Knowledge Bank
Here in the Knowledge Bank we’ve got a wide range of research, evaluations and reports, toolkits and guidance, case studies and videos for easy access… and we add new resources on a regular basis. Search by topic or author – or just explore by type.
The archive from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation ArtWorks programme can be found here too.
Publications listed in ArtWorks: A Call to Action and ArtWorks: Reflections on Developing Practice in Participatory Settings are all included.
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ArtWorks: A Call to Action
How we can collectively strengthen practice in participatory settings.
Author: ArtWorks
ArtWorks Alliance Gathering January 2020 report
AWA Gathering January 2020 report
Author: ArtWorks Alliance
ArtWorks Alliance Bibliography
Bibliography of resources in the AWA Knowledge Bank.
Author: ArtWorks Alliance
ArtWorks Alliance A business plan for action, 2017-2020 Summary
Summary of the Alliance's vision, aim, values, objectives and activities.
Author: ArtWorks Alliance
ArtWorks Cymru Conference 2016 – Provocations on Quality
Two provocations on quality.
Author: ArtWorks Cymru
ArtWorks Cymru Quality Principles
Quality principles for intention, activity and people.
Author: ArtWorks Cymru
Knowledge Zone: Conference 2016
Videos from the 2016 ArtWorks Cymru conference.
Author: ArtWorks Cymru
ArtWorks Cymru 2015-2017 Evaluation Report
Evaluation of two year partnership programme.
Author: ArtWorks Cymru
Evaluation of Cross Arts Professional Development Programme
Evaluation of cross arts professional development weekends.
Author: ArtWorks London
Evaluation of Clean Break Open Lab Development Programme
Evaluation of Clean Break Theatre Company Open Lab.
Author: ArtWorks London
Older People’s Arts Network (OPAN) Case Studies
Case studies of organisations working with older people.
Author: ArtWorks London
HE Open Lab Evaluation Report
Evaluation of postgraduate students' experiences of an Open Lab.
Author: ArtWorks London
ArtWorks Navigator: Good Practice Gets Better
ArtWorks Navigator pathfinder plan 2013 to 2014.
Author: ArtWorks Navigator
Bibliography: Artists Working in Participatory Settings
Lists a range of relevant resources.
Author: ArtWorks Navigator
Artist profiles
Profiles of six artists working in participatory settings.
Author: ArtWorks North East
Quality Perspectives: Artists and Partners
Infographic showing artists' and partners' views on quality factors.
Author: ArtWorks Scotland
Artists in participatory settings: 8 out of 10 prefer…
Infographic showing artists' views about their work in participatory settings.
Author: ArtWorks Scotland
Eric Booth interview
Conversation with a leading arts education consultant and adviser.
Author: ArtWorks Scotland
ArtWorks Scotland: Is this the best it can be?
Guidance and toolkit for delivering participatory arts.
Author: ArtWorks Scotland
ArtWorks Scotland: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.
Summary video from a Tim Rollins and K.O.S. led seminar.
Author: ArtWorks Scotland
ArtWorks Scotland: Artists and teachers resource
Policy, research, networks and funding information for artists and teachers.
Author: ArtWorks Scotland
Artists and teachers resource: case studies
Artists and teachers talking about embedding creativity in schools.
Author: ArtWorks Scotland
ArtWorks Scotland: Voices from NYC
How ArtWorks Scotland research relates to the contexts of key NYC arts figures and organisations.
Author: ArtWorks Scotland
Mutual Curiosity: a look at participatory practice in Scotland
Film giving voice to project artists and participants.
Author: ArtWorks Scotland
ArtWorks Scotland: Pilot Projects
Projects in further and higher education to raise practice profile and model student placements.
Author: ArtWorks Scotland
Is this the best it can be? Case studies
Case studies accompanying the ArtWorks Scotland quality toolkit.
Author: ArtWorks Scotland
ArtWorks Scotland: Placements in Practice
Website providing guidance on arts-based work placements.
Author: ArtWorks Scotland and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Creative People and Places Digital Engagement and Opportunities
Use of digital tools & technologies.
