2,272 stories by "Joe Patti"
There is a story I first saw in Non-Profit Quarterly that has been bothering me for a couple weeks. San Diego based arts organization ARTS (A Reason To Survive) is apparently in danger of cl…
Given the concerning lack of transition planning for leadership, there is increasing discussion about how general non-profits should adopt a shared leadership model, in some cases citing the…
Recently Artsy had an article in which they noted that, “…TIME Magazine described (Georgia) O'Keeffe in 1940 as the "least commercial artist in the U.S."Â The article, which w…
If you hadn’t seen the press release floating around social media, Springboard for the Arts announced that they partnered with the microlending platform Kiva to provide artists a loan …
About three years ago, I heard about the PorchRokr Festival in Akron’s Highland Square neighborhood. I had since learned that there was a whole series of Porchfests that have sprun…
Back in October I wrote a couple posts about the newest iteration of the Culture Track report. The operative word there is iteration. The study is conducted every three years in an attem…
It is often stated that front of house operations are among the most important for a performing arts entity because it is the first point of contact the general public has with the organizat…
When discussion turns to how audiences were once pretty raucous but are now expected to sit quietly, you get the impression that those times are long past. Those who are plugged into the ope…
There was a pretty interesting article and ensuing discussion on a Harvard Business Review article about providing and receiving feedback on creative projects. As much as I have written abou…
Earlier this year, I wrote about studies funded by the Wallace Foundation that helped Ballet Austin gain some insight about their audiences. Recently I discovered the Wallace Foundation had …
I am going use the assumption that everyone is focused on traveling for Thanksgiving and not on reading blog posts as a license to be admittedly a little lazy here and not dwell heavily on a…
The Shelterforce website had an interesting article about some data collection techniques being used for Creative Placemaking efforts. Author Keli Tianga’s description of a crowdmappin…
If you are gearing up for Giving Tuesday and getting all sorts of great promotional materials out in circulation, you may want to consider what potential donors might see when they start to …
If you are like most, you may view the 990 filing for your non-profit organization like you view filing your income taxes–an annoying, burdensome task best handled by an accountant. Th…
I would swear sometimes that Seth Godin is spying on me and then writing blog posts based on what I am thinking at the time. Or maybe he is just good at writing stuff that you can easily pro…
I was perusing the Arts and Letters Daily site and saw a link to a Weekly Standard article discussing how the idea of curation has evolved from PT Barnum’s American Museum to a profess…
This video tweeted by Massachusetts Math teacher Kim Spek made me very happy today. h/t to Sarah Carleton Perfect statement illustrating the intersection of science, math, theater and wonder…
There was a piece in Harvard Business Review that made me realize we need to place “finding one’s purpose in life” in the same category as concepts about finding true lo…
I have mentioned before that people don’t normally perceive a difference between non-profit and for-profit cultural organizations. Colleen Dilenschneider has a good summary of the rese…
When I was writing my post last week about research suggesting that creativity is often a choice people make, I kept seeing citations referencing an article written by Howard Becker. So I fo…
Last week Isaac Kaplan wrote an editorial on Artsy about a study that suggested whether you were creative or not was partially a matter of perception. I might not have gone on to read the st…
Over the last week you may have seen mention that after 10 years in existence, Createquity will be ceasing operations at the end of the 2017 calendar year. This is a great pity. One of t…
About two years ago I started an after (work) hours art show that would provide students and local artists an opportunity to show their work and get experience speaking about it with people …
When you are engaging in a significant construction or renovation project, you are going to want to solicit competing bids for the work that needs to be done. Many blueprint companies can he…
Earlier this month Ian David Moss wrote a piece challenging the arts and culture community to evaluate the language and mindset in which we frame artistic and cultural expression and practic…
