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Posted On January 22, 2015 By Shoshana

#mylifeonarts I have been debating whether or not to write this post.  I was thinking, perhaps an organic approach would be best. The reason I made the decision to write about this project is for the plain and simple fact of inviting you to be a part of this too. A thought popped into my… 

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Arts Advocacy/Audience Building and You

Posted On March 26, 2014 By Shoshana

Maybe I had the wrong hashtag.  If I did, I didn’t get alerted to the right one.  March 24-25 was National Arts Advocacy Day.  It came and went.  Although there were celebrations in D.C. among the arts folks, the rest of the nation seemed oddly quiet. I attempted to tweet a few #artsadvoc and #artsadvocacyday… 

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Audience Development & #Artsadvoc: Vote for I support the arts because___.

Posted On March 15, 2011 By Shoshana

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… 

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“I loved the sessions and as I was taking them for my newly elected position, I felt I needed some close mentoring and strict goal setting..She absolutely did listen to our needs and tailored her sessions to fit our little situation. I have bragged about the sessions to other admins in our areas. Some of the instructions were familiar as I had followed her ideas for some time. Most are obtainable over time and will be implemented this coming year as we finish our season. My time with Shoshana at ADS, I would rate it First Class!” —Joy Bingham Strimple, Board President

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