Resources to inspire
Audience Development Specialists provides a variety of services to the arts community for free. This is one of those services. Please consider supporting ADS' efforts with a donation. Thank you!
Area Demographics
U.S. Census Bureau Demographics - 2000
Boulder County Demographics - Example of County information.
City of Denver Demographics - Example of City Demographics.
Lectures, Videos, Podcasts
{Audience Development for Indie Artists with Dave Charest and Shoshana Fanizza}
Papers, Studies, Reports, Articles
Arts in General
Wallace Foundation - Audience Development for the Arts
Wallace Foundation: Building Arts Organizations That Build Audiences (2012)
Pew Internet: Arts Organizations and Digital Technologies (2013)
Museums & Galleries
MuseumNext and Sumo: Social Media Audiences and the Museum (2011)
Denver Art Museum: Creativity, Community, and a Dose of the Unexpected: Adventures in Engaging Young Adult Audiences (2011)
Opera
Opera America - The Guiding Principles of Audience Development
Orchestras
Audience Development - League of American Orchestras
League of American Orchestras: Orchestra Repertoire Report 2009-2010
The International Journal of the Arts in Society - Symphony Audience Development: Analysis of Organizational Culture in the Performing Arts (2010)
WKSU - Audience Development Archives
Classical & Jazz
Technology in the Arts - Online Audience Engagement: Strategies for Developing Jazz and Classical Audiences (2011)
Journals
Participations - Journal of Audience & Reception Studies
Dance Journal - Audience Development
Slide Shows
Blogs
Jumper - Diane Ragsdale on what the arts do and why
Initiatives
Boulder County Arts Alliance - Audience Development Initiative
SC Arts Commission Programs - Statewide Arts Participation Initiative
Finding Volunteers
Volunteer Match - post your opportunities and find new volunteers today!
Volunteer Connection - Boulder County volunteer services - Example of County Source.
CU Volunteer Resource Center - Example of University Source.
More to come...