
Seth Godin recently wrote a lengthy post on the subject of apologies. He addresses the issue of entities providing insufficient apologies but also the expectation of restitution which is…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 04:06AM[SHARE]All right. A little gripe time here. I have been nursing a sense of dissatisfaction for a couple weeks now but it sort of came to a head when I saw the title of Ceci Dadisman's recent post, …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 03:48AM[SHARE]There is often conversation about how people employed in arts and cultural pursuits overwork themselves (or are overworked) and are seeking to throttle things back to achieve a work-life bal…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:42AM[SHARE]A confluence of events and information made me realize that it might be time to revisit the subject of one of my favorite posts. Last week I was talking to one of my staff about who to inclu…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:18AM[SHARE]I recently wrote a piece for ArtsHacker about the emerging role of intimacy direction for productions on stage and screen. When I first read about intimacy direction a few years ago, it …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:24PM[SHARE]Big tip of the hat to Sarah Carleton for tweeting about research that proves what we long suspected " people are more likely to exploit the labor of those viewed as pursuing their passions. …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 09:42PM[SHARE]A recent development in theater, television and film performance, in terms of theory and practice, is the role of intimacy director. There was a video on The Atlantic which frames it as emer…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 12:44PM[SHARE]CityLab ran an article from The Atlantic today discussing how the availability of amenities like libraries and cafes within walking distance of your home bolstered civil society and personal…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:48AM[SHARE]This is turning into a video heavy week with my posts. With all my talk about helping people recognize their capacity for creative expression, this seemed to be a ready made example. The BBC…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:48AM[SHARE]There was an interesting video on Shanghaiist in the last week about a hotel whose architect designed three giant deities for the facade to combat rumors that the building was constructed on…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:48AM[SHARE]I saw an article on Gizmodo in the last couple weeks about scientists who designed 3,900 pound concrete structures that can be moved by a single person. As I read about cuts to arts in schoo…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:54PM[SHARE]I bookmarked a guest post on Museum 2.0 a month ago. Now I feel guilty for not circling back to it sooner. Nina Simon invited Martin Brandt Djupdræt, a manager at Danish museum, to wr…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:54PM[SHARE]I participated in a work session for the development of a cultural masterplan for the county today. My table was focused on ideas to attract creative professionals to the community. There wa…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:54PM[SHARE]You have probably heard some form of the Peter Principle expressed before. At its most cynical, it is usually defined as, "A person will be promoted to their level of incompetence."Â Â …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:36AM[SHARE]As so often is the case, Seth Godin recently made a post many elements of which are often cited as mistakes arts organizations make. It should be noted that the things Godin lists are not me…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:42AM[SHARE]There was a piece on Hyperallergic last month that seemed to be continuing an ongoing conversation about the fact that most university based arts programs seem to be oriented toward training…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 05:24AM[SHARE]When I was looking at Arts Professional UK for yesterday's post, I saw an article by Lucy Jamieson about rewiring your thinking. One of the things she talks about is eliminating silos both w…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 05:24AM[SHARE]On the Arts Professional UK website, Imrana Mahmood, discusses her experiences becoming a creative producer in a manner that reminded me of two other speakers/authors I often cite. Mahmood's…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 05:24AM[SHARE]When I was at the Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit last week, one of the other participants asked if there was a way to communicate to funders that they can't just fund a program and f…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:30PM[SHARE]A piece from Artsy regarding what they had learned writing 7000 bios for visual artists came across my radar a few weeks ago and I quickly tagged it as something I to which wanted to circle …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:00PM[SHARE]Part of last week I was attending the Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit for the South and Appalachian region. I am sorry to say that one of the biggest impressions I came away with is t…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:35PM[SHARE]I am always up for spreading around awesome ideas that people execute. I wanted to give a shout out to my old collaborators, at the Creative Cult. They have been involved with all sorts of c…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:56PM[SHARE]Something I thought might be interesting to readers. The City of Douglas, GA has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to purchase and run a historical theater. You don't see this tha…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:36PM[SHARE]Hate the fact that your city will provide millions to fund an arena that only gets used 20 times a year but not arts organizations that each host hundreds of events a year? Concerned that th…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:30PM[SHARE]While I have written about this before, of late it seems that the decision to accept a donation from someone is increasingly one requiring deliberation. An article on The Conversation lays o…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 09:34PM[SHARE]One arts marketing phrase I have always hated, and thankfully I seldom see it these days, is "…illustrates what it means to be human.." I often dislike the rationale that something tells a…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:21PM[SHARE]Okay, a little break from my weighty opining on the value and philosophy of art. I caught this on the Forbes site recently. All Nippon Airways (ANA) has employed kabuki actors to appear in t…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:34PM[SHARE]Last month there was an article in Forbes about the benefits of field trips and arts education. It started out in a way I dislike, discussing test scores and neurological development as if a…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:20PM[SHARE]So given the context of all the deserved gushing over a North Bergen, NJ's stage version of the movie Aliens with a $5,000 budget and recycled materials, Ken Davenport's suggestion that …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 09:56PM[SHARE]I was half listening to a TED Talk given by Amanda Williams where she spoke about turning abandoned homes in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago into art. She would check the city's regist…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:16PM[SHARE]Often when we talk about arts and cultural organizations applying for grant funding, there is mention of how organizations might try to recast what they are doing in a context that makes it …
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