Maren Brown Associates has worked with a diverse group of clients, representing various arts and culture sectors. Please refer to our core service listings below for summaries of our projects.
Arts Evaluation Projects
Vermont Arts Council Evaluation of Danville Transportation Project
Maren Brown Associates worked with the Vermont Arts Council to assist with the evaluation of its Danville Transportation Project, a 14-year arts-infused transportation infrastructure project.
Arkansas Arts Council Evaluation Training
Maren Brown delivered a program evaluation training for the Arkansas Arts Council’s Expansion Arts and Organizational Support grant recipients.
Vermont Arts Council Outreach Team Assessment Planning
Brown worked with the Vermont Arts Council Outreach Team to facilitate a planning meeting and discussion about the most effective ways to use data and metrics to guide programmatic decisions.
Hopkins Center for the Arts Outreach Assessment
From 2013-2015, Maren Brown Associates (MBA) worked with the Hopkins Center for the Arts’ (Hop) staff on the assessment of its new Community Venture Fund project, designed “to help address unmet needs in the Hop’s community-oriented programming and accessibility.” The consultancy was focused on advising staff on productive working structures and evaluation processes, including the assessment of ...more
Metro Nashville Arts Commission Grant Program Review and Improvement Project
Maren Brown worked with the Metro Nashville Arts Commission (MNAC) on the review of its basic 1 grant program in this project. The work involved providing a primer on the terminology of outcomes-based evaluation and its application to real-life constituent examples, the identification of specific refinements to the MNAC grant application forms and panelist criteria, ...more
Pig Iron Theatre’s School for Advanced Performance Training Evaluation Project
Maren Brown Associates developed an evaluation plan and new evaluation protocols for the School for Advanced Performance Training (APT), a new program of Pig Iron Theatre in Philadelphia. The plan reflected a deep examination of APT’s current evaluation efforts and capacity, was grounded in a thorough review of the organization and the context in which ...more
Vermont Arts Council Arts Education Planning and Evaluation Project
Maren Brown Associates offered evaluation and planning services to the Vermont Arts Council for its arts education programs. See the Vermont Arts Council’s website for more information about arts education programs and services offered by the Council. The project included five key components: (I) review of Vermont Arts Council’s current and past arts education work, ...more
New Hampshire State Council on the Arts Strategic Plan
Maren Brown Associates led a comprehensive strategic planning process on behalf of the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. The plan was designed to gather broad-based input into the Council’s operations and services over the five year period of 2014-2018, and included the design and administration of constituent surveys, focus groups and in-depth interviews ...more
Wisconsin Arts Board Program Evaluation Trainings
One-day training sessions on program evaluation co-delivered by Maren Brown and Maryo Ewell at six locations in Wisconsin, on behalf of the Wisconsin Arts Board. Programs were designed to teach arts administrators how to use the logic model as a tool for evaluating arts program outcomes. The program series, entitled, “Are We There Yet? A ...more
United Arts of Raleigh, NC Program Evaluation Training
One-day training session delivered by Maren Brown on program evaluation for arts administrators on behalf of United Arts of Raleigh, North Carolina. The training focused on how to use the logic model as a tool for evaluating arts program outcomes.