skills among Canadian Provinces
libraries, reading achievement, English-language English-language Canadian Literature in High Schools (Executive
Canadian literature, in-school arts programs,
Summary)
and theatre for young people.
Arts in Ontario Schools
The State of Theatre for Young People in Ontario: Voices from the Field
The report provides more detail about these issues as well A Statistical Profile of Artists in Canada (based on the 2001 Census)
as a detailed demographic analysis of artists in Canada. Canada's Cultural Sector Labour Force
Nine arts occupations are included in the analysis: actors; The culture sector labour force: Has the 1990s boom turned to bust?
artisans and craftspersons; conductors, composers and
Culture sector employment, 1991-2003
arrangers; dancers; musicians and singers; other
Building on Success: A Human Resources Development Strategy for the
performers; painters, sculptors and other visual artists;
producers, directors, choreographers, and related Cultural Sector
occupations; and writers.
These reports from the Canadian Conference of the Arts' Arts Advocacy
Chalmers Conferences provide arts advocacy information CCA Advocacy Primer
and techniques. The 2005 report provides practical tips for Advocacy Resource Kit
communicating with MPs, insights into parliamentary
Key stats on the arts in Canada, May 2005
committees and tips on getting a message heard. The tips
Learning a Living: First Results of the Adult Literacy and Life Skills
on getting a message heard include inviting MPs to
exhibitions and performances, making common cause Survey, 2003
with other groups, and educating MPs on the intrinsic
value of the arts, without being "too esoteric". The 2005
report also provides an overview of the federal policy
process and a guide to the Canadian Parliament.
The article focuses on arts education and literacy, National Arts & Youth Demonstration Project: Highlights
including Canadian studies examining arts programs for at- Canadian Books in School Libraries: Raising the Profile
risk youth, school libraries, teacher-librarians and adult Canadian School Libraries and Teacher Librarians: Results from the
literacy.
2003/04 Information and Communications Technologies in Schools
Survey Learning a Living: First Results of the Adult Literacy and Life
Skills Survey, 2003
Canadian Books in School Libraries: Raising the Profile
Arts Attendance Rates and Arts Participation
Breakdown of Attendance Rates
Community Involvement
Crossover Attendance Between Types of Events
Attendance Estimates
Two Page Summary Report of Consumer Spending
on the Arts and Culture in Canada in 2001
This report has been submitted to the Standing Key Characteristics of Artists and Creators in Rural and Remote Canada
Committee on Canadian Heritage by Canada Council Canada Council Support to Rural and Remote Artists and Creators
for the Arts to report on its activities in rural and Projects in Rural and Remote Areas – Some Success Stories
remote parts of Canada. Federal Government Announces Larger Investments in the Arts
Executive summary of the title report. It examines
the evolution of copyright standards regarding new
media and electronic rights in Canada and
internationally, and offers recommendations to the
Arts Agencies and programs.
A brief survey of the relationship of copyright to The Trade Agreements
Canadian cultural policy, and the status of culture in Electronic Commerce and Culture
international trade agreements with a focus on a Some Conclusions about Cultural Policy in the Wired World
series of agreements which deal specifically with
intellectual property (IP) and the two recent
agreements spearheaded by the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO), and the implications
for creators of the new international regime.
This report examines the management of performing Part I: Current Situation
arts facilities in Canada, including a wide range of The facility-management situation of performing arts companies
issues such as ownership, tenancy, operating costs Analysis of operating income and expenses for performing arts premises
and income, capital costs and funding, working Part II: Problems and Issues
capital, and improvements to physical infrastructure. How capital projects and facility operations impact management costs
The report provides information and guidance to The impact of insufficient funding
managers of performing arts facilities, including a The impact of lack of capital reserves
guide to conducting facility feasibility studies and The various management models and what they involve The funding
indicators relevant to facilities management and it agencies
attempts to raise awareness among funders of the Part III: Recommendations
need to consider the life cycle of facilities and
facilities’ operating costs in funding programs,
including a number of recommendations regarding
the treatment of facilities and facility-related costs in
granting programs. The report also makes
recommendations on equipment life-cycles,
equipment depreciation and the creation of capital
reserves.
This report analyzes recent Census and arts survey Cultural Diversity and the Art of Demography
data pertaining to the possible impacts of increasing Aging and the Arts
diversity on Canada’s arts community. The report is Second Languages and Language Transmission
based mainly on 2001 Census data and a 2001 Arts: Education and Career
survey of arts participation in Canada. Portrait of the Canadian Artist
Intersections: Ethnic Origin, Gender and the Arts
Diversity and the Arts: Provinces and Cities
This recent report uses 71 interviews with media Introduction, Methodology and Scope
artists, arts organizations and funders to examine the Media Arts Funding
realities, functioning and importance of Canada’s Profile of the Sector
media arts sector. This study marks the first phase of Impacts of the Media Arts
research into an under-researched areas of the arts, Challenges, Needs and Gaps in the Sector
with the next phase focussing on data development Data Strategy
and analysis. Priorities for Action
This paper is the final report of the first phase of the Creating Winning Conditions: Calls to Action
Creative Management project that explores ways to Core Priority Solutions by the Responsible Organization/Group
keep our current experienced managers and Recommendation to the Partners in the Creative Management
administrators in the sector and provide for their
professional renewal as well as attract, develop and
retain a new generation of committed managers to
continue the work of our present leaders.
