Just a quick thought today. I am still seeing organizations that are attempting to go it alone, meaning, they have yet to become a part of their community. Sure, you want to build people around your art form and organization, but people will go to you if you go to them and become a part…
Last weekend I had a great time at our regions “World Singing Day” event. I went with a friend who also enjoys singing heartily without batting an eyelash as to who may hear him. A man walked up to him with a flyer. He was from a local barbershop group and invited my friend to…
I hope you had a good weekend! I went sailing on Saturday. I had no idea how much concentration is required for do-it-yourself sailing. It was just the two of us. We had to put up the mast and get the boat to the dock. I didn’t have the strength to help him lock in…
Last weekend I finally got around to seeing Salmon Fishing in the Yemen: From the director of Chocolat and the Oscar-winning® screenwriter of Slumdog Millionaire comes the inspirational comedy Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. When Britain’s leading fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor) is approached by a consultant (Emily Blunt) to help realize a sheikh’s (Amr Waked)…
“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” ~John F. Kennedy In the arts, we need to turn this mentality around: Ask not what you can do for the arts, ask what the arts can do for you. The good news is, we…
I’m working on a juicy blog for the future. In the meantime, I have been thinking about how challenging it is to get people to talk about audience development, yet everyone seems to have questions. So why is the arts community as a group shying away from major audience development discussion? Here are my thoughts:…
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