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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Over the past several months, I have been deconstructing what we, as a field, mean when we talk about “arts participation” in light of what we are discovering about how people actually engage with arts and creative activities in their daily lives. … Continue reading
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Tagged National Endowment for the Arts, participation, policy
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Anyone trying to sort out the new world of fundraising in the digital age should consider the research and findings of The Next Generation of American Giving: A study on the multichannel preferences and charitable habits of Generation Y, Generation … Continue reading
Several of my WolfBrown colleagues have been working tirelessly to promote the understanding that art education, as well as greater focus on math and science, is critical to the creativity and innovation that drive our economic growth and vitality – … Continue reading
It seems that many of WolfBrown’s clients are helping answer the question of what it means to be a productive and successful musician in the 21st century, and discovering that one of the more important components of being a complete … Continue reading
Imagine a museum exhibition about how the Normandy coast inspired Impressionist painters – but one where the paintings come with photographs of those coastal landscapes and an immersive sound-scape. Or imagine an exploratory gallery where you can grab a giant … Continue reading
There were two recent announcements of unusual organizational collaborations that caught my attention. First, an article in Crains New York reported that the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company is in final negotiations to merge with Dance Theater Workshop. If … Continue reading
Until recently, the typical way for visual artists to apply to juried exhibitions and craft shows has been by duplicating a myriad number of slides, labeling, and shipping them to multiple destinations. As a studio craftsperson, I remember what a … Continue reading
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Tagged artists, digital, online, Western State Arts Foundation
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Accountability…transparency…openness in communication… These are “buzz words” today in many sectors, both for-profit and nonprofit and the Foundation Center has offered a service to the nonprofit sector that provides all of this – and more – about leading foundations in America. … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, philanthropy, social media, transparency
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Are we at the cusp of a new, more democratic model of funding the arts? Several weeks ago, Joe Kluger wrote about Pepsi and other corporations that are using social media to crowd-source grantmaking. Power to the people? Not so … Continue reading