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Thursday, May 4, 2023

Efforts To Reduce Burn Out Are Better With Company by Joe Patti

There is a fairly extensive article on the Time magazine site about using creative practice to address burnout.  The piece by Jamie Ducharme was titled "I Tried to Cure My Work Burnout. H…

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Leaders I/S/O Organizations Who Know Things Have Changed by Joe Patti

I had a post appear on ArtsHacker today about hiring executive leadership in the context of the social changes which have occurred since the start of the Covid pandemic. My post primarily fo…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:54PM[SHARE]

You're Doing A Great Job, But Standards For Dissatisfaction Have Changed by Joe Patti

Colleen Dilenschneider made a post comparing what factors created dissatisfaction for attendees of cultural events in 2019 vs. 2022. She posted charts for both exhibit and performance based …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 05:36AM[SHARE]
Monday, May 1, 2023

Conducting A Search For A Leader The Times Require by Joe Patti

Leadership transitions are important for arts and culture organizations. We have featured a number of articles on the topic, covering both planning philosophy and actual practical examples. …

SOURCE: artshacker.com at 05:56AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Sometimes You Are More Creative Without The Brainstorming Session by Joe Patti

Nina Simon may have left museum administration and being an agent of change behind to write books, but she still manages to live and think right on the cusp of things. Today, I receive an ar…

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

More Prescribing Arts To Cure You by Joe Patti

Artsjournal linked to a piece in a University of Florida journal about a program the university is piloting in the hopes of eventually rolling out a national program of prescribing arts to s…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 09:24PM[SHARE]
Monday, April 24, 2023

Art Or Advertising? And The Lost Context Of A Summary by Joe Patti

Another entry in the "What is art" debate" A bakery owner in NH allowed students to paint a mural on his building. Because the mural depicted a sun rising over mountains made of donuts and m…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 09:06PM[SHARE]
Friday, April 21, 2023

The Pause To Refresh Employment Models by Joe Patti

Earlier this month, the Albany Times-Union reported that there won't be much theatre occurring at the storied Willamstown Theatre Festival.  The reason is based on the staff walkouts and …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:42AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Does Your Real Estate Serve Your Current Strategy? by Joe Patti

Bloomberg recently had a piece about how the Girls Scouts of Colorado recently opened a space in Denver known as DreamLab, envisioned to be a third space for girls. As spaces for young peopl…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:54AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, April 18, 2023

When To Belt Out In Song And Not Belt The Person Sitting Behind You by Joe Patti

By now most people have probably heard about the brawl between audience members at a Manchester, England performance of The Bodyguard because people were singing along to "I Will Always Love…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:32AM[SHARE]
Thursday, April 13, 2023

A Link Between Awe And Generosity by Joe Patti

Thanks to Barry Hessenius for providing my post topic today. He sent a link to an Inc magazine piece titled "Want to Raise Kind, Generous Kids? Take Them to an Art Museum." Readers will know…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:06PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

He Proved The Power Of The Rule Of (Folding In) Thirds by Joe Patti

When I saw a notice about MAD Magazine artist Al Jaffee's death at 102 yesterday, it was tucked in the corner of a website so I didn't think there would be a lot of notice. But this morning …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 04:42PM[SHARE]
Monday, April 10, 2023

Sometimes It Isn't Bad To Be Rushing In Late To The Party by Joe Patti

A Guardian article on classical music in Iceland caught my eye last week. The story basically suggested that because the country got a late start with classical music, (first major tour by H…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:06PM[SHARE]
Thursday, April 6, 2023

Is Ticketmaster Powerless Before An English Accent? by Joe Patti

You may have seen a rise in backlash against Ticketmaster fees coming from performing artists. Neil Young recently posted that exploitative ticketing fees were taking the fun out of touring.…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:12AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Taking A Look At A Good Old Fashion Case Study by Joe Patti

The blog for Master of Management in International Arts Management had a case study post by Donna S. Finley and Vijay Sathe examining how the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) and Alberta…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:54AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, April 4, 2023

