While not every child today has the opportunity to dance, act, sing or play an instrument, there will always be a group of extraordinary people who have a need to express themselves and the …
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:10AMAs country after country announces substantial cuts in government arts funding -- and the economic challenges the EU is now facing should only hasten this trend there -- the need to develop …
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:13AMIt makes no sense to me that the arts are not embraced more emphatically by politicians these days. I...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:05AMLast night the Kennedy Center production of Follies closed on Broadway. Follies, a musical by James Goldman and...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:12AMI spend a great deal of time writing about the imperative for arts organizations to focus on revenue. Adding revenue allows...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:12AMI have written before of the work my colleague, Brett Egan, and I are doing in Muscat, Oman where we are helping manage...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:08AMArts management is still a very young field. Thirty years ago there were very few professional arts managers,...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:30AMThe holiday season is a time for giving and getting gifts. This is what I would like to receive this year: 1. An online 'fact...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:16AMPeople who think the arts ecology will return to what it was when the recession finally ends are setting themselves up for major disappointment. Those who do not prepare for a new world orde…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:24AMAnyone who knows me knows I plan everything. Everything. I don't like surprise parties. I don't like to be asked to...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:31AMI am always amused (disturbed?) when someone attached to a not-for-profit arts organization (usually a board or staff...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:16AMThis is the time of year when we give thanks for the wonderful gifts that we have been given, the experiences we have treasured, the people who have changed our lives.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:29AMOne of the substantial changes in the arts environment that has happened with astonishing speed is that arts criticism has become a participatory activity rather than a spectator sport.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:00AMThose arts patrons, corporations and foundations that care passionately about the future of the arts in America must encourage members of arts boards to seek the training they need and must …
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:51AMThe ghosts of George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Alvin Ailey and too many others to name are hopefully still in residence, inspiring a new generation of artists to create great works.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:06AMIndividual donors are the bedrock of American arts funding, giving more than 60% of the money received. Yet the average African American, Latino, Asian American or Native American arts organ…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:07AMWhy, given so much social progress, have we failed to produce more leading arts organizations of color? I think there are two different answers.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:18AMDo not be surprised if a decade from now some of the most interesting arts projects in the world are emanating from a nation that many of us could not identify on the map.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:04AMThose organizations that mount important art, pursue aggressive marketing campaigns and build their families consistently, create an insurance policy against economic downturns and programma…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:26AMAt a time when most cities are reducing investment in the arts, how refreshing it is to be in Kansas City where the arts are flourishing.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:01AMThose organizations willing to empower one such collaborative, creative, entrepreneur to lead the turnaround are a giant step towards solving their problems.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:05AMWhile very public debates about the value of arts funding rage in statehouses across America, we must remember that our communities need the arts now more than ever.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:04AMMany board members, especially, think of a fundraiser as an alchemist, turning nice lunches into gold. While this lack of understanding provides job security for the fundraiser, both skilled…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:28AMI have had many teachers over my career. Jeanette Ingberman was one of the most potent. I hope that young people who wish to work in the arts will study her work for years to come.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:53PMThe notion that an endowment is an insurance policy is simply not appropriate. Boards can create designated funds that serve as safety valves, but this is not the same as endowment that is m…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:12AMOne of the joys of working in the not-for-profit sector is that one is engaged in supporting a mission that is meaningful and motivational.
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