Seth Godin recently wrote that while many professions are just as important as they were 30-50 years ago, the basic skills required for those professions have changed. Pharmacists no lon…
h/t Artsjournal.com which posted a story about the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council's (GPAC) heartfelt admission that it hadn't been an effective administrator of arts programs. CEO Patrick F…
I have made a number of posts over the years on the practice of contextomy which is the practice of selectively editing quotes, often in connection with movie and show reviews, to make it ap…
Seth Godin recently made a post in which he stated the following: The end of the trail is usually difficult, but without the long and winding approach, there isn't much of a mountain. The gr…
There was some disappointing news a week or so ago when the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) announced the sunsetting after 28 years of the National Theater Project and National Da…
Hyperallergic wrote about the ending of the pilot phase of Springboard for the Arts' Guaranteed Basic Income project last month. I have been following the project since it was launched i…
ArtNews had a piece last month examining the world of Immersive Art shows. You may have seen ads for these events which animate the works of Van Gogh or Monet and project them on the wal…
Andrew Taylor recently wrote on a topic I haven't covered in some time " exploiting the passions of arts and cultural staff and creatives. He points out that a lot of non-profits of all …
The Conversation recently had an article by Will Shüler examining the strict enforcement of a no cameras policy at a theater production he attended. When he arrived, ushers put a sticker ov…
Yesterday I saw a post on LinkedIn where Ruth Hartt was reinforcing the idea that people purchase the outcomes they desire rather than things. In response, commenter Jay Gerhart wrote: Remin…
As always, Colleen Dilenschneider and the folks at IMPACTS provided some attention worthy data in July regarding perceptions of the value of paying for museum and performing arts tickets. Ba…
In another refutation of the argument that we should stop funding libraries because no one reads books, on Friday there was a public radio piece from Marketplace illustrating the increased r…
A miscellaneous bit of interesting information " I recently saw a job posting for the executive director of the Cultural Institutions Retirement System (CIRS). I was totally unaware of the e…
You may have heard that museums in Vienna, Austria offered free admission to Taylor Swift fans who were faced with the cancellation of the concerts due to terroristic threats. My one quibble…
Interesting story via Artsjournal.com that might provide a rough roadmap for arts organizations looking to change the programming mix they offer the community. The public broadcaster of …
An article on Hyperallergic by Lise Ragbir observed that DEI hiring initiatives have started to wane in both the commercial and non-profit sector. There were a number of high profile, highly…
Last month I pointed to research by Colleen Dilenschenider that indicated trust in cultural non-profits has grown since around 2019. Non-profit Quarterly (NPQ) had a short article about simi…
About 10 years ago I wrote about a TED talk Jamie Bennett made where he noted it was easier for people to identify themselves with athletes based on sports they may have actively played year…
Via Artsjournal.com, a thought provoking interview with Professor Justin O'Connor, author of the book, Culture Is Not An Industry. His basic premise is that if culture was an industry, decis…
Seth Godin made a post recently that speaks to the perception you either have innate talent or you can never be successful at something. This outlook seems to operate very strongly when it c…
Freakanomics did a two part show about how the Broadway play Stereophonic came together. The first part is broadly about the 11 year creative process playwright David Adjmi went through to m…
Artsjournal.com posted an article from The Yale Review reviewing a book about the benefits the Federal Theatre Project (FTP) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) brought to Depression …
American Theatre posted a really comprehensive article about the challenges summer theaters are facing. In the wake of social unrest resulting from things like Covid, George Floyd, and Black…
Back in June there was an article on the Harvard Business Review site about 3 Ways to Compassionately Hold Your Team accountable. The authors of the piece approach the topic from the cog…
Seth Godin recently made a post that sort of wrapped the concepts of life long learning, creation being a process, and failure being part of any endeavor. He starts by saying Rome WAS built …