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Purpose & Goals
Why This Initiative?
Activities
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
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A Working Group of respected practitioners, researchers, evaluators, funders, and other field leaders developed a shared research agenda and identified opportunities and gaps in knowledge, resources, and tools.
Core Consultants: A core team of researchers and evaluators were contracted to help us achieve the goals of the initiative.
Maribel Alvarez, research social scientist, Southwest Center, University of Arizona, Tucson
Suzanne Callahan, founder, Callahan Consulting For the Arts, LLC
Chris Dwyer, senior vice president, RMC Research
Maria Rosario Jackson, senior research associate, Urban Institute
Susan Seifert, director, Social Impact of the Arts Project, University of Penn.
Mark Stern, professor, Social Welfare and History & Co-Director, Urban Studies, Univ. of Penn.
Brad Rose, Brad Rose Consulting, served as the initiative’s outside evaluator.
Other Working Group Members:
Kelly J. Barsdate, chief program and planning officer
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
Roberto Bedoyo, director
Tucson Pima Arts Council
Claudine K. Brown, director
Arts and Culture Program, Nathan Cummings Foundation
Denise Brown, executive director
Leeway Foundation
Dudley Cocke, artistic director
Roadside Theater
Rha Goddess, artist
Divine Dime Entertainment
Marian Godfrey, managing director
Culture and Civic Initiatives, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Leia Maahs, community arts development coordinator
Tucson Pima Arts Council
John Malpede, founding artistic director
Los Angeles Poverty Dept. (LAPD)
Eulynn Shiu, research and evaluation manager
Americans for the Arts
Marc Vogl, program officer,
Performing Arts Program, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation |
