Capacities and Impacts of Community Arts and Culture Initiatives in Singapore.

With reference to "Arts and Culture Nodes" strategy initiated in 2012 by the National Arts Council (NAC) in Singapore, this paper outlines the study that investigated the impacts of community arts and culture events on five local housing neighborhoods and their communities. "Neighbourhood Arts and Culture Impact Assessment (NACIA)" framework was developed and applied through spatial opportunity analysis (on-site observations and mapping), surveys, focus group discussions and interviews with residents, artists and event organizers. Key findings reveal the capacities of the initiative to generate positive spatial, social and participation impacts and build stronger neighborhood arts ecology in local Singaporean neighborhoods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]