Happy Friday to you and happy first day of November. I hope you had a fun Halloween. I ended up dressing in my devil horns and going to our local Mexican restaurant that we love. They were all dressed in costumes to the nines! It was a fun evening. Yesterday, I also had a conversation…
An article hit me in the face this morning. Wham! Arts: Misreading the declining audience problem I needed it too. Despite all the attempts to change the experiences to fit new audiences’ preferences, we do have an underlying problem that we should be focusing on. Here are a few quotes from this article: With the…
It’s been a while, and I apologize for this, since I have given out some advice. Audience development is all about building relationships in order to get more people to support you and your art form. So how can we do this in a day and age that is less connected in live time? Here…
There seems to be a rumbling about arts marketing lately. There are people that believe that artists and arts organizations need to step up their game or hire someone else that has more experience. Here is the latest of the rumblings: Cincinnati Art Museum makes cuts The Cincinnati Art Museum recently eliminated its design team,…
As some of you may know, I am in the midst of a legal challenge with Getty Images. I will write more about this in the future, since the knowledge will help others. Today though, I have been thinking about all the support requests I receive. There are so many crowd-fundraisers happening and so many…
My friend, Dale, sent me a thread to look at on Reddit: Going to my first symphony, what are some tips for my first experience? This ongoing conversation has me thinking about traditions and their protocols. The traditions with the respective protocols are generated by people. People adopt these ways, and a status quo forms.…
Tonight I will be giving a presentation on Audience Building for All and the Top 20 Tips for Increasing Everything. If you are in the Boulder/Denver area, check it out and join me! One of the points I will be discussing is the tip to be your artist self and be creative. It is a…
It’s one of those days when I have too many different thoughts to process and am having a difficult time picking just one to focus on. So, here is my next installment of random thoughts. Let me know which ones you would like me to develop further! Some organizations/artists have a catch-22 situation in terms…
I came across a fun project today called The Bicycle Opera Project. The Bicycle Opera Project brings Canadian contemporary opera to communities across Ontario by bicycle! They also have a specific mission: We bring Canadian music to people who might otherwise have little opportunity to hear it, and work to close the distance between audiences and…
I am slowly resurfacing with hopes that a new direction will be firmly formed in the next couple of months. As I mentioned before, I am speaking with a variety of people to gain perspective, and I thank each and every person that has taken the time to talk with me. During a few of…
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