This paper explores cultural consumption and Understanding cultural audiences and consumers
participation patterns in Canada by reviewing recent Selected audience trends and measures
quantitative analyses, identifying key data gaps, and Cultural participation
proposing solutions. These include: (1) considering Cultural consumption
longer-range forecasts of consumer change; (2) Towards an improved understanding of cultural consumption and
conducting more international comparisons of participation in an evolving environment
consumer/participant-related research indicators; Globalization
and (3) calling for more extensive theoretical and Diversity and choice
practical research focused on the cultural consumer New approaches to audience/consumer research
and participant.
This report, the second of two fact sheets prepared Small Festivals and Events
for the Ontario Trillium Foundation, examines the Medium-Sized Festivals and Events (expenditures between $75,000 and
economic impacts of various sizes of festivals and $300,000)
events in the province. The other fact sheet deals Large Festivals and Events (expenditures over $300,000)
with the overall economic impacts of 97 of Ontario’s Description of the methodology used to estimate the economic impacts
festivals and events. Both fact sheets are based on Festivals and events included in this fact sheet
the results of a recent in-depth analysis
commissioned by the Ontario Trillium Foundation
(OTF) in collaboration with the Ontario Arts Council
(OAC) and the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund
(OCAF). A list of the 97 festivals and events as well
as a detailed description of the methodology used in
the analysis are provided at the end of this fact
sheet.
This report is an overview on attendance figures and Overview: Decrease in Attendance and Performances
trends of Performing Arts Companies funded by the Attendance by Category
Canada Council for the Arts between 1987-1997 Attendance at Performances on Tour: A Shrinking Share of Attendance
Attendance by Young Audiences: Theatre for Young Audiences Worst
Hit
Average Attendance Per Performance: Stable Audiences
Appendix 1: Statistics Canada Survey of Performing Arts Companies
Based on 2001 census labour force counts, A
Statistical Profile of Artists in Canada finds a number
of significant characteristics about artists, including:
high levels of education;
a high proportion of self-employment;
a predominance of women;
very low earnings; and
strong growth in the number of artists between 1971
and 2001.
"The survey conducted by the Environics Research Methodology
Group investigated arts and heritage activities, Respondent Profile
analyzed by major type, using groupings that are Arts Attendance
appropriate for the Department's needs; Frequency Arts Participation
of arts and heritage attendance; Reasons for not Heritage Participation
attending in the past; The importance and role of arts Youth Involvement In Arts And Heritage
and heritage activities in trips/vacations in the past Attitudes And Values
year." Career In The Arts
This report aims to begin the work of producing a Introduction
comprehensive view and action plan on the Arts in Summary of Task Force Findings
the Recommendations
Community to guide the OAC and the SSBFF, and Regional Consultations Participants
that will also be of benefit to both the
private sector and other appropriate levels of
government.
This report provides an
analysis of the number of artists, artists’ earnings,
and trends in the arts labour force between
1991 and 2001 in each province, territory and
Census Metropolitan Area in Canada.
This report provides an analysis of artists residing in Section 1: Artists in Canada’s provinces and territories
each province, territory and Census Section 2: Artists in Canada’s Census Metropolitan Areas, 2001
Metropolitan Area in Canada, including statistics Section 3: Changes in the arts labour force
concerning the number of artists, artists’ between 1991 and 2001Summary
earnings, and trends in the arts labour force between Appendix: Counting artists – Census strengths and limitations
1991 and 2001.
The most recent report in Hill Strategies' Statistical Artists in Canada's Provinces, Territories and Metropolitan Areas Based
Insights on the Arts series highlights the number and on the 2001 Census
earnings of artists in Canada's provinces, territories Census Metropolitan Areas as Culture Clusters
and Census Metropolitan Areas based on the 2001 The Artistic Dividend Revisited
census.
This series of reports provides key background Culture industries
information on the trends and conditions in Canadian Culture establishments and their outputs
Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs) across a number Culture occupations
of dimensions. Subjects covered include Change in culture labour force from 1996 to 2001
demographics, housing, immigration, aboriginal Culture enrolment and graduates
persons, low income, economic conditions, health, Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of culture workers
location of work and commuting mode, and culture.