SMU DataArts - Cultural Data Profile

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Chicago Gay Men's Chorus, Chicago, IL. Photo by G. Thomas Ward. Chicago Gay Men's Chorus, Chicago, IL. Photo by G. Thomas Ward.

The Language of Data for the Business of Culture

DataArts, formerly the Cultural Data Project, was founded to bring the language and leverage of data to the business of culture. The Cultural Data Profile (CDP) is DataArts’ flagship service, which thousands of cultural nonprofits use annually to report their financial and programmatic information. DataArts seeks to be a catalyst for data-informed decision-making.

Our Mission

DataArts empowers the nonprofit arts and cultural sector with high-quality data and resources in order to strengthen its vitality, performance, and public impact. It accomplishes this mission in three ways:

• Equipping arts and cultural organizations to collect, learn from, and use data effectively;

• Building critical infrastructure for the sector as a trusted source of high-quality data that advances cultural initiatives; and

• Creating a national partnership and platform for cultural data, dedicated to collective learning, leadership, and action.

 

Spudnik Press Cooperative, Chicago, IL. Photo by Angee Lennard. Spudnik Press Cooperative, Chicago, IL. Photo by Angee Lennard.

See What Makes Us Tick

Where we’ve been. Where we are going.

For more than a decade, we’ve been providing data-informed insights to the arts and cultural sector, and we’re always looking for new ways to make DataArts more useful and  valuable.

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Photo by Daryl Peveto. Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Photo by Daryl Peveto.

Directors & Staff

Building a national information resource for the cultural sector takes teamwork. Our Board and staff includes artists, enthusiasts, and devoted patrons of the organizations that we serve. We’re also just a little bit obsessed with data and how it can fuel the arts.

Silk Road Rising, Chicago, IL. Photo by Michael Brosilow. Silk Road Rising, Chicago, IL. Photo by Michael Brosilow.

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