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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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Apathy will not help audience development

Posted On October 7, 2013 By Shoshana

I hope you had a nice weekend!  I ended up participating in the Open Studios tour and scored some really great gifts for myself and my family.  One of the artists said to me, “I’m so grateful when people like you will come and pay for art right away.”  I know it sometimes takes time… 

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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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