Let us know how you feel…
Have your say about the work of Shetland Arts.
In 2007 Shetland Arts piloted a small scale consultation process called Art Focus. People were invited to focus group meetings to discuss issues for the arts in Shetland.
We asked three questions of the original Art Focus groups. The questions were:
How well do you think Shetland Arts supports artists and how can we increase the range and quality of our support?
Do you feel Shetland Arts creates a wide range of opportunities for participation in the arts and how can opportunities for participation in the arts be widened?
Do you think Shetland Arts works effectively and cooperatively to build a creative community and how can the organisation develop its work in this area?
This may have been limited in size and just a pilot programme but it was a new step and an important one. The responses were challenging and at times very critical about how we work. You asked us to: broaden our horizons and take on new ideas; make what we do more accessible; be inclusive and communicate better the opportunities we offer.
You found lots of positive things to say about our work, but the great value from Art Focus then and now comes through learning from the mistakes that you tell us about. So, we’re going to keep asking these questions and questions like them every single year. All year round the Art Focus documents will be available from our website or from our office. It’s going to go from a small scale consultation to a complete means of assessing how we’re doing.
Art Focus will become Shetland Arts’ most important means of continuous public feedback. It is important to us that the Shetland community believes we serve it well.
An online survey form will be available soon on this website. In the meantime please feel to email us with your comments and feedback. We want to hear from you.
