Photo: Laura Chichisan Why Support International Exchange among Artists? A Decade of Tracking the Economic, Cultural and Social Benefits of Doing So TransCultural Exchange’s Conferences on International Opportunities in the Arts Economic Impact Analysis and Program Evaluation 1 Why Support International Exchange among Artists? A Decade of Tracking the Economic, Cultural and Social Benefits of Doing So ______________________________________________________ Evaluation Staff Submitted by Carol Van Zandt/Mary Sherman Layout Carol Van Zandt/Siyi Yang Previous Surveys’ Research and Editing Support by Marie Costello, Tanya Gruenberger, Lindsay Ladner, Fahrin Zaman Online Survey Tool and Methodology Developed for TransCultural Exchange: Center for Policy Analysis at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth TransCultural Exchange would like to thank the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston Cultural Council and National Endowment for the Arts for the funding to help produce this publication. Correspondence and inquiries should be addressed to: TransCultural Exchange The Artist Building at 300 Summer Street, #36 Boston, Massachusetts, 02210 617.670.0307
[email protected] 2 TransCultural Exchange’s Conferences on International Opportunities in the Arts Economic Impact Analysis and Program Evaluation Table of Contents FORWARD p.6 1.00 INTRODUCTION p.10 1.10 SUMMARY 2.00 ECONOMIC IMPACT AND SURVEY EVALUATION p.30 2.10 Methodology 2.11 Process Evaluation 2.12 Survey Evaluation 3.00 ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS p.32 3.10 Overview 3.11