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Some pointers to keep you busy…

January 22, 2004 by Andrew Taylor

I’m on the road AGAIN, this time for a board meeting of the Association of Arts Administration Educators, the professional association of degree programs like the one I direct at UW-Madison (note the shameless link to my place of employment…marketing theory at work).

As such, I only have time to point you somewhere else today, that is to a few great threads at my neighbor blogger Greg Sandow’s site. Check out his tirade against Joe Volpe at the Met, and the beginnings of his deconstruction of the ‘crisis in classical music’.

Browse those, and then go make a sizable donation to your local arts organization…or buy a Venti Mocha Latte, whichever you think is best.

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