I just came out of a glorious weekend of thoughtful conversation among my program alumni, students, and guests, on the subject of the “active audience.” Our two keynote provocateurs, Lynne Conner and Alan Brown, pushed us all to rethink how we think about audience experiences. And the many students and arts practitioners in the room […]
I’ll be back…
It’s been a nutty week preparing for our Center’s alumni conference today. I promise to be back in business next week, with thoughts and details on what we learn together. See you all then.
The rise of the active audience
I’m preparing this week to host the bi-annual alumni conference for the master’s degree I direct in Arts Administration. It’s always such a joy to welcome back graduates, to learn from them about their work, and to explore together a theme or trend that’s rising in our collective industry. Our theme this year, ”The Rise […]
The absentee landlord
Sorry to say that other urgent activities are keeping me away from weblogging this week. So, I hope you take the few moments you would have spent here and wander over to some of my neighbor weblogs on ArtsJournal.
Keeping an eye on dashboards
When you’re driving your car, there’s a LOT going on under the hood. And yet, there are only a few dials and displays in front of you to keep you informed, and keep your eyes on the road. Such is the idea of business process ”dashboards,” which distill only the most essential information into a […]
The line-item nonprofit
Matthew Richter is fed up with the nonprofit corporate model, and isn’t going to take it any more (in an excerpt from a longer work on the subject). He suggests that the time has come for a more market-forces-friendly structure that will bring back profit motive and equity ownership to social-sector challenges. Says he: What’s […]
Extreme commuters
NPR had coverage this morning of a new transportation report on American commuters. The study shows that the duration and direction of U.S. commuters has changed dramatically over the past decades in several ways. Says the report’s press release: From 1990 to 2000, about 64 percent of the growth in commuting in metropolitan areas was […]
So let’s rename ”classical” as ”authentic retro-ambient”
Pity the plight of the dear old prune. Long promoted for its fiber and vitamin qualities, it had lost connection to a younger audience who perceived it to be an old-person’s fruit. It wasn’t hip. It wasn’t even retro-hip. It was a product without a future. So, what did the prune lobby do (yes, there […]
Copyright in verse
For those intimidated by federal legal code and confused by copyright law, Israeli game designer Yehuda Berlinger has a whimsical solution: rewriting the copyright code in rhyming verse. His poetic approach isn’t particularly elegant or refined, but it’s much more fun than reading the original document. For example, this stanza: Owning work doesn’t mean Owning […]
What the heck is ‘cultural policy’ anyway?
I’m part of a weblog discussion this week on Barry Hessenius’ weblog, discussing ”policy” and ”policy formation.” Before you nod off to sleep at the idea, give it a read. As I mention in my opening salvo, I’ve come around to think that policy is the center of EVERYTHING in cultural management…at least the way […]