Author: Audience Agency
B Arts and Staffordshire University – Social Agents
Embedding participatory practice in the curriculum.
Author: B Arts
ArtWorks London Age Gap Symposium
Report on supporting artists' participatory practice with older people symposium.
Author: Helen Ball and Ginevra Jacobucci
Community Out of Bounds – Arts and Communities
An artist-led peer education programme.
Author: Jonathan Baxter and Margaret Stewart
Insights for employers, commissioners and funders in facilitating quality impacts through participatory arts
Creating the conditions for quality participatory arts work.
Author: Rachel Blanche
Developing a Foundation for Quality Guidance
Providing a foundation for a quality framework for participatory arts.
Author: Rachel Blanche
A holistic approach for quality in participatory arts: Impacts on practice experienced by artists in Scotland, Wales and Portugal
Using quality models.
Author: Rachel Blanche
Mapping and analysis of engagement approaches across the Creative People and Places programme
Engagement approaches.
Author: Sarah Boiling and Clare Thurman
Governance and consortium working
Overview of research into the CPP consortia models.
Author: Catherine Bunting and Tom Fleming
What Do You Need?
Learning approaches for artists working in participatory settings.
Author: Dr Susanne Burns
ArtWorks: Partnership, collaboration and communities of practice Working Paper 10
The impact of collaborative working across and within pathfinders.
Author: Dr Susanne Burns
ArtWorks: Reflections on Developing Practice in Participatory Settings
Overview of learning from the PHF ArtWorks Special Initiative.
Author: Dr Susanne Burns
ArtWorks: A view from funders
How funders can support project embedded artists' training and CPD and quality practice.
Author: Dr Susanne Burns
Supporting the Self-employed Artist as Citizen
Learning from the USA and Australia about entrepreneurial solutions to support artists working in participatory settings.
Author: Dr Susanne Burns
Reprising The Conversation
PHF ArtWorks 2013 Conference and development awards report.
Author: Dr Susanne Burns and Tamsin Cox
Peer Artist Learning project report
Focused conversations project providing insights for future training.
Author: Dave Camlin
Delivering Participatory Theatre During Social Distancing: What’s Working?
How participatory theatre is responding to COVID-19 and adopting different models of socially distanced practice.
Author: Collective Encounters
Skillset Research and Gap Analysis for Artists Working in Participatory Settings: Phase 1 Report
Artists' required skills, existing support provision and recommendations.
Author: Consilium Research & Consultancy
Skillset Research and Gap Analysis for Artists Working in Participatory Settings: Phase 2 Final Report
Artists' required skills, existing support provision and recommendations.
Author: Consilium Research & Consultancy
Mapping the terrain
Audit of further and higher education programme provision.
Author: Consilium Research & Consultancy
ArtWorks Development Awards Evaluation
Projects taking forward ideas from the Changing the Conversation 2013 PHF ArtWorks conference.
Author: Tamsin Cox
Community arts toolkit
Best practice guide to community arts projects in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Author: Creative New Zealand
ITAC 3: Best, next and radical practice in participatory arts
Reflections from the third International Teaching Artists Conference.
Author: Creative Scotland
Changing the Conversation Provocation 3
The contingent nature of arts practice in participatory settings.
Author: Anna Cultler
ArtWorks London Case Studies
Examples of arts organisations' training and development programmes.
Author: Sarah B Davies
ArtWorks Scotland Learning from the Peer to Peer Networks
First research report on Peer to Peer Networks.
Author: Dr Fiona Dean
ArtWorks Scotland Quality Perspectives, Artists and Partners: Research Background and Key Observations
Summary of research into quality factors
Author: Dr Fiona Dean
ArtWorks Scotland Student Placements in Prison Learning Centres
A research report on student placements in prison learning centres.
Author: Dr Fiona Dean
ArtWorks Scotland Student Placements in Prison Learning Centres Appendix
Images of work created during the placements.
Author: Dr Fiona Dean
ArtWorks Scotland Revisiting Learning from the Peer to Peer Networks
Second research report on Peer to Peer Networks.
Author: Dr Fiona Dean
Codes of practice mapping examples for participatory arts
Maps relevant codes of practice.
