2,273 stories by "Joe Patti"
Last week there was a post on the INTIX website listing 19 trends for 2023. The list contains prognostications from people handling tickets for both arts and sports events so your mileag…
h/t to Howard Sherman who posted a link to a story about how theater can teach empathy to kids. The article talks about how common theater games like mirroring can cultivate active listening…
For the APAP conference this past weekend, one of the primary plenaries was "A Brutally Honest Conversation about Nonprofit, For-Profits, Government, Philanthropy, and the Arts." (panel disc…
I was attending the Association of Performing Arts Professionals conference recently and sat in on a Life After SVOG session. There were a number of things discussed that either fell into th…
In the past I have written critically about the use of creative practice as a prescriptive tool to boost the development and achievement level of children (i.e. attaching headphones to your …
For the third year in a row, the Knight Foundation has conducted a survey of the top 55 charitable foundations with the intent of measuring the diversity of those managing the assets. Of the…
I know a lot of people in the performing arts literally or figuratively roll their eyes at the inevitable question, "How do you remember all those lines."Â Â However, Stephen Colbert re…
For about a year now, I have seen Dan Pink post on social media about his survey of people's regrets and how it can be healthy to embrace them. Finally, I decided to read about what he had t…
Right at the end of the year, New York City based columnist for The Guardian, Moira Donegan, wrote a loving piece about how she is thankful for US public libraries. One of the first things s…
If you aren't familiar with Springboard for the Arts, it is an organization based in St. Paul, MN, (with a rural office in Fergus Falls, MN), run by artists, for artists. But that is just th…
Just before Christmas there was an article about Actors' Equity union pushing their members to contact Congressional representatives about passing Performing Artist Tax Parity Act (PATPA).Â…
ProPublica recently reported that the IRS has yet to release nearly a half million non-profit tax records. You may be wondering why that is something you should be concerned about. In fact, …
Diane Ragsdale recently made a post about the design and intent of the Masters of Arts in Creative Leadership program she is leading at Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD). In answe…
Hat tip to Dan Pink who tweeted about a study which found teaching improv to students can lower social anxiety and intolerance of uncertainty. The study authors noted that historically, …
I am sure most people are aware of the clamoring anger about ticket sales for Taylor Swift's concerts, mostly blaming Ticketmaster for screwing things up, but also potentially being complici…
Apropos to my post on Monday about how gift recipients value experiences over material gifts, Pew Research Center recently released research finding showing that spending time with famil…
Wired recently had an article about the challenges facing independent artists when it comes to touring. Many are facing a combination of higher costs, a flooded market, and limited resources…
So I serendipitously started on my drive to work this past Saturday evening at the exact time a Hidden Brain episode mentioned how research shows that recipients of gifts prefer experiential…
An interesting situation has arisen in connection with at check out donation solicitations. Credit to Isaac Butler who retweeted a link to a post about a man who brought suit against drugsto…
Here is a fun little conversation for performing arts venues because there is a fair chance you have a different point of view as a venue operator than as a consumer. I saw this tweet last w…
About six weeks ago I alluded to the fact I was moving to take up a new job. A month ago I joined the City of Loveland, Colorado Cultural Services to lead the Rialto Theater. I have …
While I try to write posts about the arts in general, the fact is the content of my posts tends to orient toward performing arts rather visual arts. That said, there are a lot of parallel ex…
You may have seen news about Ulster County, NY's demon-spider I Voted sticker. It made national news because the design by 14 year old Hudson Rowan was so strikingly cool/strange and garnere…
I was interested to see there was some research conducted with some of the earliest recipients of MacKenzie Scott's unrestricted gifts to various non-profits between 2020 and 2021. The media…
I saw a tweet by Maria Popova linking to a piece she wrote about the philosopher Seneca's thoughts on gratitude and thought it might make an appropriate post for Thanksgiving. Seneca was a p…
