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News, Announcements, and Current Projects
Tom Wolf Develops New On-Line Courses For Philanthropy University “I learned as much as my students did the first time around,” said Tom Wolf, who teaches three of the seven new courses Philanthropy University will offer: Introduction to Fundraising; Fundraising: Connecting with Donors; and Fundraising Strategies. Read more in "How far can online learning take local capacity building?"more>> |
Americans for the Arts Releases New Publication Featuring Dennie Palmer Wolf On March 11, at its Emerging Arts Leaders Symposium, Americans for the Arts released a new publication, Cyclical Mentorship in Arts Education Leadership: Insights from Emerging and Veteran Leaders. more>> |
New Publication in Arts Evaluation and Assessment: Measuring Impact in Schools and Communities. Steven Holochwost, Dennie Palmer Wolf, Kelly Fisher, Kerry O'Grady, and Kristen Gagnier's work has just been published as "The Arts and Socioemotional Development: Evaluating a New Mandate for Arts Education" in the edited volume Arts Evaluation and Assessment: Measuring Impact in Schools and Communities. more>> |
A National Collaborative Evaluation of El Sistema-inspired Music Education The Longy School of Music of Bard College and WolfBrown have formed a strategic partnership to carry out a two-year study of the benefits of El Sistema-inspired programs for children in grades K-8. more>> |
Announcing a new Research Fellow at WolfBrown/Opportunity Lab Dennie Wolf and Steven Holochwost welcome Kerry O'Grady, a visual artist, museum specialist, teacher, and researcher, as a 2017 Research Fellow. more>> |
Building Capacity for Audience Research Alan Brown offers his reflections on the Audience Research Collaborative, an initiative of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation's Performing Arts Program. more>> |
Evaluating the Detroit Symphony's webcasts into classrooms An intensive focus on evaluation will surround the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s “DSO’s Live from Orchestra Hall: Classroom Edition" webcast program on April 28. Sean Fenton, Alan Brown and affiliated researcher Brian Kisida will be on-site in Detroit leading a series of focus groups, classroom observations, and an expert panel. more>> |
Performing Arts Ticket Buyer Media Usage StudyResults of a Survey of North American Ticket Buyers by WolfBrown and Capacity Interactive. more >> |
Building Strengths, Buffering Risk: Evaluating the Effects of El Sistema-Inspired Music Programs in the United StatesThis report on the musical and socioemotional impact of becoming a young musician in an El Sistema-inspired ensemble is the result of a two-year study by the Longy School of Music of Bard College and WolfBrown. more >> |
In Order to Flourish: Musical Pathways, Opportunities to Build and Questions to AskThis document sketches out the processes that support -- and challenge -- young musicians seeking to enter the field of classical music, from early childhood through young adult professional lives. more >> |
Lullaby: Being Together, Being WellSince 2011, Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute has pioneered a lullaby program that pairs skilled musicians with expectant or recent mothers, many of whom are raising young families under stressful conditions: single parenthood, temporary housing, or incarceration. This report by Dennie Palmer Wolf shares early, qualitative findings from 10 lullaby projects in the New York City region. more >> |
The Socioemotional Benefits of the Arts: A New Mandate for Arts EducationNew research, commissioned by the William Penn Foundation and conducted by WolfBrown and Johns Hopkins University, examines the impact and potential benefits of the arts on students and suggests that participation in the arts supports the development of specific traits that can help students achieve future success. The study also explores students' engagement in school in relation to their access to arts education. more >> |
Of questions and canyonsDennie Palmer Wolf's essay is one of 15 essays published in The Teacher You Want to Be: Essays about Children, Learning, and Teaching. This collection of essays explores questions about education stimulated by the remarkable pre-schools of Reggio Emilia, Italy. more >> |
Four Keys to Cultivating a DonorFeatured in Guidestar's October 2015 newsletter, this article by Dr. Thomas Wolf discusses four key concepts for successful donor cultivation. more >> |
 No. 32 | published 2017Deserving of Trust: Helping A Nonprofit Board Toward Good Governance Good governance starts with accurate self-diagnosis. How is this done? Who does it? Who has the credibility to convince the majority of board members that such actions are necessary? These questions and more are explored in the latest volume of Sounding Board. more >> |
