Resources

Powerful Voices

Developing High Impact Arts Programs for Teens

Recently, evaluators articulated the particularly strong characteristics evident in Surdna-funded arts programs. The key findings can be read in this monograph.

In an effort to better understand the value and impact of its Arts Program, the Surdna Foundation undertook a formal program evaluation in Spring 2000. The study, conducted by Emc.Arts, a prominent full-service national arts consulting firm, is part of a larger foundation-wide effort to evaluate grant-making activities more systematically.

The monograph can be downloaded by clicking here. The Self-Assessment is also available in Spanish (Spanish translation by the Guadalupe Arts Center).

 

Rightside Spotlight

Grantee Spotlight: Design Corps and Tulane City Center

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Design Corps supports the vital role that design can play in addressing critical issues and needs of communities. Through the Social Economic Environmental Design (SEED) initiative, Design Corps provides communities, institutions and design professionals with the tools and services they need to integrate community-engaged processes into design activities, leading to projects that reflect a community's values and cultural identities. Public inclusion as a "best practice" in design is increasingly recognized as a highly effective way to sustain the health and longevity of a place or a community.

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