Team: Alan Kline, Surale Phillips September 1, 2022 The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (ESO), located in Edmonton, Alberta, is a professional Canadian orchestra. Serving as the musical hub for >>
Cabarrus Arts Council The Cabarrus Arts Council, serving a largely rural county outside Charlotte, NC, is taking bold steps to enrich its community’s cultural landscape. Building on their >>
Team: John Carnwath August 21, 2024 Developed in collaboration with WolfBrown, the Bay Area Film Production Memo, published by BAVC Media on July 10, 2024, outlines strategies to >>
WolfBrown, in collaboration with BAVC Media (Bay Area Video Coalition), has conducted a comprehensive research study, culminating in the publication of the Bay Area Film Production Memo. This >>
The Community Arts Stabilization Trust (CAST) is a community-focused real estate organization dedicated to securing and managing affordable spaces, allowing artists and cultural workers to remain rooted in >>
The National Arts Centre (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) commissioned WolfBrown in fall 2023 to investigate the nature of loyalty in the arts sector, with an eye to critically examine >>
In July, WolfBrown Senior Consultant in Creative Opportunities Kathleen Hill traveled to Washington, D.C. to connect with Sitar Arts Center. She was there to support the national evaluation >>
Sunday, October 27, 2024, 2 PM Maine Jewish Museum, Portland Part storytelling, part live music, The Nightingale’s Sonata is a wholly unique narrated concert experience. Accompanied by two acclaimed musicians and >>
On August 3rd, Tom Wolf presented the latest in his series of narrated live concert presentations at the new concert venue of Bay Chamber Concerts in Camden, Maine. Called >>
Tom and Dennie Wolf will be offering the fourth annual retreat for emerging leaders in the arts in Camden, Maine from August 21 through 24. This year, the cohort >>
We are excited to share more about our research partnership with the Summer Arts for Learning Academy (SALA), Arts for Learning Maryland’s largest out-of-school-time program, provided in collaboration >>
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Carnegie Hall’s Lullaby Project brings well-documented benefits of music-making to the urgent work of supporting the well-being of young families, both caregivers and children. It is also one of the >>
In early June, the National Endowment for the Arts brought together 18 members of its national network of Research Labs to share approaches and findings and to discuss >>
Ojai Music Festival What makes meaning for their audiences has been the primary focus of the survey work Surale Phillips has done for the Ojai Music Festival (OMF) >>
On April 20, 2024, Dr. Thomas Wolf attended a gala celebration for the completion of a $50 million renovation to the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC. The project >>
New England Conservatory and WolfBrown Partner to Expand Innovative Musical Learning Program for Greater Boston Pre-K Centers This summer 2024, WolfBrown will embark on a new partnership with >>
This one-hour online session invites AOM community members to share and be inspired by strategies for expanding accessibility. WolfBrown is dedicating the second phase of the Audience Outlook >>
The Potential of a Systems Perspective Abstract: Access to arts education in the United States continues to be inequitably distributed as a function of socioeconomic status and race. >>
The Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA), in partnership with WolfBrown, completed a strategic plan, developing a compelling vision and dynamic programs for the arts over the >>
Assisting Middle Grades Partnership with Data Evaluation for Further Funding Opportunitie We’re pleased to embark on a new partnership with the Fund for Educational Excellence and Middle Grades Partnership (MGP) based in >>
On December 14th, Steven Holochwost had the opportunity to present at the National Institute of Health’s Music as Medicine convening as part of a panel on music education, school readiness, >>
Team: Alan Brown, Surale Phillips, John Carnwath, Erin Gold February 1, 2024 As Canada’s bilingual, multi-disciplinary home for the performing arts, the National Arts Centre (NAC) charged with WolfBrown to investigate >>
The National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada commissioned WolfBrown in fall 2023 to investigate the nature of loyalty, with an eye towards critically examining the future of customer >>
An Evaluation of the Right Brain Initiative, Arts Education Research and Program Development Team: Dennie Palmer Wolf The Right Brain Initiative is a program of the Portland-based Regional >>
by Dennie Palmer Wolf In an issue of GuildNotes, Dennie Palmer Wolf continues her article series on program evaluations with an investigation of their mid-life. Imagine that you >>
Team: Alan Brown, Surale Phillips, Erin Gold Arizona Science Center (ASC) selected WolfBrown to conduct mixed-methods research to inform the organization’s strategic planning efforts. Quantitative research conducted in >>
Team: Kathleen Hill, Dennie Palmer Wolf WolfBrown is pleased to be working with Imagination Stage, an arts and culture nonprofit in Bethesda, Maryland which empowers young people “to discover their voice >>
Team: John Carnwath, Kacie Willis In 2023, we partnered with The Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis (RAC) to ask the musicians, writers, craftspeople, designers, makers, and performers who enrich >>
Team: John Carnwath, Alan Brown, Salvador Acevedo, Anh Thang Dao-Shah, Shalini Agrawal The California Arts Council’s programs aim to allow all Californians to thrive via public support for creativity and >>
Community Word Project’s mission is to facilitate culturally responsive, multidisciplinary art programs for students, teaching artists, and communities to develop and amplify their voices and creative skills. We >>
University City Science Center’s FirstHand program has been awarded a grant from the US Department of Education. AnLar LLC and WolfBrown will serve as research and evaluation partners >>
EdVestors is an organization that strives to improve schools in Boston. They achieve their mission by activating resources and people, learning and iterating in context, and influencing system-wide >>
WolfBrown has collaborated with the Mellon Foundation on multiple projects. These include: >>
Team: Kelly R. Fisher, Steven J. Holochwost, Kerry O’Grady, Dennie Palmer Wolf The Socioemotional Benefits of the Arts: A New Mandate for Arts Education Summary Report WolfBrown collaborated >>
Team: Steven J. Holochwost, Dennie Palmer Wolf Founded in Baltimore in 1950, Arts for Learning Maryland, formerly Young Audiences of Maryland, transforms the lives and education of Maryland >>
Team: Steven Holochwost, Dennie Palmer Wolf New Jersey Symphony’s Character, Achievement, and Music Project (CHAMPS). In 2012, NJS retained WolfBrown to assess the program’s impacts on participating students. >>
Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, Arts Division Made possible by The Wallace Foundation’s State Arts Partnerships for Cultural Participation (START) Program Alan Brown The Values Study was an >>
Issues Brief Series #4 Summer 2004, Published by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation by Alan Brown Two observations from recent studies illustrate the paradox of >>
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Team: Thomas Wolf, Dennie Palmer Wolf, Marc Goldring, Jane Culbert As part of a Kresge-funded initiative coordinated by Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga, consultant Dr. Thomas Wolf conducted >>
During the present crisis in the Ukraine, much has been made of the fate of Russian musicians who are supporters of Vladimir Putin. Superstars like conductor Valery Gergiev and >>
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