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…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:18am on May 4, 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: Butts In The Seats at 11:54pm on May 2, 2023☆⚑

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: Butts In The Seats at 5:36am on May 2, 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 5:56am on May 1, 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…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 9:48pm on April 26, 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: Butts In The Seats at 9:24pm on April 25, 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: Butts In The Seats at 9:06pm on April 24, 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: Butts In The Seats at 1:42am on April 21, 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: Butts In The Seats at 12:54am on April 19, 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: Butts In The Seats at 12:32am on April 18, 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: Butts In The Seats at 11:06pm on April 13, 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: Butts In The Seats at 4:42pm on April 12, 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: Butts In The Seats at 10:06pm on April 10, 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: Butts In The Seats at 2:12am on April 6, 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: Butts In The Seats at 1:54am on April 5, 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: Butts In The Seats at 1:36am on April 4, 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: Butts In The Seats at 11:24pm on March 28, 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: Butts In The Seats at 11:02pm on March 27, 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: Butts In The Seats at 8:30pm on March 22, 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: Butts In The Seats at 8:47pm on March 21, 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: Butts In The Seats at 8:55pm on March 20, 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: Butts In The Seats at 8:53pm on March 15, 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: Butts In The Seats at 8:01pm on March 14, 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: Butts In The Seats at 8:05pm on March 13, 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: Butts In The Seats at 8:47pm on March 8, 2023☆⚑