Doing the right thing is always the right thing to do. It’s right there in the phrase. In the new/old world order of Trumpian policy, your arts organization faces the real possibility that, in the face of anti-arts, anti-education, and anti-truth political muckraking euphemistically calling itself “populism,” it will be shut down. The most intelligent thing your nonprofit … [Read more...] about Nonprofit Arts Success in a Changing Environment, Tip 6 — Don’t Talk About It; Do It.
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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. In the new/old world order of Trumpian policy, your arts organization faces the real possibility that, in the face of anti-arts, anti-education, and anti-truth political muckraking euphemistically calling itself “populism,” it will be shut down. To combat that, we’ve talked about: The most … [Read more...] about Nonprofit Arts Success in a Changing Environment, Tip 5 — You Can’t Do It Alone
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 cut it. Over the next few years, your nonprofit arts organization will be tasked with trying to succeed in a local and national environment powered by zero-sum, anti-art, anti-intellectual, pseudo-populists that now hold sway. It is with that in mind that we … [Read more...] about Nonprofit Arts Success in a Changing Environment, Tip 3: Symbolism Is Cute and Clever and Performative and Futile
Nonprofit Arts Success in a Changing Environment, Tip 1: Stop Terrorizing Your People
The first tip: for a nonprofit organization to work, everyone has to care about why they’re there; otherwise, there’s no need for them to stay. Over the next few years, your nonprofit arts organization will be tasked with trying to succeed in a local and national environment not terribly interested in your work. Certainly not your art. It is with that in mind that we … [Read more...] about Nonprofit Arts Success in a Changing Environment, Tip 1: Stop Terrorizing Your People
The Case for Support: Mixed Blood Theatre Produces Positive, Quantifiable Impact for the People of Minneapolis
There is a theater company sitting right in the heart of America that dedicates every activity, every program, and every human interaction to the notion of radical hospitality. The idea of “radical hospitality” is not new. The Torah: “The strangers who sojourn with you shall be to you as the natives among you, and you shall love them as yourself; for you were strangers … [Read more...] about The Case for Support: Mixed Blood Theatre Produces Positive, Quantifiable Impact for the People of Minneapolis