Americans for the Arts has always been a vast resource for data, research, publications, and especially advocacy materials for the arts. Now they’ve finally reconceived their web site so that people can actually get to that material. Chief among the newly organized goodies are: The Arts Education Online Resource Center has stats and resources for […]
Archives for December 2004
Shrinking media and lagging coverage
Back in 1999, the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia did a study of arts coverage in major metropolitan news sources (including newspapers, network television, online media, the alternative press and the ethnic press). The report intended to be a benchmark for future studies, tracking trends in arts reporting, arts attention, and even arts column […]
The Ten Commandments of Arts Advocacy
A colleague recently reminded me of a wonderful keynote speech given many moons ago about arts advocacy and connecting the arts to their communities. I’m usually not a big fan of lists (the seven habits of highly effective habit-book writers, for example), but this one is useful for describing an essential management skillset. Diane Mataraza […]