Eduardo Delgado, Public Programs Director of the New World Symphony, shares how they use evolving technology to implement their artistic vision of connecting with community.
In this special edition, I interview National Endowment for the Arts Chair Maria Rosario Jackson and U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Santos about the mutually reinforcing roles of the arts and the social sciences, and about artists’ contributions to trust-building and community engagement. A transcript is available here.
In this tuneful podcast, 2024 NEA Jazz Master Saxophonist Gary Bartz talks about his life and career, touching on his roots, influences, collaborations, and the philosophical underpinnings that have guided his artistic journey.
Born in Baltimore in 1940, Gary’s musical journey began in a segregated America, where he found music to be a universal language that could transcend societal barriers....
Little over three years ago, after nearly a full year of COVID-19 in the United States, the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) published a research report on “the arts and culture sector’s contributions to economic recovery.” Doug Noonan, an economics professor at Indiana University Indianapolis, had authored the report, using data from the U.S. Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account...
The Guardian has a new editorial up about how the price of a theatre ticket in London is too darn high. I imagine it would be possible to write a similar piece about theatre in any big North American city as well. But it makes some questionable claims and assumptions, so, here we go…
“Theatre’s in a perilous state. My wife went...
Companies like Netflix, Amazon, Facebook, Spotify, Apple and Google have subsidized what they offer (super-cheap or free content, faster service and better accessibility) to capture audience and attention in ways that have played havoc with culture producers and artists everywhere, whether or not they create on any of these platforms.
I’ve deleted my last post, about what the Cleveland Plain Dealer printed as CIM’s response to the faculty vote of no confidence.
It wasn’t CIM’s response at all, but instead a statement made in the past about another situation, which the Plain Dealer highlighted as if it was CIM’s response now.
They’ve now removed it, but I think using it in...
Arts coverage in mainstream has been in decline for decades. It's not what's to blame for the current audience crisis. Out of date marketing practices are the reason. But arts organizations can take action that can bolster audiences, mission, and re-engage staff at the same time.
I have a chapter on dynamic pricing in my old book. In a nutshell: dynamic pricing is where the seller adjusts the current price upwards or downwards based upon the most recent information on market conditions. This is not the same as a cinema having discount Tuesdays, since it will offer that each week as a result of known...
I haven’t posted in awhile. Or been active online.
But now I’ve been posting on Facebook, and thought I’d put one of those posts here, one of a series I’ve done on the unwritten — and, most likely, never to be written — history of American orchestras.
I’m curious to see who reads it here. I’ll have to promote...
Katie has a round-table discussion with the director/choreographer and star of the upcoming Sunday in the Park with George at Axelrod Performing Arts Center.
