2,235 stories by "Joe Patti"
Yesterday I made a post wondering how soon it might be before the digital divide kept people from participating in cultural activities. At the time, I was trying to think of examples of inst…
I was scanning an article on Arts Professional website and might have quickly moved on except the phrase "not for someone like me" caught my eye. That was a phrase that appeared in the last …
Recently saw an article on the BBC website about a gallery in Cambridge, England that has been loaning out art to students for 60 years and has never had a piece damaged or lost. I have writ…
Long time readers know I am a fan of Peter Drucker's short piece, Managing Oneself. It has been awhile since I have sung its praises so it is timely that a TEDx Talk by Lars Sudmann abou…
In response to my post last week about the surge of people seeking my advice regarding the open meeting and open records laws of their states based on a 2016 ArtsHacker post I had written, A…
Three years ago, I wrote an entry about non-profits and open meeting laws. In the last year or so, people have been posting a lot of questions on that post about the laws governing different…
Hat tip to Howard Sherman for calling attention to a New York Times article about cell phone use at live performances that the paper has set up as an study guide/student discussion resource.…
Three years ago I wrote an article for ArtsHacker.com about being aware of the open meeting requirements your state imposes on non-profits. I basically pointed out that while pretty much eve…
This weekend we hosted a performance by the dance company Diavolo. You may be familiar with them as a finalist on America's Got Talent, but they have been around since 1993 and have been…
As part of developing the cultural masterplan for our community, people are being encouraged to contribute information to a cultural resource map. The goal is to not only map the active asse…
So if it isn't bad enough that actors auditioning for a part are being evaluated on the social media following they have cultivated along with their looks and talent, they are now being aske…
Joi Ito who serves on the boards of both the Knight Foundation and MacArthur Foundation wrote a piece for Wired on the importance of finding the right metrics for measuring non-profit effect…
Somewhat apropos of the whole value of arts theme of my posts this week, novelist Michael Chabon had a letter titled "What's the Point," printed in The Paris Review announcing that he would …
Last week Doug Borwick wrote a blog post saying it wasn't enough to tell people that the arts have value in their lives. As I started reading his post, I agreed with this sentiment because w…
So via Georgia Council for the Arts' social media is a study on Artsy finding that many Americans would rather do something creative than watch TV or surf the net. I initially wondered if th…
On Monday I wrote a post in which I mentioned an observation a person made about how having their state arts council organized under their state's business development division made it diffi…
Over on The Baffler, Kate Wagner, takes a look at the tenuous state in which classically trained musicians operate in the face of income threatening conditions like the lock-out/strike curre…
Question for readers- Have you ever attended an arts advocacy day at your state capital or Washington, DC? Actually, for those readers outside the US, I would be interested in hearing about …
There was an interesting article in The Atlantic this past July about how the Navy was working on crewing ships with a few generalists who would handle many jobs rather than many experts foc…
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about American Theatre's reporting in May on a Wallace Foundation supported audience building effort at Opera Theatre St. Louis. American Theatre just publish…
Last week I was in Minneapolis for the Arts Midwest conference. (Minnesota Orchestra, what was that party at your place Friday night? It looked and sounded awesome.) The conference was marke…
Last Tuesday I wrote a post on some recent research about the value of deliberate practice. Over the weekend, I had an opportunity to read a little more on the recent study. Come to find out…
Last year I wrote about a live roleplay drama loosely based on Dungeons and Dragons/Pathfinder roleplaying game mechanics that a guy was experimenting with. This year he was back at it a…
Today I had a post appear on ArtsHacker where I point out some general tips for organizing panel discussions. This covers everything from pre- and post-show chats to conference panels. Essen…
Conversations around performances and events really can enhance the experience for people, but making it an effective and enjoyable experience can take some preparation and discipline. One o…
