To coincide with our showcase event, we’re publishing the first of the research funded by the Digital Innovation Fund for the Arts in Wales.

Three of the five arts organisations we funded have published their R&D reports:

Hijinx and Proper Design have developed an integrated casting site and pastoral care system to help learning disabled actors access paid acting work.

Arts Alive and BBC Connected Studio have developed a guide to low-cost methods for digitally broadcasting art from rural locations.

g39 and Golant Media Ventures have developed ART, a digital tool for enriching the audience experience and gathering data at non-ticketed visual arts spaces.

We have also commissioned two evidence reviews, published today:

We asked Golant Media Ventures to bring together an evidence base for arts organisations to use to inform their plans to introduce new digital technologies into their work.

We asked ERS Research and Consultancy to bring together an evidence base for arts organisations to inform their plans to achieve social and economic impact.

We hope that you’ll find them insightful, and useful in developing your next project.

We still have a few papers being prepared for publication – keep an eye on our social channels or on this website in the coming weeks.