Author: Kathryn Deane
ArtWorks Evaluation Survey of Artists
Findings from over 1,000 respondents across artforms and career stages.
Author: dha
ArtWorks Evaluation Interviews with Artists
Artist interviews complementing the PHF ArtWorks Survey of Artists.
Author: dha
ArtWorks Development Grants, Year 2 Evaluation
Projects funded to explore how artists can be supported in developing their practice.
Author: dha
ArtWorks Legacy Funded Projects Evaluation Report
Analyses of seven projects over two years of activity.
Author: DHA
ArtWorks Legacy Funded Projects Evaluation – Executive Summary
Summary of ArtWorks Legacy Funded Projects Evaluation.
Author: DHA
ArtWorks Evaluation Literature Review
Literature reviews and annotated bibliographies.
Author: dha & the Institute for Cultural Practices, University of Manchester
ArtWorks Evaluation Interim Report
Evaluation of the first year of the PHF ArtWorks Special Initiative.
Author: dha & the Institute for Cultural Practices, University of Manchester
ArtWorks Evaluation Final Report
Mapping, analysis, achievements and findings of the PHF ArtWorks special initiative
Author: dha & the Institute for Cultural Practices, University of Manchester
ArtWorks Evaluation Final Report: Executive Summary
Mapping, analysis, achievements and findings of the PHF ArtWorks special initiative.
Author: dha & the Institute for Cultural Practices, University of Manchester
University of Hull – Associate Artists
Exploring artist-university links and a model of CPD.
Author: Dr Sarah Jane Dickenson and Dr Colette Conroy
Tuning Document: Participatory Art Practice in Europe
Graduate profile of a participatory artist.
Author: European Academy of Participation
Developing and delivering high quality participatory arts practice in Torbay
Piloting a CPD model.
Author: Kate Farmery
ArtWorks Cymru and Welsh National Opera
Action research in Wales identifying appropriate development support.
Author: Emma Flatley and Rhian Hutchings
Creative Retreat
Reflecting on and developing practice through collaborative enquiry.
Author: Lindsey Fryer
Artists and mental health: a conversation that needs to get louder
Mental illness and wellness in the arts.
Author: Alistair Gentry
Creative Practitioners Training Programme
Training programme for artists working in schools.
Author: Paul Gorman
Creating the environment
What place based cultural programmes can achieve.
Author: Jonathan Gross and Nick Wilson
Considering Co-Creation
Report commissioned by Arts Council England
Author: Heart of Glass and Battersea Arts Centre
Development of CPD by the cultural sector and HEIs
Learning from a pilot series of accredited and non-accredited short courses.
Author: Judith Hills
SNAP PRACTICE
Learning from enquiry days with artists, employers and commissioners.
Author: Sophie Hunter
ArtWorks Cymru Conference Evaluation Report
Report on the ArtWorks Cymru conference held in April 2014.
Author: Rhian Hutchings
ArtWorks London Evaluation of AND Seminar and ICA Salons
Evaluation of two CPD formats.
Author: Annabel Jackson Associates Ltd
Older and Wiser and Reflective Learning Group Evaluation Report
Evaluation of participants' experiences of CPD in working with older people.
Author: Annabel Jackson Associates Ltd
ArtWorks Cymru Evaluation Report
Evaluation of the ArtWorks Cymru pathfinder partnership.
Author: Annabel Jackson Associates Ltd
Evaluation Report for ICA’s Koki Tanaka Project
Evaluation of gallery based participatory project.
Author: Annabel Jackson Associates Ltd
Evaluation Report for the Open School East Mentoring
Evaluation of mentoring support.
Author: Annabel Jackson Associates Ltd
Culture, Democracy and the Right to Make Art: The British Community Arts Movement
The story of the UK community arts movement.
Author: edited by Alison Jeffers and Gerri Moriarty
Trinity Laban Older People’s Arts Network (OPAN) CPD project
Evaluation of CPD project for artists working with older people.
Author: Veronica Jobbins and Kate Atkinson
Tell Me More
The current state of play for artists from different cultural backgrounds.
