This is not a metaphor. Real war. Today. In the nonprofit arts sector, it will force you to act. This article originally appeared on February 27, 2024. I wish I had been wrong. But now that it's here, let's look back. The United States will be fighting a war within the next 6 years. It’s inevitable. It’s happened before. Whether the war is a “civil” one or one … [Read more...] about Like I said on February 27, 2024: War Is Coming. You ready?
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Short and Sweet: Teachers : Educators :: Arts Organizations : Nonprofit Arts Organizations That Deserve Donations
Back to the basics, because the message is only going so far. It’s up to you to save the sector from its own worst instincts. If you put a teacher at the front of a second-grade class and they declaim the entirety of the year’s curriculum on the first day in one 7-hour monologue, are they a bad teacher or a bad educator? Or are they bad at all? If you put that same … [Read more...] about Short and Sweet: Teachers : Educators :: Arts Organizations : Nonprofit Arts Organizations That Deserve Donations
Born in the DSA*: Gun Nuts Have Proven Irresponsible and Treacherous. Ban the F@#%&*g Things Already.
The image of the current version of this country around the world is that of a gun-happy, murderous, fascist state in which every weapon is available to everyone who wants to shoot up a crowd. If that perception is correct, why don’t we just get rid of the guns? Protection. Security. Defense. Murder. Suicide. The Second Amendment. Hand wringing. Thoughts and … [Read more...] about Born in the DSA*: Gun Nuts Have Proven Irresponsible and Treacherous. Ban the F@#%&*g Things Already.
As Regional Arts Elephants Struggle, Some Defy the Odds
Naples, Fla., and Milwaukee are quite different, but have one thing in common: They are home to regional arts elephants that are thriving. America’s regional elephants are facing difficult times. But not all of them are struggling. Some are booming. In Wisconsin, Milwaukee Repertory Elephants (The Phant) has finished the first phase of an $80 million renovation of its … [Read more...] about As Regional Arts Elephants Struggle, Some Defy the Odds
Hello, Carol.
Are nonprofit arts leaders simply more susceptible to groupthink, even to their own detriment? After years of listening to artists and watching the 120,000 nonprofit arts organizations across this country, one pattern is impossible to ignore: the loudest, wealthiest institutions — the ones that issued grand equity manifestos — are the same ones now sprinting back to … [Read more...] about Hello, Carol.