Monday, October 8, 2018
Yesterday BikeWalk Macon sponsored an Open Streets event in town. Open Streets is a program that started about 30 years ago in Columbia. It closes streets down and turns it over the use of…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:12PMWednesday, October 3, 2018
Due to budget and staffing issues, as of October 1, 2018, the IRS will no longer create Central Withholding Agreements (CWA) with artists making less than $10,000. Wait, wait, wait, wait..be…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 05:25PMTuesday, October 2, 2018
Last week I linked to the unabridged version of Carter Gillies’ article for the Arts Professional (UK). The shorter print version has since appeared on their site. In his response in t…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:04PMMonday, October 1, 2018
I was recently listening to an episode of This American Life on church planting and found it a little strange to be listening to people use venture capitalist terminology to describe efforts…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:32PMThursday, September 27, 2018
Copyright may seem like a pretty dry subject, but the court cases that lead to the development of the law and theory surrounding copyright law can be pretty interesting. HowlRound posted the…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:48AMWednesday, September 26, 2018
Carter Gillies shared the unabridged version of a piece he wrote for the Arts Professional UK on his website this weekend. As Carter is wont to do, he examined statements about quantifying…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:24AMTuesday, September 25, 2018
I know I have been harping a lot on conferences of late, but you know, ’tis the season! Because I had been in the process of moving to a new job, I just caught up with my blog feed thi…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:04AMWednesday, September 19, 2018
Back in July there was an interesting piece in The Atlantic examining the value of the claim “find your passion and you will never have to work a day in your life.” As I was read…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:54PMI have suspected it before, but now I really am convinced that Seth Godin is reading my mind. Right after I made my post about perceived value of conference professional development sessions…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 03:36AMMonday, September 17, 2018
You know I am a sucker for fun and interesting ideas for arts organization so I read Danielle Jackson’s recent piece on Artsy, Art Spaces Can Bridge Social Divides—But First You Need…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:06PMThursday, September 13, 2018
While I wasn’t scheduled to sit on any panels at the ArtsMidwest conference last week, I did end up leading (or at least shepherding) one. Actually, I made a tongue-in-cheek claim I wa…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:12AMWednesday, September 12, 2018
I went to the Arts Midwest conference last week and I am still sorting out all the notes and brochures, etc that I picked up. There were a couple general bits of observations I wanted to sha…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:42AMTuesday, September 11, 2018
If you have ever doubted the contributions niche artistic & cultural practices can make to greater society, read check out this story on the BBC site recounting how puppetry helped prese…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:24AMTuesday, September 4, 2018
When I wrote about using roleplaying games as the basis for character and plot development back in June, I never imagined I would see the basic concept manifest so quickly. Apparently ideas …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:06PMMonday, September 3, 2018
I am going to be attending the Arts Midwest conference this week so I started scouring my archives for content for Wednesday’s entry. Instead, I came across an old post that is a bit m…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 03:36PMThursday, August 30, 2018
On Americans for the Arts blog, Megan Van Voorhis writes about how voters in Genesee County Michigan approved a millage to support arts and cultural institutions in their county. What’…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:48AMWednesday, August 29, 2018
I wanted to make another visit to the piece on shared power and transparency in grant making F. Javier Torres and Leila Tamari wrote for Inside Philanthropy which I referenced in yesterda…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:24AMTuesday, August 28, 2018
Earlier this month, F. Javier Torres and Leila Tamari wrote a piece on shared power and transparency in grant making for Inside Philanthropy. They were reflecting on some of their practices …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:54AMWednesday, August 22, 2018
While I was spending my days last week apartment hunting as part of my move to a new job in Macon, GA, I was spending my nights at the Macon Film Festival. It was suggested it would be a goo…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:42PMTuesday, August 21, 2018
The marketing director at my new job was discussing the potential of using geofencing with me today and then lo and behold, the first article on my social media feed when I got home containe…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:24PMMonday, August 20, 2018
I mentioned last week that I was in the process of moving. Today I started a new job at the Grand Opera House in Macon, GA. I am really excited by this opportunity. The Grand is a storied th…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:06PMWednesday, August 15, 2018
Back in 2009 I wrote a series of articles on the book Human Sigma after I had heard someone at a conference remark that arts administrators were often so emotionally satisfied with their wor…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:48PMTuesday, August 14, 2018
Apropos of my post addressing arts education yesterday, I also stumbled upon an old post where I cite Richard Kessler’s The Things I Hear About Arts Education. His post is from almost …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:24PMMonday, August 13, 2018
I am in the process of moving so I am shifting in to “throwback” mode for a week or so. I thought I would look back at a post I made about one of Ian David Moss’ contributi…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:54PMWednesday, August 8, 2018
In the last few months, I wrote about how the EU was offering free Euro-rail passes to 18 year olds this summer to encourage them to broaden their horizons. Two years ago I wrote about the I…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:42PMTuesday, August 7, 2018
This summer I have been seeing a lot of California Symphony Executive Director Aubrey Bergauer popping up in places like videos of conference talks she has been giving. It has been over a ye…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:18PMMonday, August 6, 2018
Broadway Producer Ken Davenport is singing my song. I know you know this tune, but based on my experience, it bears reiterating. He talks about how he often gets pitched ideas for new Broadw…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:54PMThursday, August 2, 2018
I was reading a piece in CityLab about Repair Cafes which strike me as a good complement to MakerSpaces and creative activities that arts and cultural entities may host. The concept was …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:24AMWednesday, August 1, 2018
A few months back, I wrote about a new approach, inspired by the National Forestry Service, the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, PA was adapting to combat poor impressions visitors might h…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 02:06PMMonday, July 30, 2018
Another month, another helpful webinar from our friends at Arts Midwest where different venues around the country talk about how they are integrating the Creating Connection practice into th…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:42PMThe assertion that arts and cultural audiences are getting older and dying out probably reached trope status decades before the word trope entered popular usage. While this may be true and r…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:46AM 
