Developing Social Practice in our Places

The Leap are conducting this survey to delve into Socially Engaged Art Practice and what this means for our communities and artists we are working with.

What we are trying to find out from this survey:

What can we learn from current practice?
How can we embed Social Practice in our places?
What do we need to make it happen?

We wish to research and take forward a set of actions to develop and embed more social practice in our areas of work.

When referring to the term social practice, The Leap mean activities or projects where artists and communities / individuals come together to co-author or co-produce creative representations of the world around us. The process behind the work produced is often as important as the final creative work, and projects are often reliant on collaboration and discussion. The work often reflects multiple voices about a particular social, political, economical or environmental issue, rather than that of a single artistic voice.

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* 1. For monitoring purposes, could you please tell us your postcode:

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* 2. Please tick any that apply:

I am an artist / creative practitioner

I work with a Creative People and Places programme

I work for an arts organisation / network

I work in the community / voluntary sector

I work for a local authority

Other (please specify)

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* 3. How do you include or how have you embedded Social Practice in what you do?

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* 4. What would you say are the benefits for communities and artists working together to address social issues?

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* 5. From your perspective, what is needed in terms of infrastructure and support for artists and communities to work together in social practice? Please rank in order of importance:

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* 6. Is there anything missing from the list above? If so, feel free to add any suggestions:

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* 7. On a scale of 1 – 10: How well are communities and artists working together to inform artistic work in the place you live?

1 - Needs major improvement

10 - Extremely well

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i We adjusted the number you entered based on the slider’s scale.

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* 8. What changes have you seen for communities and artists in your areas as a result of working in socially engaged ways?

Increased awareness on social issues facing communities.

Increased impact on social issues facing communities.

Local arts and cultural activity is reflective of local issues.

Local arts and cultural activity includes multiple voices to represent local people's perspectives and lives.

A variety and breadth of local arts and cultural activity is co-created with communities.

Creativity is used across a range of sectors to support people in civic life.

Artists and communities are well connected in hyper local areas.

Artists are part of decision making process and planning in local areas.

None of the above

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* 9. Can you give us at least two good examples of Socially Engaged Practice happening where you live / work: (include web links where possible)

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* 10. Have you found any useful ways to measure the difference or impact that social practice can make compared to other engagement or outreach approaches with people and places?

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* 11. How can Creative People and Places support growth and embed Social Practice in our areas?

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* 12. Is there anything missing from the list above? If so, feel free to add any suggestions:

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* 13. Would you be interested to help build a local network to enable this development and action with others?

Yes

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Developing Social Practice in our Places

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* 1. For monitoring purposes, could you please tell us your postcode:

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* 2. Please tick any that apply:

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* 3. How do you include or how have you embedded Social Practice in what you do?

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* 4. What would you say are the benefits for communities and artists working together to address social issues?

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* 5. From your perspective, what is needed in terms of infrastructure and support for artists and communities to work together in social practice? Please rank in order of importance:

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* 6. Is there anything missing from the list above? If so, feel free to add any suggestions:

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* 7. On a scale of 1 – 10: How well are communities and artists working together to inform artistic work in the place you live?

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* 8. What changes have you seen for communities and artists in your areas as a result of working in socially engaged ways?

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* 9. Can you give us at least two good examples of Socially Engaged Practice happening where you live / work: (include web links where possible)

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* 10. Have you found any useful ways to measure the difference or impact that social practice can make compared to other engagement or outreach approaches with people and places?

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* 11. How can Creative People and Places support growth and embed Social Practice in our areas?

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* 12. Is there anything missing from the list above? If so, feel free to add any suggestions:

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* 13. Would you be interested to help build a local network to enable this development and action with others?

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* 14. Is there anything else you'd like to tell us about Social Practice?