Monday, March 25, 2019
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 …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:22PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Watching the latest webinar on the Creating Connection initiative from ArtsMidwest, I am pleased to see the progress that is being made. The Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs ha…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:27PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 19, 2019
If you haven't seen it already, it is worth reading Joanna Jones' piece on Medium about how the Oakland Museum of California developed and then abandoned their social impact statement. One o…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:47PM[SHARE]Monday, March 18, 2019
It has only been in recent years that a message of embracing and talking about our failure has been part of a public conversation among arts and cultural organizations. I am not sure how man…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:47PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 13, 2019
In a literal case of one person's trash is another's treasure, New York Times had a piece about museums grading the works in their collection to decide what to liquidate. It has long bee…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:24PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 12, 2019
There is a lot of conversation about the need for people to see themselves and their interests reflected in arts and cultural experiences if arts and cultural organizations were going to rem…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:08PM[SHARE]Monday, March 11, 2019
This past weekend, Artsjournal.com had a number of articles on the benefits of the arts. One in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette asked if Mozart could make you a better runner. The basis of the a…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:42PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Four years ago, I wrote about how the government of India, in an attempt to end public defecation by 2019, was building over 1 million toilet facilities in households around the country. How…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:58PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 5, 2019
I was really excited today when, out of the corner of my eye, I saw the headline, "Diversity organisation celebrates placing 1000th paid intern." The concept that some entity was able to sec…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:40PM[SHARE]Monday, March 4, 2019
Seth Godin had an interesting post recently challenging the notion of passion preceding the decision to commit. "Offer me something I'm passionate about and I'll show up with all of my energ…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:21PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Americans for the Arts had a post on their blog last week that hit a lot of the right buttons for me. Steve Sanner and his partners have the Jiffy Lube franchise for Indiana. He writes about…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 06:55PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 26, 2019
I frequently urge people not to focus on the value of the arts in terms of economic impact on the community. Not only do the arts bring other forms of value to the community, but what is fre…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 06:55PM[SHARE]Monday, February 25, 2019
Thanks to Drew McManus for remembering that Butts In The Seats turned 15 this weekend. Hard to believe I have been writing for 15 years now. Hopefully readers have found the content worthwhi…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:21PM[SHARE]Non-Profits Pay Taxes On Unrelated Business Income Just because your organization is tax exempt doesn't mean everything you do is exempt from taxes. There are a number of activities that res…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Check out this visual storytelling piece on CityLab about the history of libraries in the US. As arts and cultural organizations struggle with the question of inclusion of under-represen…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 06:58PM[SHARE]Monday, February 18, 2019
For a long time when people offered advice to those hoping to be actors, they would say something along the lines of, “No matter how talented and good looking you are, there are 10 oth…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:54PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 14, 2019
I frequently urge people to be careful about making statements regarding the benefits of arts on educational outcomes so I am happy when I read about some rigorously conducted studies that p…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 02:32AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 13, 2019
As we come up on Valentine’s Day, a little reminder that there are a lot more ways to say, “I Love You,” than speaking those specific words. A couple years ago Gavin Aung T…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 02:06AM[SHARE]Monday, February 11, 2019
Okay, so I promise I am not seeking out articles that discuss the problems with depending on quantitative metrics to determine effectiveness and value. They just keep falling into my lap. Th…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:48PM[SHARE]I recently attended a webinar conducted by John Taylor of John H. Taylor Consulting providing updates on IRS rules on acknowledging charitable giving. Neither Taylor nor I are lawyers and th…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 05:41PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 7, 2019
Recently there have been some conversations around my organization and town in general about whether it is worthwhile to try to bolster an existing endowment. People have mentioned that ther…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:04AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Friend o’ the blog, Carter Gillies recently had a piece appear in the Arts Professional UK noting some of the problems with focusing on the instrumental value of the arts. One of the i…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:36PM[SHARE]Monday, February 4, 2019
Seth Godin offers a very relatable example of why more data isn’t always better by emphasizing the need for vigilance when setting an alarm clock in a hotel room. If you set the alarm …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 30, 2019
About three years ago I wrote about the problem of ticket resellers creating website names that approximate that of performance venues or using names that imply they are the central ticketin…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Big hat tip to Thomas Cott for linking to an article about how quickly people will abandon a webpage if it is loading slowly. The title tells pretty much everything you need to know abou…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:06PM[SHARE]Monday, January 28, 2019
As we move further into the new year, many grant deadlines are starting to creep up en masse upon arts organizations. As you are filling out all the mandatory fields in your grant applicatio…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:54PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 24, 2019
Jonathan Mandell writes about an off-off-Broadway show that has audience members to take part in the show and prepares them by sending a packet of character background information in advance…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:36AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 23, 2019
In the last six months it seems like I have been coming across a lot of stories about how museums tours are presenting alternative contexts for collections. Back in May I was writing about M…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:12AM[SHARE]Monday, January 21, 2019
Via Arts Professional UK is a Guardian story on a study that found people under 30 in the UK are twice as likely to visit a museum or gallery each month in order to de-stress. The charity's …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 16, 2019
In my post yesterday I referenced the difficulty non-profit arts organizations have with conducting outreach activities that have relevance to communities. I and others have also frequently …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:54PM[SHARE]Washington Post music critic Anne Midgette wrote a piece this week about the difficulties classical music outreach efforts face. (h/t Artsjournal) My first reaction was one of mild intrigue …
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