A Different Form Of Art Worship In Museums by Joe Patti

This morning I saw Artsjournal had linked to a story about the seizure of a statue at the Metropolitan Museum of Art which had apparently been stolen from Turkey. More and more frequently th…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:36AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Ringling Bros Circus Is Back With More Story And No Animals by Joe Patti

Via Artsjournal.com is a story on Fast Company about the return of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus which ceased operations in 2017. Feld Entertainment, which owns the circus is…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:24PM[SHARE]
Monday, March 27, 2023

Emotionally Intelligent Ticket Purchasing Experience by Joe Patti

Being customer focused rather than internally focused is the name of the game these days. Drew McManus provided a great example of customer focused design in an interview on Dave Wakeman's B…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:02PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Sharing Some Info About Getting Public Art Commissions by Joe Patti

Hyperallergic had an article about how artists can get a public/private art commission. Paddy Johnson responds saying "…there are so many ways to get commissions, yet so few shared resourc…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:30PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Artist Housing Can Be A Point Of Compromise…And That Isn't Always A Good Thing by Joe Patti

Back in February, Bloomberg had a story about a housing project proposed in an old police station in Silver Springs, MD where the desire for affordable housing and artist housing was bridged…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:47PM[SHARE]
Monday, March 20, 2023

Snapshot Of 2021 Arts Gives Hints About How We Got To Today by Joe Patti

Last week, Sunil Iyengar, Director of Research and Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) was on the NEA's  Quick Study podcast (transcript) talking about the state of the …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:55PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

The Inalienable Right To Be Untalented by Joe Patti

Busy into the evening tonight so I thought these brief thoughts from New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael, shared by Isaac Butler might be a good subject to ponder. The no-talent has as much …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:53PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Muscle Memory In Dancing And Coding by Joe Patti

While it has only been about six months since I shared a story about the Philadelphia based project DanceLogic which teaches girls to code through choreography, I saw another piece recently …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:01PM[SHARE]
Monday, March 13, 2023

Will Augmented Reality For Cooking Provide A Successful Application For Opera Notes? by Joe Patti

Rainer Glaap recently posted a story about Deutsche Oper am Rhein's (German Opera on the Rhein) partnership with Vodaphone to offer augmented information about the opera's production of "Die…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:05PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Would You Rather Have An Eagle Tear Out Your Liver Or Fill Out Grant Budget Forms? by Joe Patti

About six months ago I drew attention to Vu Le's humorous recasting of Greek myths with non-profit themes. I was delighted when he released his next installment this week adapting six more m…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:47PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Artistic Citizenship " Is It Valued, Who Will Teach It? by Joe Patti

A couple months back, Arts Professional had an article by Jonathan Vaughan, Principal of Guildhall School of Music & Drama, asking if "artistic citizenship" could be taught. Defining art…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:51PM[SHARE]
Monday, March 6, 2023

"The Slap Is Only One Syllable In A Long Story" by Joe Patti

Interesting article on Slate today written by Patrick Vala-Haynes, who teaches stage combat to middle and high school age students. If you aren't familiar with the practice, stage combat tra…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:26PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, March 1, 2023

So Is Broadway Still Burning Its Workers Out? by Joe Patti

Last month CNBC had a profile of an assistant company manager working on the Broadway show "& Juliet."   If you don't know what a company manager on a theatrical production does, i…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:48PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Got A Good Beat, You Can Dance To It…And It's Taking Our Jobs by Joe Patti

I was listening to an episode of the Code Switch podcast this weekend while I was out walking. The topic was about how merengue was the basis for a culture war in Puerto Rico.  What, at f…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:15PM[SHARE]
Monday, February 27, 2023

Unexpected Headline " Black Sabbath The Ballet Premieres In September by Joe Patti

In a case of "not something I had imagined", the Birmingham Royal Ballet recently decided to create a ballet set to the music of Black Sabbath, who got their start in the city. Lead guitaris…

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Congratulations On Your Failure! (Make Sure To Show Your Work) by Joe Patti

This Facebook post about the Failure Award Scholarship immediately caught my eye this morning.  Museum of Contemporary Art Denver is looking for creative Colorado seniors to apply to thei…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:44PM[SHARE]

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