Arts Datathon: Democratize

Arts Datathon: Democratize

April 3, 2019

About

2020 UPDATE The Arts Datathon website has moved. Please visit our new website where you can learn all about the 2020 Arts Datathon, where we will explore the role of data in making public policy:...

Project Tracks

There are four tracks to choose from at Arts Datathon: Democratize on Wednesday, April 3, 2019: DATA SCIENCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION: Data scientists, arts administrators and educators will explore research questions and potential methods to...

Documentation

“ Read our report on the 2017 Arts Access Datathon: The report tells what we did and how we did it.The toolkit offers informative tips for any organization or group that is interested in hosting its own datathon. Visit...

Wed, April 3, 2019 | Los Angeles Central Library

Arts Datathon: Democratize will bring together arts administrators, artists, educators, students community advocates, researchers, hackers and civic professionals to explore how data can improve access to the arts.

It’s an opportunity for you to spend a day using data to explore questions of equity in arts education in public schools, build out the data behind Wikipedia entries related to public art, discover new perspectives on the California/Mexico border through a qualitative data art project, and visualize geographic data through craft.

Goals

Explore the data that already exist on arts and culture.
Engage a wide range of people in thinking deeply about how to improve access to the arts.
Inspire new projects, proposals and policies that would utilize data to improve access to the arts.
Identify ways to improve arts data collection, organization and coordination.
Spark community curiosity and conversations about arts access and equity.