Purpose of this guide

• NOT a textbook for evaluation, in general;

• NOT an exhaustive how-to guide for the usual skills and knowledge evaluations that are also critical to arts programming;

• Rather, IT IS a map and toolkit – based on our expertise and experience – for the evaluation of arts programming that seeks to lead to personal transformation for participants in non-traditional, non-arts based settings.

We hope it is a guide to you and your program as you begin to make a similar journey. Along the way we will provide you some brief introductions to resources, terms, methods, and goals, as well as links to our work as well as the work/tools of others.