Thursday, October 24, 2019
Yesterday I made a post wondering how soon it might be before the digital divide kept people from participating in cultural activities. At the time, I was trying to think of examples of inst…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:12AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 23, 2019
I was scanning an article on Arts Professional website and might have quickly moved on except the phrase "not for someone like me" caught my eye. That was a phrase that appeared in the last …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 03:42PM[SHARE]Monday, October 21, 2019
Recently saw an article on the BBC website about a gallery in Cambridge, England that has been loaning out art to students for 60 years and has never had a piece damaged or lost. I have writ…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:54PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Long time readers know I am a fan of Peter Drucker's short piece, Managing Oneself. It has been awhile since I have sung its praises so it is timely that a TEDx Talk by Lars Sudmann abou…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:12PM[SHARE]In response to my post last week about the surge of people seeking my advice regarding the open meeting and open records laws of their states based on a 2016 ArtsHacker post I had written, A…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:48AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Three years ago, I wrote an entry about non-profits and open meeting laws. In the last year or so, people have been posting a lot of questions on that post about the laws governing different…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]Hat tip to Howard Sherman for calling attention to a New York Times article about cell phone use at live performances that the paper has set up as an study guide/student discussion resource.…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:12AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Three years ago I wrote an article for ArtsHacker.com about being aware of the open meeting requirements your state imposes on non-profits. I basically pointed out that while pretty much eve…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:04AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 8, 2019
This weekend we hosted a performance by the dance company Diavolo. You may be familiar with them as a finalist on America's Got Talent, but they have been around since 1993 and have been…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 3, 2019
As part of developing the cultural masterplan for our community, people are being encouraged to contribute information to a cultural resource map. The goal is to not only map the active asse…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:24AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 1, 2019
So if it isn't bad enough that actors auditioning for a part are being evaluated on the social media following they have cultivated along with their looks and talent, they are now being aske…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:54PM[SHARE]Joi Ito who serves on the boards of both the Knight Foundation and MacArthur Foundation wrote a piece for Wired on the importance of finding the right metrics for measuring non-profit effect…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 04:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 26, 2019
Somewhat apropos of the whole value of arts theme of my posts this week, novelist Michael Chabon had a letter titled "What's the Point," printed in The Paris Review announcing that he would …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:42AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Last week Doug Borwick wrote a blog post saying it wasn't enough to tell people that the arts have value in their lives. As I started reading his post, I agreed with this sentiment because w…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:48AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 24, 2019
So via Georgia Council for the Arts' social media is a study on Artsy finding that many Americans would rather do something creative than watch TV or surf the net. I initially wondered if th…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:06AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 19, 2019
On Monday I wrote a post in which I mentioned an observation a person made about how having their state arts council organized under their state's business development division made it diffi…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:06AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Over on The Baffler, Kate Wagner, takes a look at the tenuous state in which classically trained musicians operate in the face of income threatening conditions like the lock-out/strike curre…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:03PM[SHARE]Monday, September 16, 2019
Question for readers- Have you ever attended an arts advocacy day at your state capital or Washington, DC? Actually, for those readers outside the US, I would be interested in hearing about …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:06PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 12, 2019
There was an interesting article in The Atlantic this past July about how the Navy was working on crewing ships with a few generalists who would handle many jobs rather than many experts foc…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:24AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 11, 2019
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about American Theatre's reporting in May on a Wallace Foundation supported audience building effort at Opera Theatre St. Louis. American Theatre just publish…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:12AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Last week I was in Minneapolis for the Arts Midwest conference. (Minnesota Orchestra, what was that party at your place Friday night? It looked and sounded awesome.) The conference was marke…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 06:06PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Last Tuesday I wrote a post on some recent research about the value of deliberate practice. Over the weekend, I had an opportunity to read a little more on the recent study. Come to find out…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:36PM[SHARE]Last year I wrote about a live roleplay drama loosely based on Dungeons and Dragons/Pathfinder roleplaying game mechanics that a guy was experimenting with. This year he was back at it a…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:18AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Today I had a post appear on ArtsHacker where I point out some general tips for organizing panel discussions. This covers everything from pre- and post-show chats to conference panels. Essen…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:03PM[SHARE]Conversations around performances and events really can enhance the experience for people, but making it an effective and enjoyable experience can take some preparation and discipline. One o…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]The Guardian recently had a story about a study debunking the idea that it took 10,000 hours of practice to master a skill. I have written a number of posts on the subject over the last few …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:33AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 27, 2019
You may recall that two years ago the number one cultural activity people indicated they engaged in, according to the 2017 Culture Track survey, was going to the park. Last week the Washingt…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 06:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 22, 2019
Back in May, American Theatre had an article about audience building efforts Opera Theatre St. Louis (OTSL) undertook with funding from the Wallace Foundation. In my experience, there is…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 03:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 21, 2019
I was glancing at an interview with Arti Prashar on Arts Professional UK site as she departs her position at Spare Tyre Theatre Company. I had come for the title of the article, "Exit interv…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:48AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 20, 2019
I saw a movie this weekend which embodied so much of what we talk about when we discuss empowering people to tell their stories and prominently displaying their stories. In documentary Liyan…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:03AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 14, 2019
I don't remember how I came across it, but a few weeks ago I bookmarked an interview Michael Rohd, a faculty member at Arizona State University, conducted with Roberto Bedoya, City of Oaklan…
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