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Oh, the power(lessness), the absolute power(lessness)
If you're getting tired of 'top 20' lists of people who are richer, smarter, more attractive, better connected, and more interesting than you are, the folks over at Hyperallergic have a ranking for you! In response to the Art Review...
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November 6, 2009 12:18 AM | | Comments (0) |
What if the 'new normal' is really the original normal?
Neill Archer Roan posts a rather interesting thought on his weblog about what we're all calling the 'new normal' for our economy, our society, and our work: what if the past 50 years were the exception, not the rule, to...
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November 4, 2009 8:29 AM | | Comments (2) |
Thoughts on the 'portfolio career'
If you thought you were just bouncing from gig to gig, juggling multiple part-time or limited-term jobs in the arts and elsewhere, or just patching together a living from a seemingly diffuse bundle of clients, employers, and projects, you may...
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November 2, 2009 9:17 AM | | Comments (13) |
An artist's alternative to material wealth
In an era when our economy is in flux, and many are revisiting their penchant for buying more stuff, conceptual artist Jonathon Keats offers another way: buy the opposite of stuff. His upcoming exhibit on The First Bank of Antimatter...
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October 30, 2009 12:39 AM | | Comments (1) |
Signs that you've stayed too long at the party
In this job market and this economy, it's challenging to consider leaving a job. But it's never a bad idea for any cultural manager to at least ask the question: Am I in the right place, doing the right work?...
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October 28, 2009 12:30 PM | | Comments (1) |
Of management metaphor and myth
Anne Midgette at the Washington Post offers a short slap in the face to those who suggest the orchestra conductor as a model of modern management (a la Roger Nierenberg, et al). Sure, in theory, conductors work to bring different...
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October 27, 2009 9:51 AM | | Comments (5) |
The challenge of blending physical business with on-line
Slate's ''The Big Money'' blog offers a fascinating analysis of the new Barnes & Noble eBook reader, the Nook. Author Marion Maneker suggests that while the Nook is designed to compete against Amazon's Kindle, it might only underscore the fundamental...
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October 26, 2009 9:06 AM | | Comments (8) |
Blogging the GIA
The annual Grantmakers in the Arts conference has long been a closed affair -- gathering foundations and funders for several days of discussion, workshops, and panels to inform their work. The reasons for the closed circle are obvious: Funders can...
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October 22, 2009 8:43 AM | | Comments (2) |
Rethinking arts economies and arts exchange
A breadcrumb trail of conversation (from Twitter to Flux Theatre to Stolen Chair) led me to Stolen Chair Theatre's new initiative to support new works. Instead of grants and traditional subscriptions, they propose a community support system modeled on Community...
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October 21, 2009 8:32 AM | | Comments (7) |
Calling all emergent leaders
I don't spend much time on this blog talking about my day job, as I figure its a relatively commercial-free zone. But I do have a day job, directing an MBA degree program in Arts Administration in the Wisconsin School...
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October 20, 2009 8:37 AM | | Comments (3) |
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