ART & DISABILITY DISABILITY ARTS PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS: RESEARCHING THEIR SOCIAL IMPACT Simon Darcy, Jenny Green, Jenny Onyx, Melissa Edwards, Simone Grabowski and Hazel Maxwell UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY

ART & DISABILITY Outline Background Study overview Results of phase 1 Preliminary results of phase 2 Social impact indicators

ART & DISABILITY Background Literature & Policy Arts as therapy leisure serious leisure professional Social impact of the Arts and Disability Arts Disability arts partnership projects

ART & DISABILITY Who Are We…Not Arts Specialists Researchers Knowledge of disability and civil society Particular interest in social impact and its measurement Active Citizenship

ART & DISABILITY Study Aim To research the impacts of creative participation in the NSW Arts and Disability Partnership projects,

ART & DISABILITY Social Impact and Funding Beyond anecdotes Robust method Objective methods Funders/Depts/Treasury Project and individual characteristics that contribute to social impact

ART & DISABILITY Study Methods Phase 1: ◦ Scoping phase:  document and media analysis,  interviews,  focus groups and  in-depth case studies Phase 2: ◦ Social impact measurement

ART & DISABILITY Project Attributes Regional and metro regions Professional and grass roots Visual, performance, multimedia From arts, disability services, local government partnerships Primarily intellectual disabilities Primarily day programs

ART & DISABILITY Considering Social Impact Host organisation ◦ Disability service ◦ Disability arts ◦ Arts ◦ Partnerships (of above) Direct Participants ◦ Participants ◦ Management ◦ Professional staff ◦ Artists External ◦ Family/friends ◦ Audiences ◦ Wider community Other contributing organisations

ART & DISABILITY Phase 1 Results – Key Themes Organisational networks and partnerships Challenging perceptions Importance of artistic processes Development of professional skills Development of creativity Individual advocacy Greater awareness of artists with disability Belonging Individual networks Welcoming organisation Funding challenges

ART & DISABILITY A Model of Social Impact for Active Citizenship - Social Impact Model Explained Individual FactorsOrganisation Factors Social values BelongingOrganisational action Welcoming BelongingOrganisational action Welcoming Social valuesDiversity Social values Social valuesDiversity Social values SkillsNetworks Networks SkillsNetworks Networks Contributions Ripple Effect

ART & DISABILITY Phase 2 – Social Impact Factors Individual Factors Belonging Social values Networks Skills/creativity Wider social impact (17 indicators) Program Factors Program activity Welcoming Social values Networks Wider social impact (15 indicators)

ART & DISABILITY Social Impact Scoring Abductive Scoring of 32 indicators Total factor score = average of indicator scores Narrative of Social Impact NOT ABOUT PROJECT ASSESSMENT – EXPLORING SOCIAL IMPACT

ART & DISABILITY Radar Diagrams Project 1 Project 5 Individual Factors Program Factors Individual Factors Program Factors

ART & DISABILITY Narrative We want to be seen and heard and giving a voice to the arts so that way we don't have to be isolated and be invisible and the reason why I come back to [Project 6] because I work for [Organisation 6] and … I really enjoy the group and working for [Organisation 6] and working with my good colleague and we work together as a team, side-by-side (Project 6 Participant)

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