Volunteer Voices: Engaging Volunteers with Contemporary Art and Heritage

志愿者的声音：让志愿者参与当代艺术和遗产

• 批准号: AH/V000799/1
• 负责人: Andrew Burton
• 金额: $ 10.16万
• 依托单位: Newcastle University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FV000799%2F1
• 关键词: Volunteer; Voices; Engaging; Volunteers; Contemporary

Arising from the findings of the 'Mapping Contemporary Art in the Heritage Experience: Creation, Consumption and Exchange' (MCAHE) research project (AH/N007557/1), Volunteer Voices will develop an innovative programme of heritage volunteer training on contemporary art interpretation, resulting in a resource that can be rolled out to the heritage sector nationally. MCAHE research revealed that while volunteers play a key role in engaging visitors with heritage sites, the volunteers often lack the knowledge and confidence to introduce this audience to the contemporary artworks that are increasingly a feature of heritage programming. Without interpretation, many visitors struggle to fully appreciate and enjoy the art they encounter. Volunteer Voices is designed to address this gap through a co-developed training programme rooted in the MCAHE research. Volunteers will meet and work with creative artists, heritage staff and other stakeholders, gaining the knowledge, practical skills and confidence to introduce and interpret commissioned contemporary artworks to visitors at their heritage sites. The training programme will use methods of peer-to-peer learning, group social interaction and knowledge exchange which MCAHE findings showed to increase confidence and enable a reflective rather than 'reflexive' response to contemporary artworks.This training need has been identified as an urgent priority within the heritage sector who are keen to implement change regarding volunteer training: 75% of heritage organisations identified volunteer development, training or experience enhancement as their top priority after recruitment (Heritage Volunteer Group survey 2019). Heritage organisations rely heavily on volunteers to enrich their visitors' experience: nearly half of all heritage volunteers work in front of house, education or engagement but only 3% work in exhibition-based roles. Working with new Project Partners and stakeholders, this Follow-On Funding for Impact and Engagement project places volunteers at the heart of its activities and seeks to create and promote 'best practice' training which will benefit both volunteer and audience experience, enabling the full value of heritage organisations' investment in commissioning contemporary art (in terms of time, money, HO resources and the creative energy of the artist) to be realised.

根据“在遗产体验中绘制当代艺术：创作、消费和交换”（MCAHE）研究项目（AH/N 007557/1）的结果，志愿者之声将制定一项关于当代艺术诠释的遗产志愿者培训创新计划，从而形成一种可推广到全国遗产部门的资源。MCAHE的研究表明，虽然志愿者在吸引游客参观遗产地方面发挥着关键作用，但志愿者往往缺乏知识和信心，无法向观众介绍当代艺术品，而这些艺术品越来越成为遗产规划的一个特点。如果没有解说，许多游客很难充分欣赏和享受他们遇到的艺术。志愿者之声旨在通过共同开发的培训计划来解决这一差距，该计划植根于MCAHE研究。志愿者将与创意艺术家，遗产工作人员和其他利益相关者会面并合作，获得知识，实用技能和信心，在遗产地向游客介绍和解释委托的当代艺术品。培训计划将采用同行学习、小组社交互动和知识交流的方法，MCAHE的研究结果表明，这些方法可以增加信心，并能够对当代艺术品做出反思而不是“反射性”的反应。这种培训需求已被确定为遗产部门的当务之急，他们热衷于实施志愿者培训方面的变革：75%的遗产组织将志愿者发展，培训或经验提升作为招聘后的首要任务（2019年遗产志愿者组织调查）。遗产组织严重依赖志愿者来丰富游客的体验：近一半的遗产志愿者在门前工作，教育或参与，但只有3%的工作在展览中。与新的项目合作伙伴和利益相关者合作，这个后续资助影响和参与项目将志愿者置于其活动的核心，并寻求创建和促进“最佳实践”培训，这将有利于志愿者和观众的体验，使遗产组织在委托当代艺术方面的投资充分发挥价值（在时间、金钱、HO资源和艺术家的创造力方面）。

项目成果

Volunteer Voices - Industry Stakeholders Report _ April 2022

志愿者之声 - 行业利益相关者报告 _ 2022 年 4 月

• 发表时间: 2022
• 作者: Farley R