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The Learning Diaries | International at Home

November 14, 2019

Maya Sharma, Diversity Lead, discusses viewing our local engagement work through an international lens.

International Agent | On Tour Autumn 2019

November 11, 2019

Anne Torreggiani

The Audience Agency has been participating in a number of engagements around the world; meeting, contributing and learning as they go.

The Learning Diaries | Welcoming Barrow-in-Furness to the Creative People and Places family

November 4, 2019

Artist Founder Director of ArtsGene, one of the local organisations supporting Barra' Culture, reflects on what becoming a CPP will mean for the local community.

International Agent | Learning in Lisbon

November 3, 2019

Jonathan Goodacre

The first Adeste Plus Summer School and Conference took place in Lisbon Portugal during September 2019 with over 300 participants debating new approaches to audience development.

Digital Snapshot | 18.09.2019

September 19, 2019

Including... 3D selfies, practical guidance for Mailchimp users and marketing data benchmarks.

International Agent | Planning for People

August 30, 2019

Jonathan Goodacre

Jonathan Goodacre discusses developing and implementing a user-centered design thinking process through the large scale Creative Europe project Adeste+.

The Learning Diaries | Boosting science capital through culture

August 16, 2019

Maya Sharma shares her learning about how arts, culture and creativity can boost science capital and increase STEM participation for under-represented groups.

The Learning Diaries | Creative learning within the criminal justice system

August 15, 2019

Reflections on practice and evaluation from poet and writer Louisa Adjoa Parker.

The Learning Diaries | Community consultation – an important foundation in developing your vision

August 15, 2019

In practice reflections about collective community memory and stakeholder balancing, from a community consultation for Hornsey Town Hall Arts Centre.

The Learning Diaries | Top Tips for observational evaluation with young people

August 14, 2019

Anya reflects on her recent work evaluating CELL – a STEM learning and dance project with Key Stage 2 pupils.

International Agent | Evaluation, The International Dimension

July 30, 2019

Jonathan Goodacre

Whilst it is crucial to be able to report successes and failures back to funders, the value of evaluation goes far beyond demonstrating money well spent.

International Agent | Flexit - Working on EU Projects

July 30, 2019

Jonathan Goodacre

Jonathan Goodacre discusses some of the core arts funding streams to emerge from Europe and their role in driving forward recent innovations in our field.

The Learning Diaries | Research for Everyone: participatory research and evaluation

May 24, 2019

Sophie Hobson

Research Assistant, Sophie Hobson, reflects on the particularities and similarities of creating participatory research experiences that are accessible for people with autism.

Dan Cowley

A tick list of top tips for making sure you’re getting the most for your money when putting together a brief.

International work | Visual arts audiences in Palestine

December 18, 2018

Who is the audience of the visual arts scene in Palestine? What do we know about it and how do we develop our relationship with it?

The Learning Diaries | From Participant to Partner

December 11, 2018

Ashleigh Hibbins

How organisations are rethinking their assumptions about disability.

The Learning Diaries | Connecting young people to their rural communities

December 10, 2018

A spotlight on Great Place Lakes and Dales.

The Learning Diaries | Welcoming new perspectives into your workforce

December 7, 2018

A practical positive action recruitment resource from the British Museum.

The Learning Diaries | What can we learn about arts engagement from Europe’s youngest city?

October 23, 2018

Ashleigh Hibbins

Ashleigh reflects on Beatfreeks' 2018 Youth Trends Report and Summit and what she learnt from young people from Birmingham

The Learning Diaries | Evaluation with blind and visually impaired audiences

October 16, 2018

Maya Sharma shares her experience of evaluating an engagement project with blind and visually impaired audiences

The Audience Agency | Working Together: SSOs in Action

August 30, 2018

Anne Torreggiani

The Audience Agency CEO, Anne Torreggiani, lays out her plans for bigger better sector support and invites collaboration with fellow Sector Support Organisations.

Learning Diaries | Finding Family Audiences

August 30, 2018

Myfanwy-May Lambert

The Audience Agency and Family Arts Campaign are joining forces to help understand, embrace and engage family audiences.

The Audience Agency | Curated Collaboration

August 15, 2018

Culture 24, Collections Trust and The Audience Agency are working together to support the museums sector with a united front.

The Learning Diaries | 5 fantastic ways you can get young people to love evaluation.

July 31, 2018

Ashleigh Hibbins

Inspired by her recent work with the Wellcome Collection's youth teams, Ashleigh Hibbins walks us through her tried and tested tips to engaging young people with evaluation.

