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Considering the Creative Ecology
I had a great visit to Austin, Texas, last week to talk with artists, arts managers, creatives, and other community members. Building on their cultural planning of the past years, they are working to forge a ''creative alliance'' to advance...
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June 29, 2009 7:08 AM | | Comments (0) |
Stuff I said in Dublin
I'm back from my fantastic conference experience in Dublin, full of new insights and fresh questions about cultural policy -- over there and over here. And spinning with possibilities to advance the hopes and goals of the Irish arts ecology,...
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December 1, 2008 8:56 AM | | Comments (3) |
Three (short) detours back to public value
A keynote to the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies leadership institute in September 2006.
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September 20, 2006 2:52 AM | | Comments (3) |
Act like a business? Why aim so low?
I wrote this opinion piece for the July/August 2006 issue of Inside Arts, the magazine of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters. I reprint it here with my permission.
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July 31, 2006 8:39 AM | | Comments (7) |
Interview for Artsline
A Q&A I did for Artsline, the newsletter of the graduate Arts Administration program at Drexel University. Reprinted with permission.
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January 26, 2006 3:25 PM | | Comments (0) |
If Culture Counts, How Do We Count It?
A keynote address to the Canadian Arts Presenters Association (CAPACOA) on November 5, 2005, in Ottawa, Ontario.
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November 5, 2005 8:46 PM | | Comments (0) |
Measuring Value
A keynote speech to the New Jersey Theatre Alliance ''Arts Alive'' conference. September 23, 2005.
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October 7, 2005 12:02 AM | | Comments (1) |
The Footprints and the Giant
A speech on the value of the arts to communities, presented to the Rotary Club of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, May 23, 2005.
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May 23, 2005 1:00 PM | | Comments (6) |
Radical Restructure at the Fictitious Symphony
Can a symphony fulfill its mission more effectively if it deconstructs itself? That's the premise of this fictional case study, prepared to spur conversation at a leadership roundtable at the Heinz Endowments in April 2005.
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May 3, 2005 12:13 AM | | Comments (0) |
Toronto Keynote: Managing Metaphors
Download this speech in PDF format (requires free Acrobat reader) Re-Generation: The Healthy Arts Leader Hosted by the Ontario Arts Council, February 7, 2005 Toronto, Ontario "Managing Metaphors" a keynote address by Andrew Taylor Director, Bolz Center for Arts...
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February 8, 2005 1:04 PM | |
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