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As I contemplate the new year, 2012, these are my professional resolutions: I will: Get involved politically, making donations as I can to the political candidates I support. Too often I’ve promised to do this, but haven’t. This year, as it appears to me more important than ever to the arts and culture sector, I will. Strongly advise my friends and clients who run, … [Read more...] about My 2012 Professional Resolutions

After digesting the many superb responses, both published here and private, to last week's blog entry, I spent a lot of time pondering what is really bothering me about the arts entrepreneurship "movement."  I realized that I have been hoping for and imagining a third dimension.  Let me explain. The first discernable dimension of arts entrepreneurship appears in … [Read more...] about Arts Entrepreneurship — Third Dimension

I'm stuck on this topic (former blog).  I can't help but think that we would have been, and would be better off without any government funding at all.  Why would I say this, especially perhaps when I have been at the trough myself, and done pretty well at it. Yes, there is the pressure on artistic expression.  Note the recent withdrawal of the Wojnarowicz work … [Read more...] about Government — Impediment to Artistic Growth?

As I investigate and come to understand various administrative designs, and how they can be best applied for accomplishment of identified ends, I begin to see a bigger picture.  I spent a lot of time over the previous year studying and analyzing organizational models (designs) in the arts and culture sector.  After living intensely with the topic, I had to … [Read more...] about Administrative, Organizational and Sector Design

I cannot help but comment on the recent developments in Detroit, as they so painfully illustrate the enormous challenges that symphony orchestras face now, and into the future.  Let me begin by saying that these musicians, as well as their colleagues across the country are performing optimally in their jobs, "as they were trained to do."  Performance education is a … [Read more...] about Detroit Symphony Lamentation