What we’ve learned from the community questionnaire:
• Respondents had strong agreement that there were free places to gather and a strong sense of geographic identity in their communities.
• Respondents had weaker agreement that people in their communities had interest in art programs, and that people in their communities experienced some cost and transportation barriers to those programs/experiences.
• Looking across the data collection time periods, respondent perceptions remained consistent throughout the pandemic.
What we’ve learned from the program questionnaire:
• Nearly all respondents felt positive enough about the art program experience to share something about their experience with a friend.
• Most respondents agreed that they learned something new about art/art-making processes in Western Colorado.
• Respondents in the program questionnaire had very similar perceptions about art and art access in their communities as respondents in the community questionnaire.
So what?
While the COVID-19 pandemic forced the alteration of both RAC programs and our study, we were still able to learn a little about perceptions among program participants and the broader audiences for RAC Network members. For instance, data from both questionnaires suggest that there may be potential for improving visibility and attendance of arts programs in RAC communities. Respondents noted much higher agreement that their communities had environments conducive to accessible arts programming (e.g., free spaces for people to meet; strong geographic identities; strong tourist-driven economies; and only modest cost and transportation barriers) than actual community knowledge of arts programming. With respect to the effect of RAC programming, preliminary data suggests that participants do indeed have positive experiences that they are likely to share with others, and that they did (though to a lesser degree) learn something new about art in Western Colorado.
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