I was watching the opening ceremonies of the Olympics and tweeted a comment that this ceremony was the arts. I had a fellow arts tweep politely tell me that we may not want to connect the ceremony to the arts since the general public may not like it (or understand the cultural differences) and it…
For Friday, I wanted to share with you my Pecha Kucha presentation from last year. I discovered that Slideshare now allows you to upload audio to create a full slidecast presentation. This was my first attempt. Please forgive the bleeding audio, and I will work on uploading another version after I figure out how to…
Happy Hanukkah and Happy Holidays to all! This holiday season, I have been challenging my Twitter and Facebook friends to buy responsibly this year. I am a firm believer that if you want change to happen in our world, we need to start voting with our money every day. This means that we need…
Last week I found a blog that was resurrected for another round on Twitter: The Top 10 Reasons to Support the Arts (from Arts Watch) This blog post is a good summary of many of the practical reasons why the arts are good for us: 10. True prosperity 9. Stronger communities 8. Health and well-being…
I finally updated my YouTube Gallery page. Before June vanishes, I wanted to share with you a sample of how classical music is a part of our culture and is quite popular in its usage in commercials. You can sample them here: ADS YouTube Gallery Also for your enjoyment, here is my playlist of classical…
This is not going to be the typical summary blog. I was not able to attend any of the conferences this weekend, but was able to catch some of what was happening via Twitter and Livestream. We had the TCG (Theatre Communications Group) conference and the AFTA (American for the Arts) conference this past weekend. …
These are strange times. For every arts cut story I find in news sources across the country, there is at least a story to match of an arts group raising money to help a community. Today there was an arts cuts article for Wisconsin, and meanwhile in Joplin, MO, there was an article of an…
Today I have been thinking a great deal about taking risks. I myself have taken some risks these past few years. For the past 3 years (and some months) I have been running a business called Audience Development Specialists. We help artists and arts organizations build a happy and loyal audience. Through working one-on-one with…
You may be asking why I am committing myself to arts advocacy instead of just audience development. My thoughts are, arts advocacy is audience development for the arts. Whenever we build a case for the arts with those that we relate to, we are also planting a seed for audience development. If we can share…
There has been a good discussion happening since Rocco Landesman, chairman of the NEA, had the audacity ( ;O) ) to point out that arts organizations should downsize or collaborate more due to high supply and low demand: #SupplyDemand There of some us in the arts world that will agree and some of us who…
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