Tuesday, March 5, 2024
I have been writing about the importance of providing audience focused marketing and experiences for a number of years now. These three links are just representative of the hundreds of p…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:36AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 28, 2024
There was a really interesting article in Dance Magazine about artists using American Sign Language (ASL) as part of dance performances or to underscore movement in shows. One choreographer,…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Rainer Glaap, an arts administrator working in Germany reached out with an update about the publication of his second book whose title translates as Knitting Forbidden! The book covers laws …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:24PM[SHARE]Monday, February 26, 2024
This past Friday, February 23 marked the 20th anniversary of this blog. While Drew McManus often remembers the anniversary better than I do, I did recall the anniversary was coming up prior …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:02PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 21, 2024
I was walking through a building lobby when I noticed a table with a pamphlet discouraging people from painting murals on their brick buildings. My first thought was that this city departmen…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 09:06PM[SHARE]Seth Godin recently made a post citing a Brookings Institution survey series that showed a decline in confidence in multiple institutions and companies since 2018.  Godin notes that s…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:54AM[SHARE]Monday, February 19, 2024
So hattip to Ruth Hartt who linked to a piece by David Taylor who argues that we shouldn't be linking the lack of music education in schools to diminishing audiences for classical music. He …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 15, 2024
I happened across an Aeon article earlier this month featuring a video by the Victoria and Albert Museum displaying and discussing Valentine's Day. I thought folks might enjoy learning about…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:36AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Artsjournal.com linked to a Hudson Review piece by poet and former NEA Chair, Dana Gioia, talking about how he became entranced by opera and classical music as a child, but realized it was n…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 06:32PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 13, 2024
One of the ways communities are using arts and creativity to revitalize buildings and downtown districts are murals on buildings. However, not all surfaces are suited for murals. The best in…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]Monday, February 12, 2024
Last August, I called attention to the dwindling number of qualified piano tuners posing a threat to arts organizations' ability to host concerts. Along those same lines, Artsjournal.com…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:48PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Last month Drew McManus posted on ArtsHacker warning about changes that Yahoo and Gmail are implementing this month that will shunt a greater number of emails to spam folders unless you take…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 09:48PM[SHARE]Monday, February 5, 2024
I was kinda thrilled to hear the melodious voice of conductor Bill Eddins on the Marketplace Morning Report this morning. Bill had written the Sticks and Drones blog here on Inside the Arts …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 09:24PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 1, 2024
Yesterday I cited a Seth Godin post about rethinking how we measure work productivity. Around the same time he made a post along the same lines noting that while strictly following instr…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:42AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Long time readers know that I resist the use of economic impact as a measure of value for arts and culture for many reasons. The late potter-philosopher Carter Gillies was really effective i…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:18AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Just before Christmas Broadway producer Ken Davenport called attention to an issue which may or may not impact Broadway attendance starting later this year. Starting this Spring, congestion …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Title of the post today is intentionally leveraging a statement in a study conducted by Jennifer Novak-Leonard and Rachel Skaggs for the National Endowment for the Arts of public perception …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:48PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Last week, NPR Reporter Andrew Limbong interviewed Catherine Price, author of The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again. Limbong observed that while he has the impulse to roll his eyes at th…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:36PM[SHARE]Monday, January 22, 2024
I came across a study conducted by researchers at Drexel University , (well one is an alum that teaches at University of San Diego), on whether using the self-checkout lane at a supermarket …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:12PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 18, 2024
Back in November, I had written about allegations of harassment by the administration of the Cleveland Ballet of one of their teachers due to body weight issues. I thought that would more or…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:48AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Long time readers know I tend to pay attention to news about guaranteed basic income programs, particularly those that have artists as a target group. Thanks to a CityLab link to a story on …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:36PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 16, 2024
I think Art in Public Places staff for any community have one of the most difficult jobs in the arts, particularly when it comes to public perception of the job they do. While everyone a…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:02AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 11, 2024
I came across a link to a post on the Alliance of American Art Museums website about the Clyfford Still Museum's efforts to make their facility a welcoming option for bringing kids as young …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:06AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 9, 2024
One thing I like about Broadway producer Ken Davenport is that he is constantly trying to identify barriers to attending shows on Broadway. Not just his, but any show. He has the rising tide…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:48PM[SHARE]Monday, January 8, 2024
In a recent episode of Quick Study, Sunil Iyengar, director of research and analysis here at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), notes that the arts community, including the NEA, toss…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:24PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Another post I wanted to make to get people thinking and doing things differently for 2024 is based again on research Collen Dilenschneider and the IMPACTS team have done. As I mentioned in …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 09:54PM[SHARE]Okay, to start 2024 off with something to ponder for the whole year, I want to direct you to a piece I wrote on ArtsHacker a couple weeks ago about how your definition of entertaining as an …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 03:32AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 27, 2023
You probably aren't searching the Interwebs for trenchant observations on arts administration the day after Christmas. But still, you can learn a little something from some entertaining vide…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 20, 2023
As we move through the middle of the holiday season, it seems like a good opportunity to remind people to do a little due diligence so they don't fall prey to some charity scams. Back in…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Last month there was an interesting story in the Washington Post about the $220 million bequest left to NPR 20 years ago by Joan Kroc, widow of former McDonalds CEO Ray Kroc. What I foun…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:24PM[SHARE]Monday, December 18, 2023
Broadway Producer Ken Davenport posted last week about The Broadway League's attendance report for the 2022-2023 season. The 2022-2023 season was the first period in which a full season …
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