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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

It Ain’t Easy Being Public Art by Joe Patti

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 acc…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:02AM
Thursday, January 11, 2024

Kids Making Modern Art Less Intimidating For Adults by Joe Patti

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 youn…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:06AM
Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Many Moving Pieces Means Many Opportunities To Remove Friction by Joe Patti

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
Monday, January 8, 2024

Audience Engagement & Community Engagement Aren’t The Same Thing by Joe Patti

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
Wednesday, January 3, 2024

A Flip Of A Coin Is More Likely To Correctly Identify Your Org As A Non-Profit Than A Recent Visitor by Joe Patti

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

You And You’re Audience Don’t Agree On What It Means To Be Entertaining by Joe Patti

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
Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Dayton Live’s Fun Beyond The Scenes Videos by Joe Patti

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 vi…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:54AM
Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Always Good To Vet Before Giving And Be Wary Of Stolen Non-Profit Identity by Joe Patti

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
Tuesday, December 19, 2023

NPR’s Fortunes Changed By Billions And Billions Sold by Joe Patti

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 found …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:24PM
Monday, December 18, 2023

Somethings Are Down, But Overall Broadway Is Looking Up by Joe Patti

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 …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:02PM

War Cemeteries Are The Most Entertaining Places In The World, Just Not In The Way You Define It by Joe Patti

Did you know according to surveys conducted a few months ago, the most entertaining performance based organization in the world is the Sydney Opera House, followed by the Hollywood Bowl and …

SOURCE: artshacker.com at 10:07AM
Thursday, December 14, 2023

A Good Communications Staff May Be Costly, But Not Having One Can Be Even More Expensive by Joe Patti

At various times I, and others like Drew McManus have written about the importance of having a good crisis communication plan.  The marketing department should be focused on more than just …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:12AM
Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Ouch! Non-Profit Board Structure Being Used As An Example Of What Not To Do by Joe Patti

Tyler Cowen, the economist who write the Marginal Revolution blog linked to an interesting paper from 2014, Corporate Governance Without Shareholders: A Cautionary Lesson from Non-Profit Org…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:48AM
Tuesday, December 12, 2023

News Of Their Retirement Has Been Greatly Exaggerated. AARP Doesn’t Care by Joe Patti

I had to cackle when I saw this post by jazz critic and music historian, Ted Gioia: I'm not sure whether I'm depressed by the AARP sponsoring the Stones, or applaud it as the obvious move. B…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:42PM
Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Competition Among Donor Advised Funds Is Constricting Charitable Giving by Joe Patti

I am always interested in news about how donor advised funds (DAF) are operating. On the whole, their use hasn’t gone as intended and they have reduced, rather than increased or incentiviz…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:36PM
Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Music Preference And Morals – Do Evil Geniuses Really Love Classical Music? by Joe Patti

When I saw a link on Artsjournal.com to a research study on PLOS One exploring the link between music and morality, I was half expecting to discover that evil people do prefer classical musi…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:12PM
Monday, December 4, 2023

Wait, NZ Arts & Culture Sector GDP Grew At Nearly Twice The Rate Of The Whole Economy? by Joe Patti

A couple weeks ago, New Zealand’s Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage (MCH) proudly announced that the GDP growth for the Arts and Creativity Sector was nearly double that of …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:54PM
Wednesday, November 29, 2023

More Ballet And Body Weight Related Legal Action by Joe Patti

Apropos to my post yesterday about Richmond Ballet dancers suing the organization for exerting so much pressure about their weight, there was another story a couple weeks ago that I forgot w…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 09:02PM

Ballet Dancers Sue After Pressure Leads To Eating Disorders And Health Impact by Joe Patti

Last week Artsjournal.com linked to an article that may represent a significant continuation in the discussion about body weight expectations in ballet and dance in general.  Two Richmond B…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:36AM
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Isn’t It Better To Be Damned If You Do Try by Joe Patti

Chad Bauman, Executive Director at Milwaukee Rep made a post on LinkedIn today where he acknowledged that making a change in a business model can threaten the existence of an organization, b…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:18AM
Sunday, November 26, 2023

Who Knew You Could Organize So Much Activity Around A Show About Writing Letters by Joe Patti

I usually don’t advocate for specific shows on the blog here, but I recently presented a group whose format really lends itself to a variety of audience engagement opportunities you may dr…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:42AM

Apparently Work Still Required At Newfields Museum by Joe Patti

Well apparently my optimism about the direction of the Indianapolis Museum at Newfields was a little premature. In late September I wrote about how the museum had just hired. Belinda Tate, a…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:42AM

Public Comment Praise Takeover Helps Renew Denver Guaranteed Basic Income Program by Joe Patti

Long time readers will be aware that I have been keeping an eye on guaranteed basic income programs in different communities, especially those that are designed to benefit artists. Recently …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:42AM
Thursday, November 9, 2023

Creating Connections With Inside Jokes Shared By 6 Million People by Joe Patti

I believe it was Artsjournal.com that shared a story a week or so ago about the Philadelphia Inquirer’s attempt to increase subscriptions and engage a younger audience with an ad campaign …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:06AM
Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Experiences More Valuable Than Material Goods When It Comes to Happiness and Social Cohesion by Joe Patti

Sunil Iyengar who directs the research arm of the National Endowment for the Arts recently posted on the idea of arts experiences as one way for individuals to create connections with others…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:36AM
Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Sometimes You Can Renovate Your Way Out Of An Audience by Joe Patti

So as much as we may think that we need to find new strategies and tactics to engage with audiences, a lot of times we are reinventing or rediscovering approaches that were ignored in favor …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:32AM
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Unisex Restrooms Look A Little More Attractive When You’re Waiting On A Long Line by Joe Patti

A couple weeks ago, Rainer Glaap posted a link to a news story about people in Germany advocating for unisex restrooms.  It wasn’t so much about wanting to provide spaces for people ident…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:37PM

Better Dubs For Your Favorite Anime May Be Just Around The Corner by Joe Patti

The China Project recently spotlighted Taylor Swift’s amazing fluency in speaking Mandarin Chinese. It is amazing to think she is able to gain this level of proficiency while attending to …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:13AM
Thursday, October 26, 2023

Covid Restrictions May Have Resulted In Increased Social Inertia by Joe Patti

I recently saw a link on a CityLab story noting that since the end of Covid restrictions, people appear to be less willing to venture outside of familiar neighborhoods and locales. As of lat…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:13AM
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

No One Knows You’re A Non-Profit (Sometimes Even After You Tell Them) by Joe Patti

While it has sort of been generally known that visitors to arts and cultural organizations aren’t fully aware of whether the organization is a non-profit or not, Colleen Dilenschneider rec…

SOURCE: artshacker.com at 12:14PM
Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Don’t Break Up With Volunteers Over Email by Joe Patti

I recently saw an article about the Portland Art Museum essentially firing all their volunteer docents by email in favor of paid students with a suggestion that the docents weren’t diverse…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:55PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards