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July 22, 2010

Meet Us in Phoenix at VSA

Slover Linett partner Peter Linett and senior associate Sarah Lee will be in Phoenix next week for the 23rd annual conference of the Visitor Studies Association (VSA). They look forward to meeting new colleagues in the museum field and picking up the conversation with old friends. More »

June 25, 2010

Farewell Flinner: A Colleague Heads to NYC

Join us in saying au revoir to Kate Flinner, Slover Linett’s manager of field research. Kate is moving to New York to pursue a career in museum exhibits, starting with an internship at Thinc Design, a leading exhibition design firm with clients around the world. More »

June 14, 2010

Research Fellow Michael Di Giovine Presents Heritage Management Framework at UNESCO Conference

Di Giovine, an anthropologist completing his doctorate at the University of Chicago and currently conducting research in Italy, spoke at an international conference on heritage and tourism in Quebec City, Canada earlier this month. His influential book on the “heritage-scape” had just been praised by the conference’s keynote speaker, so Di Giovine’s sessions were packed. More »

June 12, 2010

Helping Create a New Center for Art Museum Studies

The art history department at Case Western Reserve University has asked Slover Linett to lead part of a planning study for a unique new research center. The project is a collaboration between Case Western, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and other educational and cultural organizations in northeast Ohio. More »

June 12, 2010

Cleveland Museum of Art Turns to Slover Linett for Integrated Exhibition Research

The museum, one of the largest art institutions in the country, has engaged us to help develop a new audience research approach that combines exhibition evaluation and market research. The integrated process will be developed in conjunction with an upcoming exhibition of pre-Incan art, which will serve as a “pilot project” for the new approach. More »

May 19, 2010

We Welcome Amy Barr to the Firm as Office Manager

Amy Barr, who recently earned a Master’s degree from George Washington University’s well-regarded museum studies program, joined the team part-time earlier this month. And not a moment too soon! More »

May 05, 2010

Meet Us in Los Angeles at the Museum Conference

Partner Peter Linett and senior associate Sarah Lee will be in Los Angeles later this month for the American Association of Museums meeting. Linett will give a talk on museums in a postmodern world at the Museum Group’s annual side conference. More »

March 26, 2010

“Come on Eileen” — We Welcome Eileen Bevis to the Firm as a Research Analyst

After a three-month national search for an additional Research Analyst, we concluded that the ideal candidate was already near at hand. Eileen Bevis, a PhD student in sociology at the University of Chicago and a freelance analyst for Slover Linett since mid-2009, joins the team full time next week. More »

March 12, 2010

Article on Planning for Audience Research Published by National Arts Marketing Project

The two-part article by Peter Linett aims to help arts leaders ask the right questions before embarking on a research project. It was recently published on the website of the National Arts Marketing Project, a unit of Americans for the Arts. More »

March 08, 2010

Slover Linett to Lead Arts & Business Council Workshop on Using Audience Data

The March 30 session in Chicago will help arts professionals learn how to take a data-driven approach to developing marketing strategies. Registration is now open. More »

March 05, 2010

New Cultural Clients in Chicago, St. Louis

We’re proud to welcome two highly respected arts institutions to the Slover Linett family this week: the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. More »

February 22, 2010

Appraisal of Museum Literature Published in Curator

Peter Linett's article looking back at his six-year tenure as book review editor at Curator: The Museum Journal appears in this month's issue of the journal. More »

February 02, 2010

New Collaboration with Cultural Economics Firm AECOM

We’re proud to be beginning a new study this month with our friends at AECOM, with whom we’ve collaborated on museum research and analysis projects in the past. More »

January 05, 2010

New Year, New Website

We're ringing in 2010 with a fresh face online. Our full-featured site and blog went live this week at sloverlinett.com. More »

January 02, 2010

Peter Linett Begins Visiting Role at Cultural Policy Center

Slover Linett partner Peter Linett was recently named a Visiting Associate at the Cultural Policy Center at the University of Chicago. More »

December 21, 2009

It's Only Natural...History

Slover Linett presented evaluation findings this week that will help the education department at the nation's busiest natural history museum plan for a new learning center. More »

December 12, 2009

Capital Campaign Study Findings Presented

Managing partner Cheryl Slover-Linett presented findings from a new national study on how cultural and educational institutions plan for and fund their captial campaigns. More »

October 16, 2009

Slover-Linett Shares Insights about Delaware Arts

This weekend, Delaware's "State of the Arts" podcast and radio show will rebroadcast its August 2009 interview with Cheryl Slover-Linett about Delaware arts audiences. More »

September 12, 2009

It's a book!

Slover Linett research fellow Michael Di Giovine recently published The Heritage-scape: UNESCO, World Heritage and Tourism. More »

September 08, 2009

Tufts Graduate Jett Joins Firm

Catherine Jett joins Slover Linett Strategies from the Rotary Foundation, becoming the firm's first Research Assistant. More »