Clients

"Metris Arts worked with the City’s Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy office to deliver our 2015 Minneapolis Creative Index report. With their help and expertise we were able to, for the first time, pair demographics with our economic data and add supportive qualitative narratives. This was a huge step for us and one that has made a great impact. We heard from our audiences that '..the 2015 report delivered information that was pertinent and the racial equity info, along with the next steps, really supported one another...the message came through clearly'." —Gülgün Kayim, Director, Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, City of Minneapolis

 

Metris Arts Consulting works with a range of clients from across the country and internationally, including philanthropic foundations, government agencies (local to federal), and arts and community development nonprofits. We view our clients as close partners and seek out collaborations with critical learners doing innovative and interesting work.

 

 

A selection of our clients and research sponsors to date include 3Arts, Americans for the Arts, Arts Cleveland, Artplace America, Artspace, Bush Foundation, Center for Community Progress, the City of Chicago, City of Minneapolis, City of Sacramento, CA, Hennepin Theatre Trust, Hivos, the Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture, HumanitiesDC, Los Angeles Department of Arts and Culture, Indiana Arts Commission, Intermedia Arts, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Kresge Foundation, League of Chicago Theatres, LINC, LISC, NeighborWorks America, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, National Endowment for the Arts, New England Foundation for the Arts, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Pillsbury House + Theatre, Placer County, CA, PolicyLink, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Touchstone Theatre, Trust for Public Land, the University of Houston, the Urban Institute.

With collaborators Markusen Economic Research, GO collaborative, and the Project on Regional and Industrial Economics, we have also completed projects for the Center for Cultural Innovation, the City of Grand Rapids, the City of San José Office of Cultural Affairs, Creative Capital, the James Irvine Foundation, and the Mayors Institute on City Design.