The pARTe System

Designed as a simple to use Excel template, the pARTe System tool is a flexible self-evaluation tool for public art programs to define their goals and reflect on the success of their artistic interventions.

The Tool is a interactive Excel document and instructions on downloading are available here.

If you are interested in testing the pARTe System on your own projects and sharing your results with our team, please contact partesystem@gmail.com

Resources:

  • The pARTe System: an interactive Excel document which helps you to track projects and measure their success. Instructions on downloading the document are available here.
  • How to Use the pARTe System: To accompany the evaluation tool, the team created a guide which leads the user step-by-step through how to use the evaluation tool.
  • Menu of Indicators: The project team’s research also led to the creation of this menu, which provides a framework for evaluation and suggestions for indicators that fit into the larger context of community attachment and livability and how to measure them.
  • Developing Methodologies for Public Art Evaluation: This documents the thought processes behind the creation of an evaluation tool for public art including research, testing, key findings, and recommendations. This document can serve as a resource for those who are interested in the learning more about the academic basis for the development of the evaluation system. Additionally, all terminology used is defined in the Glossary section of this document.