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Elitism within the arts

Posted On November 11, 2015 By Shoshana

I am feeling the fear, the gut churn, and putting this out anyway! I was not planning on posting today since yesterday’s essay took some time to put together, but I came across an article that is a must read, and I wanted to put out a point to consider. This point was not brought… 

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“The Audience is the Most Important Instrument”

Posted On January 16, 2014 By Shoshana

I have been waiting to be struck by inspiration before my next post, and an article came my way via a twitter friend: The Audience is the Most Important Instrument by Dan Visconti. The viewpoint is focused on contemporary music, but we can extend this thinking beyond to all the arts: Today I want to… 

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“As an individual fine artist, the Audience Development workshop helped me take a hard look at how to reach people and how to keep them engaged. Performing artists have a built in "paying audience" which may be obvious but for me I have to generate my patrons one at a time. Finding a way to interest people in my art is a full time job; I found helpful tools that I had not considered during the workshop.” —Colleen Tucker, Pastel artist

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