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Monday, October 10, 2022

The Will Exists, Arts & Culture Facilitate The Relationships & Conversation by Joe Patti

Given that today is Indigenous People's Day, I wanted to mention some recent positive developments related to the arts and an increased presence and role of the Muscogee (Creek) people who o…

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Thursday, October 6, 2022

Creative Expression Is A Renewable National Resource by Joe Patti

Countries around the world are eyeing the success of South Korea's K-Pop, and Japan's earlier J-Pop, and are developing national music strategies of their own according to a recent Forbes ar…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:25AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, October 5, 2022

How Are You Philanthropic Rather Than How Much by Joe Patti

Last week Vox had a provocatively titled article saying "Why fewer Americans are donating to charity." Rising to that provocation, I read the fairly lengthy piece that essentially said that …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:07AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Interviewing Post Covid: How Do You Want To Do It? by Joe Patti

Last week Barry Hessenius sent me a link to a Buzzfeed article listing answers to job interview questions, suggesting it might make a good blog post. This suggestion was well-timed because D…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:43AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, September 28, 2022

If Only These Problems Were Myths Of A Past Age by Joe Patti

If you have read Ve Le's Non-Profit AF blog, you know that he often frames serious topics with a bit of humor, often extolling vegan cuisine and his obsession with the Oxford comma. Frequent…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:49PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Org Culture More Important Than Artistic Reputation by Joe Patti

A couple weeks ago Aubrey Bergauer hosted a LinkedIn conversation with Karen Freeman from Advisory Board for the Arts (ABA) to discuss what mattered most to arts professionals as they sought…

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Monday, September 26, 2022

Strippers Ask Actors Equity's Help Securing Safe Work Environment by Joe Patti

A couple weeks ago I caught an NPR story about a group of strippers at a bar in LA who were working to unionize under the auspices of Actors' Equity Association.  The dancers had been dis…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:03PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

NPR Series May Help Expand Conversation About Theatre in US by Joe Patti

Keep your radio tuned and your ears open to your local NPR station for the next month or so, especially if you are a theatre professional. The network is doing a series over the next five we…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 09:03PM[SHARE]

Next To Pick Up The Reins by Joe Patti

Since there is a bit of a cross-readership, many of you may have already seen that Drew McManus announced yesterday that he was going to cease posting regularly on the Adaptistration blog. D…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:43AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Whos And Hows Of TikTok For Arts Orgs by Joe Patti

By some fortuitous coincidence, I was digging into my news feed backlog and read Seema Rao's Museum 2.0 post on guidelines for museum Tiktok accounts on the same day Ceci Dadisman put out an…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:19AM[SHARE]
Thursday, September 15, 2022

Yours Isn't The Only Camera Recording Your Selfie by Joe Patti

Perhaps it is just the availability of social media feeds and news aggregators to bring information to my attention, but it seems that art projects have been effective in bringing about soci…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:33PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Podcasting Surge Benefits Somewhat Mixed by Joe Patti

So it appears that podcasts have turned into public radio's competitive advantage. According to a recent study, nearly 4 in 10 public radio listeners also listen to a podcast weekly with tho…

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Welcoming and Belonging For All by Joe Patti

Last week I received an email from Arts Midwest noting that September 9-18 is Welcoming Week, an international effort to provide a welcoming experience at all levels. This includes governmen…

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Design Ain't Free by Joe Patti

Last week Hyperallergic ran a piece asking why the New York Department of Sanitation (DSNY) with a budget of $1.9 billion was asking artists to submit proposals to decorate their trucks for …

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"We Have A Culture of Paying Artists" by Joe Patti

Always happy to draw attention to the good work of arts organizations, I was pleased to get a comment on yesterday's post about creating contests and engagement events which expect artists t…

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Thursday, September 1, 2022

Capacity To Synthesize Creativity by Joe Patti

I have been a firm believer in the idea that everyone has the capacity to be creative so I read a piece on The Conversation discussing how creativity doesn't occur in a vacuum with great int…

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The Audience Seemed To Enjoy It by Joe Patti

Occasionally there has been discussion about how the standing ovation has become the default response at the end of a performance. Not long ago, Seth Godin made a short post about expectatio…

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How Will Non-Profit Law Change To Meet Shifting Expectations? by Joe Patti

Gene Tagaki raises some interesting thoughts over on the Non-Profit Law blog on the question of how legal concepts and structures may need to adjust to reflect changing values in the non-pro…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:12AM[SHARE]
Thursday, August 25, 2022

Making Venue Upgrades Pleasant For Everyone by Joe Patti

I don't remember exactly how, but I became aware of a grant program administered by the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta (CFGA) called "A Place to Perform," which supports the effort…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 04:37AM[SHARE]

Interesting Thoughts On Arts Management Styles by Joe Patti

Andrew Taylor made an interesting video/post about dominant arts management styles on his blog recently.  I am always wary about personality type tests and categorizations, particularly b…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 04:37AM[SHARE]
Monday, August 22, 2022

"…I had all this music inside…but I could not express it through an instrument" by Joe Patti

Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend a screening of the short documentary, Conducting Life, about Roderick Cox, a man who grew up here in Macon, GA who went on to become an associate co…

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Thursday, August 18, 2022

Placemaking As A Space To Process Trauma by Joe Patti

Earlier this month, CityLab had an interesting article on the subject of trauma informed placemaking. For the most part, the article focuses on artistic projects which have given communities…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:54AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, August 17, 2022

99 Economic Concerns, But Admission Price Ain't One by Joe Patti

In a recent post Colleen Dilenschneider reported that recent research reflects the title of this post.  While inflation is a big concern for people right now, ticket/admission pricing doe…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:33AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Consent Agenda Probably Most Useful Than Ever Before by Joe Patti

In an ArtsHacker article I wrote back in 2015, I had advocated for the use of consent agendas as a way to quickly dispose of routine matters at board meetings and leave time for discussion o…

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Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Comp Tickets Are Not Cost Free Transaction by Joe Patti

Last month Drew McManus had box office manager Tiffin Feltner make a guest post on his Adaptistration blog on the topic of comp tickets.   It has taken me about three weeks to stop gri…

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Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Try On Theatre, It May Fit Better Than You Think by Joe Patti

American Theatre recently had a great piece about an interesting approach Princeton University is using as an alternative to auditions called "Try On Theatre Days." They describe the program…

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Monday, August 8, 2022

You're Not Meant To Eat Everything On The Menu by Joe Patti

Many of you may have seen the news about the accusations of "wokeness" being leveled at the restaurant chain Cracker Barrel for adding plant based breakfast sausage to the menu. To be clear,…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:24PM[SHARE]
Thursday, August 4, 2022

You Now Have Permission To Have An Authentic Response by Joe Patti

Last month the San Francisco Chronicle ran an opinion piece by Nataki Garrett, the Artistic Director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, titled Theater can help drive economic recovery in S.…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:37AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, August 3, 2022

How Do You Take Your Program, Digital Or Printed? by Joe Patti

Last month, Washington Post Classical Music Critic Michael Andor Brodeur wrote a piece about why people like himself are unhappy with classical music organizations ditching printed programs.…

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Resisting The Corruption Of The Violin by Joe Patti

Recently I have been seeing stories about violin scammers. People performing in shopping centers and other public places with signs asking for money. What is interesting about these stories …

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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Time To Review Programming And Rental Procedures by Joe Patti

Many people probably heard about a Minnesota venue cancelling Dave Chappelle's show hours before it was suppose to occur.  Something similar happened a few weeks ago at a venue on the oth…

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