Author: Alexis K Johnson
Navigating art in participatory settings – issues for artists and employers
How employers can hire quality practitioners.
Author: Johnstone, Salamon, Leatherdale, Killick and Deane
ArtWorks: Learning from the Research Working Paper 1
The benefits of better joined-up working and training congruent with practice.
Author: Sue Kay
ArtWorks London Pilot Year Report Executive Summary
ArtWorks London activity and learning from the pilot year.
Author: Sophie Leighton-Kelly
ArtWorks London Pilot Year Artists Follow Up Survey Report
Six month follow up CPD impact survey.
Author: Sophie Leighton-Kelly
ArtWorks London Laboratories 2011-12 Research Evaluation Report
Review of the Lab model for artists' CPD.
Author: Sophie Leighton-Kelly
ArtWorks London Connecting Conversations 2011-2012 Research Evaluation Report
Review of the Connecting Conversations CPD strand.
Author: Sophie Leighton-Kelly
ArtWorks London Laboratories Autumn 2012 Research Evaluation Report
Review of three Lab models for CPD.
Author: Sophie Leighton-Kelly
Audit of Practice “Arts in Participatory Settings”
The what, why and how of arts in participatory settings.
Author: Toby Lowe
Critical Conversations – Artists’ reflections on quality in participatory arts practice
Report and analysis on the Critical Conversations series of discussion events in which artists were supported to reflect critically on their practice.
Author: Toby Lowe
From Small Shifts to Profound Changes
What works when commissioning socially engaged art.
Author: Elizabeth Lynch and Miriam Nelken
A Restless Art
A book about participatory art and its more radical predecessor, community art.
Author: François Matarasso
Academics’ perceptions of arts work in participatory settings
Views on participatory practice and higher education provision.
Author: Caroline Mitchell, Sheila Spencer, Alex Lockwood
HE Open Lab Reflective Report
Reflections by the facilitator of an Open Lab event.
Author: Gerri Moriarty
Changing The Conversation Provocation 1
Cross-sector collaboration is needed to support participatory artists.
Author: Professor Helen Nicholson
ArtWorks Scotland Evaluation Report
Report on the ArtWorks Scotland programme 2011-14.
Author: Hilary Nicoll
National Occupational Standards for Dance Leadership – knowing your role
Guide for dance artists.
Author: People Dancing
National Occupational Standards for Dance Leadership – supporting dancers
Guide for CPD providers.
Author: People Dancing
National Occupational Standards for Dance Leadership – employing dancers
Guide for organisations, employers and providers.
Author: People Dancing
Old People’s Dance Activities – the first UK survey
A snapshot of current practice in older people’s dance.
Author: People Dancing
Proof of the Pudding
Participatory arts evidence toolkit for artists
Author: People Dancing and ArtWorks Alliance
ArtWorks North East Focus Groups – summary of findings
Summary of focus group questions, notes and conclusions.
Author: Alex Pheby
Enhancing arts and culture in the criminal justice system: A partnership approach
Guide to working in criminal justice settings.
Author: Jessica Plant and Dora Dixon et al
Evaluation Report for the North East Pilot Short Courses in Developing Practice in Participatory Settings
Evaluation of a short course programme.
Author: Susan Priestley
Multiplying Leadership in Creative Communities
Leadership approaches in the CPP network.
Author: Mark Robinson
Making your practice more sustainable
Resources & training for climate emergency
Author: Genevieve Rudd
ArtWorks: Understanding Participants’ Views Working Paper 6
Participants’ perspectives on quality and excellence.
Author: Esther Salamon
ArtWorks: Qualifications, Codes of Practice and Standards Working Paper 7
How standards, codes and qualifications can impact on practice and careers.
Author: Esther Salamon
ArtWorks: Training and Development Providers and Opportunities Working Paper 5
Providers and provision, current and potential.
Author: Mary Schwarz
ArtWorks: Arts Practice in Participatory Settings Working Paper 2
Participatory arts as a range of practices.
Author: Mary Schwarz
ArtWorks: Quality – because we all want to do better Working Paper 8
Quality issues and the continuous quality improvement cycle.
