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Nonprofit Arts Success in a Changing Environment, Tip 6 — Don’t Talk About It; Do It.

Doing the right thing is always the right thing to do. It’s right there in the phrase. ...

Lou Chen talks about the important role of the arts in immigrant communities

Lou Chen, CEO of InTempo, talks about the important role of the arts in immigrant communities.

Thinking of Gregory Corso’s ‘Happy Birthday of Death’

Not ready for his closeup.

Nonprofit Arts Success in a Changing Environment, Tip 5 — You Can’t Do It Alone

The work to deprogram cultish minds is dangerous. Get help. Lots of it. ...

On the aesthetic education of the young

From Book III of The Republic, by Plato (circa 375 BCE, translation by F. M. Cornford). Socrates is speaking with Glaucon: One thing, however, is...

Revisiting Dublin through an Arts Research Blog Post

In deference to St. Patrick’s Day, I’m reposting an entry from ten years ago. Titled “Yeats and the Economics of Creativity,” it originally ran...

André Gremillet shares about their new Opera & Humanities Festival focused on reconciliation.

André Gremillet, CEO of The Cleveland Orchestra, talks about their new Opera & Humanities Festival focused on reconciliation.

What was I thinking?

“There is no simple explanation for anything important any of us do, and the human tragedy, or the human irony, consists in the necessity...

Nonprofit Arts Success in a Changing Environment, Tip 4 — You Can’t Tell Rhinoceroses They’re Dumb Animals

Nor can you force them to admit they were wrong. Because they’re, you know, rhinoceroses. ...

Gabriela Ortiz talks about the ethos that fuels her creativity

Gabriela Ortiz, Grammy Award-Winning Composer & Carnegie Hall’s Debs Composer’s Chair, shares the ethos that drives her creativity!

Shake It Up: The Benefits of Free-Form Dance May Rival Those of Other Forms of Movement

When we talk about the arts and DIY, we commonly refer to craft activities or teaching oneself how to play a musical instrument. But...

Stravinsky, Elmer Fudd, and the South Dakota Symphony

The final NEH-funded, multi-media “Music Unwound” concert featuring the South Dakota Symphony took place last Saturday night. I cast myself

The French Culture Pass Revisited

ArtReview tells us that the French Culture Pass is being put on simmer: The French Government has announced a 50 percent cut in their lauded...

Nonprofit Arts Success in a Changing Environment, Tip 3: Symbolism Is Cute and Clever and Performative and Futile

You can change the minds of the armies of pseudo-populists, but only one at a charitable time. Simple satire won’t ...

Nonprofit Arts Success in a Changing Environment, Tip 2: Don’t Even THINK About Dumbing It Down

The second tip: for a nonprofit organization to work, pandering is off-limits. Take it from a notorious panderer from a ...

Art in Turbulent Times

Recently artsjournal.com shared a lengthy piece by composer and musician Jonathan Blumhofer, on the arts in times of political unrest. Although you will see...

Patricia Mooradian shares the journey of The Jackson House where Martin Luther King, Jr. stayed and planned historic marches

Patricia Mooradian, President & CEO of The Henry Ford, shares the extraordinary journey and impact of The Jackson House where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stayed and planned the Selma-to-Montgomery marches.

Marin Alsop talks about the role of orchestras in an evolving society

Marin Alsop, Principal Guest Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra, talks about the role of orchestras in society and the importance of cultural exchange.

Educating Ourselves about Childhood Arts Experiences—and Why They Matter

A new report from the National Endowment for the Arts re-affirms what we have learned from many other previous studies—namely, that arts education is...

On art and the pursuit of power

The arts themselves, as I considered the matter, by their ultimately sensual essence, are, in the long run, inimical to those who pursue power...

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