Helping funders and arts organizations realize their vision since 1996.
Bravo, Suzanne Callahan, for writing a comprehensive guide to arts evaluation that clarifies the process for arts and cultural organizations and pushes the evaluation conversation further.
—Norma Fleischman and Kathlyn M. Steedly
American Journal of Evaluation
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By Suzanne Callahan
Commissioned by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters
2005 Outstanding Publication Award, American Evaluation Association
The benefits of fashioning and executing an evaluation process in the arts, as clearly as Ms. Callahan has, cannot be underestimated… I have no doubt that Singing Our Praises will be a resource to be found on the shelf of every forward-thinking arts professional.
—Julia Ward
Consultant and Former Professor,
George Mason University
Singing Our Praises demystifies evaluation by highlighting glowing examples of how arts presenters have used it to learn about their success. Using the concept of participatory evaluation, it empowers artists and partners to define success in ways that reflect their shared values. Real-life stories, guides and techniques from other fields are used to train practitioners to design their own evaluations, shifting this burdensome requirement into a useful tool. This book enhances the growing national dialogue to expand the ways in which the arts are assessed and ultimately valued.
Singing Our Praises was honored by the AEA with its sole national award for a publication in 2005 for being “instrumental to the development of theory or practice in the field of evaluation.”
Bravo, Suzanne Callahan, for writing a comprehensive guide to arts evaluation that clarifies the process for arts and cultural organizations and pushes the evaluation conversation further.
—Norma Fleischman and Kathlyn M. Steedly
American Journal of Evaluation, March 2006
The benefits of fashioning and executing an evaluation process in the arts, as clearly as Ms. Callahan has, cannot be underestimated…I have no doubt that Singing Our Praises will be a resource to be found on the shelf of every forward-thinking arts professional.
—Julia Ward
Consultant and Former Professor, George Mason University
A great addition to a woefully lacking canon of literature on this subject as it pertains to the unique joys and pitfalls of arts presenting.
—Amy Dupain Vashaw
Center for the Performing Arts, Pennsylvania State University
The subject matter was so comprehensively covered. The author took complex terms and made them relevant to us. And best of all — I can’t say this enough — it was presented in a way that really works in our industry. This is a super great work!
—Laura Levy
Lied Center for the Performing Arts, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The book speaks to those who work throughout the arts field. Written for presenters, performing arts ensembles, marketing and development staff, artists, agents, teachers, and funders.