International Agent | Outdoor Arts - above and beyond audience development

July 30, 2018

Jonathan Goodacre

“Experiencing culture that is live and unique to a specific public space reminds us of the value of enjoying something together.”

The Learning Diaries | Centring Disabled Arts and Audiences

June 1, 2018

Ashleigh Hibbins

Ashleigh Hibbins and Maya Sharma share their recent learning around disabled access, audiences, artists and art.

The Learning Diaries | Audiences: Diversity and Representation

May 29, 2018

Lucie Fitton and Gabrielle Young discuss great ideas that were generated at the recent Young people in the Arts event

The Learning Diaries | Engaging school pupils with an Autism Spectrum Disorder - Teacher Q&A

April 20, 2018

An interview by Lucie Fitton, Head of Learning and Participation, with Lilian Cooper.

The Learning Diaries| SHIFT Digital

April 17, 2018

Maya discusses the recent evaluation of Cheshire East Council's SHIFT programme, where creative and digital activities were used to bring about inter-generational learning.

The Learning Diaries | How far can we frame the participatory work in museums as research?

February 2, 2018

Maya reflects on a recent workshop hosted by the Centre for Critical Studies in Museums, Galleries and Heritage at Leeds University

The Learning Diaries | The wider appeal of culturally specific programming?

January 28, 2018

Katie Windsor discusses recent audience research work that she has undertaken with The Mosaic Rooms

2018 arts and culture predictions

December 20, 2017

Our agents predict what may be in store for our sector in 2018...

Learning Diaries | Rethinking Diversity

December 14, 2017

Our top takeaways from the ENGAGE 2017 conference…

Learning Diaries | Community Engagement - it's all Greek to me

October 18, 2017

Lucie Fitton writes about her experience as Course Leader for the British Council’s Cultural Skills International Museums Academy in Greece.

The Learning Diaries | Spread the Word

October 18, 2017

Engaging young people with libraries and spoken word...

The Learning Diaries | A look back at 2016

December 13, 2016

Katie Windsor takes a look back at 2016 through pictures...

The Learning Diaries | International Cultural Learning

December 12, 2016

Top Tips for delivering international cultural learning projects...

The Learning Diaries | International at Home

International Agent | On Tour Autumn 2019

The Learning Diaries | Welcoming Barrow-in-Furness to the Creative People and Places family

International Agent | Learning in Lisbon

Digital Snapshot | 18.09.2019

International Agent | Planning for People

The Learning Diaries | Boosting science capital through culture

The Learning Diaries | Creative learning within the criminal justice system

The Learning Diaries | Community consultation – an important foundation in developing your vision

The Learning Diaries | Top Tips for observational evaluation with young people

International Agent | Evaluation, The International Dimension

International Agent | Flexit - Working on EU Projects

The Learning Diaries | Research for Everyone: participatory research and evaluation

The Learning Diaries | Engaging families and communities with outdoor arts

The Learning Diaries | Highlights from the Family Arts Campaign 2019 conference

The Learning Diaries | Nothing About Us, Without Us

The Learning Diaries | Top Tips for Commissioning Research and Evaluation

International work | Visual arts audiences in Palestine

The Learning Diaries | From Participant to Partner

The Learning Diaries | Connecting young people to their rural communities

The Learning Diaries | Welcoming new perspectives into your workforce

The Learning Diaries | What can we learn about arts engagement from Europe’s youngest city?

The Learning Diaries | Evaluation with blind and visually impaired audiences

The Audience Agency | Working Together: SSOs in Action

Learning Diaries | Finding Family Audiences

The Audience Agency | Curated Collaboration

The Learning Diaries | 5 fantastic ways you can get young people to love evaluation.

International Agent | Outdoor Arts - above and beyond audience development

The Learning Diaries | Centring Disabled Arts and Audiences

The Learning Diaries | Audiences: Diversity and Representation

The Learning Diaries | Engaging school pupils with an Autism Spectrum Disorder - Teacher Q&A

The Learning Diaries| SHIFT Digital

The Learning Diaries | How far can we frame the participatory work in museums as research?

The Learning Diaries | The wider appeal of culturally specific programming?

2018 arts and culture predictions

Learning Diaries | Rethinking Diversity

Learning Diaries | Community Engagement - it's all Greek to me

The Learning Diaries | Spread the Word

The Learning Diaries | A look back at 2016

The Learning Diaries | International Cultural Learning