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Arts Management Lab
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A lab that explores co-creative arts practice through the management and evaluation of the arts.

AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the possibilities of co-creative arts practice
Assistant Professor Saya Makihara specializes in arts management, cultural policy, co-creative arts practice, and collaborative/participatory evaluation of cultural projects.
Her main current research question is how co-creative arts practice with people who have mental illness or disabilities changes the awareness of people who are not themselves affected.
In regional collaboration art projects and the Hall Management Engineer training program, she is in charge of project management, student supervision, and evaluation.
Moving between practice in the field and research, she explores the possibilities of co-creative arts practice.
Key terms
- Co-creative arts practice
- Arts practice in which people in different positions, such as people with disabilities and university students, create together
- Collaborative/participatory evaluation
- An approach to evaluation in which the people involved in a project take part in the evaluation together
- Peer review
- A method of evaluating art projects and similar activities through dialogue and mutual support
ResearchResearch themes
The lab explores the possibilities of co-creative arts practice by moving between the field and research. Its research covers arts practice with people who have mental illness or disabilities, arts management education and the evaluation of cultural projects, and songs that represent a region.
*Illustrative imageArts Practice with People with Mental Illness or Disabilities
This research examines how co-creative arts practice with people who have mental illness or disabilities changes the awareness of those who are not themselves affected. It is approached from the perspectives of community mental health care, disability awareness education, and social inclusion.
Evaluation of Arts Management Education
This research addresses the evaluation of arts management education aimed at social inclusion, from the perspective of evaluation studies. The professor is also involved in arts management education at the university.
*Illustrative imageCollaborative/Participatory Evaluation of Cultural Projects
This research studies collaborative/participatory evaluation of cultural projects from the perspective of evaluation studies. Its research keywords include peer review and arts management.
*Illustrative imageThe Dynamic Nature of Songs That Represent a Region
This research studies the dynamic nature of songs that represent a region (community songs) from the perspectives of music culture studies, cultural resource studies, and local government cultural administration.
MembersFaculty
- Assistant ProfessorSaya Makihara
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “The conference "Multiformity- Art in Public Space". The 1st action of the 1st edition of Public Art Festival” FAA4891 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Arts Practice with People with Mental Illness or Disabilities: “Un lugar fantástico creado por Peter Buch. Concepto “Art Brut”. Seguir. La Pobla de Benifassà” Juan Emilio Prades Bel / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Collaborative/Participatory Evaluation of Cultural Projects: “Swarajati Timeline – Workshop Evaluation (1)” Sri Wahyuni Nur Indah Sari / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- The Dynamic Nature of Songs That Represent a Region: “Viewers from the rooftop” Dandy1022 / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Arts Management Lab): “Golden Time Talent Festival 2025 – Audience during the Art Awards Ceremony in London” Goldenportal888 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Cultural Policy Lab): “Heidelberg Project-9846” Tyree Guyton and others (for example, Detroit Industrial Gallery by Detroit artist Tim Burke) / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Cultural Policy Lab): “Children Art Therapy” Save the Children Canada / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Design Systems Lab): “Improvements enhance customer experience ( )” Fort Rucker / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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