Newsletters

WolfBrown publishes On Our Minds, our signature newsletter, about six times a year, and three specialty newsletters corresponding to specific communities of practice that we aim to support sector-wide. On Our Minds is a great way of keeping up with our consultants and the ideas and issues defining their work. Those of you interested in lifelong arts learning will want to subscribe to Amplifying Creative Opportunities. If research on audiences and audience development is an input to your work, sign up for Audience Outlook Monitor to get information about our free calendar of professional development activities. And if you’d like to keep abreast of new developments in immersive entertainment experiences, sign up for Immersed in the Future. We look forward to staying in touch.

On Our Minds

On Our Minds is our signature newsletter for sharing what’s new at WolfBrown. Published about six times a year, it provides a lively platform for our consultants’ updates and findings.

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Who’s In Charge: What We Need to Know About Nonprofit Boards in 2025

ISSUE 24 • March 2025

Issue written by Dr. Thomas Wolf and guest writer Duncan Webb, along with interviews of Eun Lee (Artistic Director and Executive Director of The Dream Unfinished), Lecolion Washington >>

Creating a Board for a New Organization

ISSUE 31 • March 2025

By Dr. Thomas Wolf, Principal An interview with Eun Lee, Artistic Director and Executive Director of The Dream Unfinished As an arts professional, Eun Lee has prioritized socially >>

Changing Course: How a Board Can Help Reshape an Organization

ISSUE 31 • March 2025

By Dr. Thomas Wolf, Principal An interview with Lecolion Washington, Executive Director of The Community Music Center of Boston After over 20 years as a performing bassoonist and >>

Audience Outlook Monitor

Join our Audience Outlook Monitor community. Be the first to learn about new and important research on audiences and audience development. You can find out more about all of our surveys on the Audience Outlook Monitor website.

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New Data on Use of Apps for Ticketing

ISSUE 30 • January 2025

By Alan Brown For several years, we’ve tracked the slow but steady adoption of ticketing apps by arts organizations, particularly overseas. In the US, the Metropolitan Opera recently launched the “Met >>

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The Atomization of Loyalty and the Future of Customer Relationships in the Performing Arts

ISSUE 26 • June 2024

By Alan Brown This post was published in connection with an upcoming session at the 79th Annual Conference of the League of American Orchestras, June 6-8 in Houston, Texas. >>

Announcing the 2024 Demographics and Buyer Behavior Survey Cohort

ISSUE 29 • May 2024

Attention: Marketing, Development, Board teams Demographics and Buyer Behavior Survey Cohort We invite you to attend an informational session on April 22, 2024, at 4:00 – 5:00 PM EDT | 1:00 >>

Immersed in the Future

WolfBrown’s newest division is an intellectual property management company and project incubator for immersive experiences, primarily serving the performing arts sector. We research, conceive, develop, finance, and distribute immersive experiences in partnership with our investors and creative partners. We hope you find our Immersed in the Future newsletter informative and invite you to join us in navigating the complex programmatic space of in-real-life, augmented, immersive, and virtual experiences.

2024, and the Fragile Immersive Revolution

ISSUE 8 • January 2025

2024 has been the most ambitious and turbulent year I’ve observed in the immersive experiences sector. While both boutique and major producers are making significant strides in methodically >>

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Announcing Immersed in the Future, a New Division of WolfBrown

ISSUE 7 • December 2024

Dear Friends, We are thrilled to introduce you to Immersed in the Future, an innovative division of WolfBrown LLC dedicated exclusively to guiding non-profit arts organizations into the >>

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New Spaces, Promising Partnerships, and a Bankruptcy

ISSUE 6 • October 2023

This summer gave me a much-anticipated break – a time to reflect and assess the rapidly evolving landscape of immersive experiences. Rather than overwhelming you with updates on >>

Amplifying Creative Opportunities

WolfBrown’s Amplifying Creative Opportunities team will be reporting on, linking to, discussing, and debating what it really takes to throw open the doors of arts and culture. Our specialty newsletter will explore inclusive practices—from lullabies with young families to end-of-life art-making, conducted in collaborative and expansive ways. Join us!

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Can I Be a Part of the Arts? Young Adults’ Search for Creative Paths

ISSUE 3 • November 2024

By Creative Opportunities team at WolfBrown and GIVE Colleagues This third issue of Amplifying Creative Opportunities focuses on young adulthood—the pivotal years bridging late high school and early adult life. >>

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Ghetto Film School Re-invents Admissions

ISSUE 3 • April 2024

Re-tooling the Trade Gaining entry into an award-winning, highly-competitive arts program is often a marathon of submitting transcripts, writing a personal statement, submitting a portfolio, or taking an >>

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Supporting Multiple Creative Pathways: Insights from the Bloomberg Arts Internship (BAI) Program 

ISSUE 3 • October 2024

On-the-ground Many young people want to live and work creatively. But large numbers drop out before they can contribute their energy, perspectives, and talents to the arts and >>