Harnessing the power of research to learn and generate new insights, enabling the arts community to be strategic, focused and adaptive.
Harnessing the power of research to learn and generate new insights, enabling the arts community to be strategic, focused and adaptive.
As real estate becomes increasingly expensive, cultural spaces become harder to acquire and operate. With Space Project, we aim to reduce barriers and provide greater access to spaces for artists who need it most. By connecting artists to property managers and community leaders, we’re seeking to find a sustainable method of offering affordable space to artists.
Canada’s National Ballet School (NBS), in collaboration with Mass Culture, engaged in exploring and identifying key elements of a shared governance model for artists and cultural organizations to facilitate the sharing of a physical space. As NBS moves through a multi-phase feasibility study for its Campus Optimization Project – focused on an expanded physical facility with significant community impact and increased engagement in and love of dance – Mass Culture developed a framework that is rooted, inspired, and co-created by NBS, and the dance and arts community.
This MC Research Project was in partnership with Toronto Metropolitan University and was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. This initiative sought to provide insight into the Arts Service Organization (ASO) sector in Canada, with specific attention paid to the role ASOs play in generating research. The project produced a living map, as well as a report by Dr. Miranda Campbell.
This MC Research Project was in partnership with LeSage Arts Management and was funded by the Canada Council for the Arts, and seeks to explore what the best approaches are for Canadian arts and culture organizations to structure their Human Systems/People strategies to respond to the current climate.
This MC Research Project was in partnership with Art of Festivals and was funded by the Canada Council for the Arts. This initiative explored online capabilities for fostering inclusive dialogue, giving voice to a plurality of perspectives and building a community of practice.
Mass Culture in partnership with Mississauga Arts Council hosted the Arts for Mental Health Conference on October 6, 2021.
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