Laura Zabel, Executive Director of the awesome Springboard for the Arts posted a important Twitter thread on being mindful about the way you solicit creative work from the community. Are you…
According to CityLab Berliners are returning to the city's museums, with credit being given to free admission Sundays. Sixty-seven museums are offering free admission which is part of a …
I had a post appear on ArtsHacker this week that dealt with the concept of rebranding. In the post I cite an article by Mark Ritson arguing for revitalization of a brand rather than rebr…
As I go about arguing against using measures like economic impact and test scores for valuing the arts, I occasionally get push back from people who note that for better or for worse dollars…
For Purpose Law Group made a post on their site advocating shared leadership models for non-profits. They note that there is an increasing recognition that a hierarchical model with a so…
When things have been going poorly for an organization and they seek a fresh start, (perhaps upon emerging from a national epidemic), the impulse is often to rebrand. However, in a Marketing…
Being a big proponent of libraries a radio story by Marketplace on the value of libraries caught my attention. Being an economics focused show, their analysis initially focused on return on …
Something has been puzzling me lately and I haven't come any closer to figuring out the answer. I appears to me that when there is discussion about populations which are under-served by the …
An appreciative nod to Artsjournal which posted a piece by Shelly Palmer on how the use of non-fungible tokens (NFT) can enhance event ticketing security, improve the resale market, and pote…
CityLab had an article about an art museum in Bologna, Italy which is using eye tracking to learn how visitors interact with works on display. In the process, the museum has learned unexpect…
Big news today from Actors' Equity Association the union which represents stage actors and stage managers. The union basically immediately opened membership to anyone who has ever worked…
I saw an article on CityLab about some pretty successful Open Streets efforts that rose up during Covid. If you aren't familiar with the concept, Open Streets is a national effort to tem…
Yesterday, economist Tyler Cowen addressed one of the dichotomies being recognized in the arts sector " the conflict between values of equity, fairness, diversity, etc., espoused in the arts…
Last week my organization was notified that we were being awarded funds for a grant we wrote to address the issue of blight in our community. The project was inspired by a comment a friend o…
The Americans for the Arts blog had an interview with an arts group that was flexing their skills to solve problems in their community. They spoke with Yin Kong, one of the founders of Think…
I have noticed Drew McManus will get me riled up about an arts administration topic and then suggests I write an Arts Hacker post about it. Last week was no exception. Last Thursday he poste…
Looking at some storytelling resources I came across a related project I was unaware of. The Human Library trains volunteers to be "books" you withdraw to learn something about some taboo/pr…
There has been a growing campaign internationally in the non-profit/charity sectors over recent years for employers to include a salary range when conducting job searches rather than utilizi…
While everyone is waiting for their Shuttered Venue Operating Grant (SVOG) application to be processed, you should be taking a look at the National Endowment for the Arts American Rescue Pla…
In an illustration of how arts and science can be mutually supportive, NextCity had a piece about an effort to train art teachers to teach girls to code. Code/Art was started by MIT grad…
Back in March Harvard Business Review (HBR) had a piece on how marketing will change post-Covid. It is definitely geared toward commercial business and often oriented toward business to …
Covid forced a lot of conversations about the value of streaming content from performing arts venues and visual arts galleries. As we emerge into more optimistic times, some groups are a…
When I saw a story on CityLab about restaurants replacing their printed menus with digital ones, I began to read it eagerly. Staff at a couple of venues at which I have worked have long had …
Last week I saw an article reporting that podcasts have been a growing revenue source for NPR in recent years. NPR podcasts reach more than 21 million people, and the most popular shows have…
An article from Oregon Arts Watch about an arts incubator program, Tulatin Valley Creates rolled across my feed this week. The article inevitably talked about how the program helped arti…