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Recording for ADS Webinar, March 15, 2013

Posted On March 22, 2013 By Shoshana

Recording for ADS Webinar, March 15, 2013 The recording for the webinar we had last Friday – Classical Music: The challenges of making the affection clear – is now available!  Please click on the link above (title link) to register for access to the recording. Have a fantastic weekend! Cheers to happy and loyal audiences,… 

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Going in circles or Artsitis

Posted On March 20, 2013 By Shoshana

I feel the arts are a bit dis-eased.  Budget cuts, shrinking audiences, and other gloom and doom that hits the news regularly are casting a murky illness over what we could be doing to better the situation.  I have good news and bad news.  Which would you like first?  The bad news? The bad news… 

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Random thoughts III for arts audience development

Posted On March 18, 2013 By Shoshana

At least, I think I am on number 3 for my random thoughts posts.  I had a nice weekend to stew on a few thoughts that I wish to share with you. We could use more adult education classes to get adults appreciating the arts again.  I see a slow trend toward developing these types… 

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Final plea – Invite to webinar tomorrow for classical music audience development

Posted On March 14, 2013 By Shoshana

For my email subscribers, please click on the web link for this one. Thank you all for listening! [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/83285201″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] With hope, Shoshana

‘SEE’ the power of music for arts audience development!

Posted On March 13, 2013 By Shoshana

We are leading up to the Classical Music Webinar on Friday! Today we have a guest post by Catherine Starek.  Catherine is a graduate student with the desire to promote the arts to younger audiences.  She came across a particular type of program, symphonic photochoreography, that is being used by some orchestras with great results. … 

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When was the last time for arts audience development?

Posted On March 11, 2013 By Shoshana

When was the last time you went to an arts event? When was the last time you invited someone to an arts event? When was the last time you shared a piece of music with someone in your life? When was the last time you created a work of art? When was the last time… 

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9 simple arts advocacy actions for daily life

Posted On March 8, 2013 By Shoshana

It’s that time of the year again when arts advocacy days start popping up all over the country.  The official National Arts Advocacy Day is April 8-9. If you want to know your state’s official day, get in touch with a state captain. I have mentioned in the past that everyday should be an arts… 

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Free follow up for arts audience development

Posted On March 6, 2013 By Shoshana

I have a quick thought this morning.  Are we breeding a free mentality?  I’m starting to feel that every time we give something away for free, people begin to expect free.  The same thought applies to discounts. I have to admit that I have caught myself resisting purchasing something since I know I can get… 

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ADS News for March

Posted On March 4, 2013 By Shoshana

Happy March to you!  We have three upcoming events I wanted you to be aware of: Friday, March 8 at 11:30 EST – Group brainstorm session on Google+ Hangouts – Join me and arts colleagues for old fashioned brainstorming fun to come up with new ideas and solutions to develop your audiences. Deadline is Thursday,… 

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Copy and pasting for arts audience development???

Posted On February 25, 2013 By Shoshana

I hope you had a nice weekend!  I found this weekend to have a common theme that I wanted to share with you.  The concept of copy and paste and how it is affecting our artistry, audience development, and the future of arts administration. I started off the weekend reading The Art of Possibility by… 

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