Young People, Youth Organisations and Galleries: Working as Allies to Spark Change
Read more about challenges & barriers, ideas & solutions, relating to this and two other themes in the full report.
Download reportResearch & Evaluation
Young People, Youth Organisations and Galleries: Working as Allies to Spark Change
Read more about challenges & barriers, ideas & solutions, relating to this and two other themes in the full report.
Download reportResearch and evaluation were embedded throughout Circuit.
As an action research project, gallery staff, young people, artists and partners were encouraged to reflect on their experiences, to analyse what they found, and crucially, to change their programme in response. Young people devised creative evaluation techniques to review their festivals and events. They came together as a national group, Circulate, and also critiqued the programme as a whole.
The evaluation was underpinned by an evaluation framework, produced collaboratively in line with Circuit’s aims and values. The whole process aimed to build skills, whilst enabling ownership of each gallery’s successes and challenges. You can read a review of the evaluation process below.
Specialists carried out research to examine important themes that were emerging from Circuit, including:
Browse the reports below, which have informed the programme’s learning and recommendations.