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Author Archives: Tom Wolf
Posted on November 18, 2013 by Tom Wolf
This past summer, Peter Buffett’s piece in the New York Times about the so-called charitable-industrial complex was an unusual example of one of the class of super-rich taking his peers to task for their self-important, often ineffective approach to using a fraction … Continue reading →
Posted on August 9, 2013 by Tom Wolf
In the Cambridge office of WolfBrown, we have been pursuing two complementary lines of work: the transformation of great 19th and 20th century institutions into 21st century organizations, and building the civic functions of those same organizations. Throughout the last … Continue reading →
Posted on November 20, 2012 by Tom Wolf
Philadelphia’s Arts, Culture + Economic Prosperity report is an impressive document that, like so many other research efforts of its kind, attempts to make the case for the importance of the arts using economic indicators. Part of a national effort … Continue reading →
Posted on April 17, 2012 by Tom Wolf
As someone who writes pages and pages every year about the arts, there is one topic I will not tackle: music. That may sound surprising coming from someone who grew up in a family of musicians, played flute professionally for … Continue reading →
Posted on July 11, 2011 by Tom Wolf
In certain art forms, age is a sign of maturity and wisdom. In the field I know best, classical music, I have had the pleasure of hearing memorable concerts by pianists in their 80s (Rudolf Serkin, Menahem Pressler) and their … Continue reading →
Posted on February 17, 2011 by Tom Wolf
Given that much of WolfBrown’s work helps organizations demonstrate accountability through rigorous evaluation of their programs, I found a recent article in The Economist quite interesting. The article states that “70% of Americans trust non-profit outfits more than government or … Continue reading →
Posted on January 10, 2011 by Tom Wolf
The statement “no one can read everything” is actually a colossal understatement. Even when describing the literature from a narrow field of interest like arts policy and research, no simple informed search from a few selected sources will suffice. That … Continue reading →
Posted on August 6, 2010 by Tom Wolf
When a popular national magazine like Newsweek declares that there is a new ‘crisis,’ I do what many readers do. I turn right to the article, and then automatically become skeptical. When the article proclaims a ‘creativity crisis,’ my antennae … Continue reading →
Posted on April 16, 2010 by Tom Wolf
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 →
Posted on March 19, 2010 by Tom Wolf
In the past few months, I have been clipping articles about a so-called “new” trend towards more amateur participation in the arts. First there was an article in Newsweek that pointed to the global recession as an explanation for the uptick … Continue reading →
