Rising Tides Research Institute
Rising Tides Research Institute (RTRI) is an action-oriented research department that conducts projects which contribute to progressive and radical public policies that address the enduring systems of inequalities that have impacted POC, Black people in particular, with a focus on key stakeholders in the arts: artists, business owners, and nonprofit organizations. Additionally, RTRI strategically uses research to support the development of relevant, partner-facing programming capable of adapting to change.
RTRI operates tactically and strategically from the values of integrity and innovation. This means that our systems and processes aim for a highly integrated and designed via a racial equity framework.
RTRI’s departmental vision for impact involves contributing to progressive and radical public policies and methods for advocacy. RTRI envisions its research as an avenue through which to address issues of capital access and facilitate the improvement of economic conditions of POC artists and arts businesses.
The Team
Led by research scientists trained on issues of embodiment, economics, civil discourse, the arts and public health, Rising Tides Research Institute executes action-based research through a lens of racial equity. Rising Tides researchers use traditional methods such as surveys and textual analysis, but also incorporate a significant amount of ethnographic data collection and analysis, community dialogues, and new technologies in motion trafficking.
Carolyn Renée Pautz, PhD
PhD in Dance Studies, MA in Anthropology and Caribbean Studies, serves Rising Tides’ Director of Research and Strategy and principal investigator.
Véronëque Ignace, MPH
MPH in Community Health Sciences, serves as Rising Tides’ Associate Director of Research and Strategy and co-investigator.
Erika Pettersen, MA
Research & Development Strategist
Dianne Walsh, MS
Contact Us
Research inquiries: Research@artsbusinesscollaborative.org
Press: Publicrelations@artsbusinesscollaborative.org
Presentations/Conferences/Publications: Carolyn@artsbusinesscollaborative.org
Internships: Veroneque@artsbusinesscollaborative.org
Government and Community Relations: Carolyn@artsbusinesscollaborative.org
General inquiries: Veroneque@artsbusinesscollaborative.org