Author: Mary Schwarz
More mince, less sausage: making art that doesn’t look like art
The difference between a conventional 'sausage' artist and 'mince' artist.
Author: Rosalie Schweiker
Reflectors: Experiences of co-mentoring within dance and disability
Reflections by participants in a co-mentoring programme.
Author: Sarah Scott
ArtWorks Cymru Artist Case Study Report
Interviews with experienced participatory artists.
Author: Eleanor Sellers
ArtWorks: Understanding Demand Working Paper 9
Perspectives from different artist employer types.
Author: Eleanor Sellers
ArtWorks Cymru Participant Consultation Report
Findings from consultations with project participants.
Author: Eleanor Sellers
ArtWorks Cymru Artist on-line survey report
Findings from a survey of artists involved in participatory arts projects across Wales.
Author: Eleanor Sellers
ArtWorks Cymru Artist Consultation Report
Findings from consulations with artists about their participatory practice.
Author: Eleanor Sellers
ArtWorks Cymru Creating Organisations Survey Report
Findings from a survey of organisations creating projects with participatory artists.
Author: Eleanor Sellers
ArtWorks Cymru Buying Organisations Survey Report
Findings from a survey of organisations buying in participatory arts projects.
Author: Eleanor Sellers
ArtWorks Cymru participatory arts training audit
An assessment of formal and informal training opportunities.
Author: Eleanor Sellers
ArtWorks Cymru Community Music Wales Learning Group
Exploring Welsh language practice.
Author: Eleanor Sellers
ArtWorks Cymru ‘Company 5’ Learning Group
Exploring the theme of transformation.
Author: Eleanor Sellers
ArtWorks Cymru ‘Blooming Voices’ Learning Group
Exploring the theme of context.
Author: Eleanor Sellers
ArtWorks Cymru ‘Scheherazade’ Learning Group Report
Exploring the theme of collaboration.
Author: Eleanor Sellers
ArtWorks Cymru ‘Made by Hand’ Learning Group Report
Exploring the theme of ownership.
Author: Eleanor Sellers
Art Works Cymru in collaboration with ArtWorks London: Participant survey report
Project quality factors from participants' perspectives.
Author: Eleanor Sellers
Fields of Vision. Other voices, rural places, global stories
Explores the plurality of the concepts of rural, identity, territory and culture
Author: Vassilka Shishkova
Higher education institutions in London and artists working in participatory settings: Case studies
An overview of some higher education course and module provision.
Author: Amanda Smethurst
Changing the Conversation Provocation 2
A challenge to scale up and drive up demand for participatory arts.
Author: Pauline Tambling
ArtWorks: Artists testing professional development methodologies Working Paper 3
The nature of, and need for, effective artists' training and CPD.
Author: Barbara Taylor
ArtWorks: Artist Consultations Working Paper 4
Findings from across PHF ArtWorks Pathfinders' consultations with artists.
Author: Barbara Taylor
Research and Development towards Effective Partnerships between Higher Education and Rurally Based Participative Arts Organisations
Three strand approach to partnership development.
Author: The Stove Network
International Next Practice Review
Strategic overview of practice and training in international contexts.
Author: Chrissie Tiller
ArtWorks Symposium, Northern Ireland
Report on a day long event exploring participatory practice in Northern Ireland.
Author: Sarah Tuck and Caragh O’Donnell
Stitching Together: Good Practice Guidelines
Advice for facilitators of participatory textile making workshops and projects.
Author: Amy Twigger Holroyd and Emma Shercliff
The role of digital engagement in place-based projects
Creative People and Places case study
Author: Kathryn Welch
Shared decision-making
Practical resource for involving local people in decision-making.
Author: Louise White
Addressing the Dynamic
Enquiry-based research into the relationship between project managers and artists.
Author: Hannah Wilmot
The World Cities Culture Report 2018
Innovative cultural programmes and policies.
Author: World Cities Culture Forum
The Sound of the Next Generation: A comprehensive review of children and young people’s relationship with music
Insights into young people and music-making
Author: Youth Music and Ipsos MORI
