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Don Glass
1. What do you think people outside our TIG want from our TIG presentations?
I have heard from people from outside our TIG that they are looking for high quality,
innovative, and creative ways to get at qualitative data. For example, how are people
using drawings, multi-media, and drama to gather insights and information
that may not come from more traditional methods? How are we presenting or visually
displaying our data in accessible, meaningful, and elegantly designed ways?
2. What would you like to see explored at AEA 2013 in DC?
I know that there are new approaches for understanding and measuring arts participation which are pretty exciting. The NEA has done a great job of pulling
some of this new thinking together. I also know that the NEA is keen on assessment design since their recent commissioned report from WestEd.
Evaluation capacity-building is a key area for arts education organizations. It is great to have panels of evaluators who have been able to develop methods starting from small program evaluations and growing to larger more comprehensive evaluation efforts. I am thinking of the pattern of arts education organizations applying for multiple AEMDD or PD grants over time and really developing their evaluation tools and methods, building relationships between program and evaluators, and then getting to a level of evidence that allows them to be eligible and competitive for large grants like the i3 or IES grants from the U.S. Department of Ed.
3. Where should our TIG stretch and explore?
I would like to see us take the lead in addressing cultural competence in evaluation, and making our evaluations and presentations more universally designed for everyone.
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Kathleen Tinworth
1. What do you think people outside our TIG want from our TIG presentations?
Jody Fitzpatrick, AEA’s 2013 president, gives some fodder for this year’s conference:
“Evaluation
is not only a transdiscipline, but those of us in it come from many
different disciplines and evaluate different types of programs....
Further, many people conducting evaluations are not members of AEA, were
not trained in evaluation, and may not even call themselves evaluators.
But, we are all collecting information to help others make judgments
about programs.”
She
challenges us to “learn more about this ‘big tent’ of evaluation.
Bringing this knowledge – and these people – together will not only make
us more inclusive, but can improve the overall quality of evaluation.”
I
would love for our TIG to think about how our work-- though specific to
arts, culture, and audience-- can and should communicate learning,
improvement, and hope; it’s all about bringing knowledge and people
together.
(Read more from Jody here: http://www.eval.org/eval2013/13theme.htm)
2. What would you like to see explored at AEA 2013 in DC?
I would really like to see the Arts, Culture, and Audience TIG try some Ignite presentations.
They can be well-suited for the creative evaluation work that we do.
Not familiar with this session type? Ignite presentations use 20
PowerPoint slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds for a
total presentation time of just 5 minutes. Ignite presentations are
challenging and exciting. Check out this example from last year’s AEA: http://igniteshow.com/videos/dvr-tig-business-meeting
3. Where should our TIG stretch and explore?
Evaluators are thinking more and more about data visualization and
communication. I would love to see our TIG members strive to be
innovators and drivers in that arena.
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Hi, I am Don Glass, Director of Evaluation and Field Work at NCTAF. Recently during my Universal Design for Learning Leadership Fellowship
at Boston College and CAST, I began exploring
evaluation and UDL. Prior to
my Fellowship award, I was the Director of Outcomes and Evaluation at
VSA and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. My work uses evaluation strategies as ongoing teacher professional development and capacity-building for education programs that partner arts and cultural
organizations with public schools. My work at VSA focused on building evaluation capacity to gather, use, and share valuable knowledge about inclusive arts teaching and learning.
I am also a visual
artist and educator who has held positions at the Annenberg Institute
for School Reform at Brown University, the Louisiana Division of Arts,
and the Philadelphia Education Fund. I hold a B.F.A. from the University
of the Arts and a M.Ed. from Tyler School of Art, Temple University in
Philadelphia, as well as a Ph.D. from the University of the
Witwatersrand in Johannesburg in South Africa.
I am really excited
to be working closely with Kathleen to support the growth of our TIG,
measured not just by number of members, but by the quality of our
exchange with our colleagues and our contributions to the evaluation
field. dglass@nctaf.org
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Hi, I’m Kathleen Tinworth, the Director of Visitor Research &
Program Evaluation at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science since
2007. In addition, I provide creative and customized consultancy to
cultural institutions committed to better advocacy for and understanding
of their audiences and communities. I have over ten years of experience
designing, developing, and executing professional research and
evaluation in the cultural sector, social justice, and criminal justice
fields. I have served as a board member of the American Association of
Museum’s Committee for Audience Research and Evaluation (CARE) and am
currently on the board of the Visitor Studies Association (VSA). I have
been the evaluation lead on current and past grants from the NSF, IMLS,
NASA, and NIH. I author a blog about the intersection between consumer trends and the visitor experience.
As an internal evaluator
in a large nature and science museum, I am thrilled to be a part of the
Arts & Culture TIG leadership and promote opportunities to further
integrate museums and other informal (“free choice”) learning
institutions into the mission and program of the TIG. In the past few
years, I have really seen participation and energy grow in and around
the TIG. The program has gotten really dynamic and the conversations and
networking at the annual conference have become something I look
forward to all year. kate@exposeyourmuseum.com
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