Living Climate-Impact Framework for the Arts

This framework was designed as part of the Research in Residence: Arts Civic Impact Initiative by Mass Culture, and was produced in collaboration with CreativePEI. Thus, the framework was primarily built with CreativePEI’s context in mind, but we encourage other practitioners within and outside of the arts to consider the utility of this framework in their unique contexts. The framework presents categorized indicators in three groupings: Who (who is and isn’t being reached or engaged by the work); How (what modes and strategies are being used to carry out the work); and What (what goals and outcomes are being worked towards). The framework also presents two categories that investigate impact on a larger scale and which show the intersections and fluidity of indicators among the categories. Even though we’ve presented the indicators in these categories, we encourage you to explore new combinations and understand that many indicators can shed light on impact in multiple ways! Each impact area in the framework contains various impact indicators which can be used to help plan and measure the impact of your activities.