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Combating American Isolationism with Cultural Diplomacy

My unforgettable experience touring South Africa with the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra and their conductor Kenneth Kiesler is the

SUMMER RERUN: “The Planet Will Be Fine. It’s the People Who Will Be F**ked.” — George Carlin

From December 2024 (just after the election): the comedian’s late-career epiphany and the nonprofit arts sector begs the question: what ...

Should we subsidize arts consumers, art producers, or neither?

My friends Joanna Woronkowicz and Doug Noonan have started a new venture, Arts Analytics, where they hope to bring more extensive, and shared, use of data into arts policy thinking, and also to spur discussion. A recent post of theirs asked what is actually an old question in the arts policy world: if we are going to subsidize the arts,...

Don’t Know What I Did to Deserve It

Steff Signer / Cabinet Music XII — Twelve More Bars to Go

Making the Creative Turn: Is Using AI Cheating?

Throughout the digital age, Big Tech has promised us products that will make us more efficient and save time, which, it is assumed, is always an obvious good. It’s a cliché that tools shape the things we make. And through most of our history, better tools have helped us create better things. But what if this isn’t always true?

Camille Delaney-McNeil talks about using innovation to impact community

Camille Delaney-McNeil, Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Beckmen YOLA Center, shares their innovative approach to bring transformative impact to their community.

“A Service to the Nation” — The University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra Tours South Africa

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office with United States President Donald Trump My most recent More than Music

Erin Harkey shares the critical role the arts play in society

Erin Harkey, CEO of Americans for the Arts, shares the critical role that the arts play in society and actions everyone can take to advocate for their public support.

Opera Philadelphia, $11 tickets, and a predictable outcome

Opera Philadelphia's $11 ticket prices produced what we expect: increased attendance and more diverse audience. But audience perceptions about price aren't fixed.

SUMMER RERUN: The Con Is On – Raising Emergency Money at the Expense of Everyone Else Is Not a Heroic Act

Especially when you leave the premises just before the devastation and claim victory ...

Stephanie Shonekan talks about the value of the arts in a modern world

Stephanie Shonekan, Ethnomusicologist and Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland, talks about the value of arts and humanities in a modern world.

How to Talk About a Terminated NEA Project

...it’s not just about the amount of money in the grant—people will care because of the impact on your community!

Johann Zietsman shares leadership strategies to address censorship in the arts

Johann Zietsman, President & CEO of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, shares leadership strategies to address censorship in the arts.

Kennedy Center audiences vote with their feet. What happens next?

Kennedy Center subscription sales are in free fall. How much danger does that put the Center in?

SUMMER RERUN: What Would a Post-NEA (Arts) America Look Like?

An all-too-prescient post from January 2025 begs you to answer the question: if WHEN the NEA’s funding is eliminated, how ...

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