“It’s Not For People Like Us”

Posted On March 12, 2015 By

In my inbox, a Wallace Foundation study was delivered. Getting Past “It’s… 

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Are the youth wanting to be artists only?

Posted On July 31, 2013 By

I normally do not post this much during the week, but I am thinking out loud this morning.  Please consider this post a draft of a more refined conversation in the future. In terms of the performing arts, I have been seeing a great many articles about how the youth are saving the arts.  Here… 

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Audience development for orchestras…younger audiences

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Audience Development and building younger audiences – 9/16 Noon ET #auddev chat

Posted On September 16, 2011 By

I invited Connie Rhind Robey an arts marketing consultant in Washington, DC and Amy Higgins who is on the board with San Francisco Opera’s Bravo Club (a group of young professionals) to co-host today’s #auddev chat.  We discussed building younger audiences.  The agenda was set for discussing: Definition of younger audiences – how do you define… 

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