Incidentally, it’s my birthday today. So, hey – I have the perfect gift all figured out. Just click on any image you see… You had a nifty idea. Combine hip-hop with one show this season. Then they’ll subscribe to your theater, symphony, or ballet forever more. Neato. Nifty ideas that come from a place of desperation and vainglory never turn out very well. I know. … [Read more...] about Nonprofit Arts Organizations: Water Is Wet. And Cultural Crossover Doesn’t Work Unless You Center Your Full-Time Intent Downstage of the Footlights.
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Nonprofit Arts Success: Out of Hand Theater Shakes the Trees of Social Justice
And they’re changing Atlanta for the better every minute. From the press releases announcing new artistic leaders for nonprofit theaters in the last year: Yawn. For the purposes of fairness, let’s look at the active parts of the mission statements of these three organizations. Pardon me. I was mistaken. This part is the yawn part. The first set of quotes is … [Read more...] about Nonprofit Arts Success: Out of Hand Theater Shakes the Trees of Social Justice
Behold LO: The Louisville Orchestra Walks the Walk of a Nonprofit Arts Organization
Bourbon, bats, and basketball. Mint juleps, fast horses, and “Keep Louisville Weird.” Muhammad Ali, Jennifer Lawrence, and Mitch McConnell. And, happily, Teddy Abrams. LOUISVILLE, KY — Horses race in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on the first Saturday of every May. The college’s sports teams (the ones who wear red, not the ones who wear blue) tend to be pretty good … [Read more...] about Behold LO: The Louisville Orchestra Walks the Walk of a Nonprofit Arts Organization
The Mellon Foundation Did a Nice Thing. Next Time, Look at Where the Action Is.
If the Mellon Foundation would start to look at the next-level budgets, they’ll find transformation is the purview of better-run organizations. A local nonprofit arts organization realized that it had never received a donation from the town’s most successful lawyer. The volunteer in charge of contributions called him to persuade him to contribute. “Our research shows … [Read more...] about The Mellon Foundation Did a Nice Thing. Next Time, Look at Where the Action Is.
Art Doesn’t Need to Be Served. People Do.
The Mellon Foundation almost got it right for nonprofit arts leadership in the 2020s. Why aren’t nonprofit arts subscribers renewing their subscriptions? Because you can’t get good seats in a coffin. You may not have heard about this, mostly because the news has not been reported as much as it should have been, but the Mellon Foundation, the meat of whose mission … [Read more...] about Art Doesn’t Need to Be Served. People Do.