Ceding Control: Exploring Community-led Curatorial Models
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts distributed curatorial power among its fellow Bay Area arts organizations for the upcoming BAN7 exhibition.
Blogging Fellows Discuss Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
What strategies might organizations and individuals embrace to genuinely shift their approach to addressing race, equity, and privilege?
The Impact of “The ‘D’ Word” in Arts Leadership
This post is the first in a three-part Blogging Fellows series on equity, diversity, and inclusion. Read the full series.
Ditching Demographics: A Holistic Approach to Arts Engagement
This post is the second in a three-part Blogging Fellows series on equity, diversity, and inclusion. Read the full series.
The Arts Organization’s Role in Addressing Gentrification
This post is the third in a three-part Blogging Fellows series on equity, diversity, and inclusion. Read the full series.
“Yes, And…”: Audiences Building a Sustainable Arts Community
At The New Movement in Austin and New Orleans, collaboration thrives, the audience-artist line is blurred, and community is built-in.
Accountability Through Experimentation
What if funders viewed experimentation as mandatory, and organizations were held accountable for being actively engaged in exploratory practices?
Developing Next Practices for Internships in Nonprofit Arts
What strategies can nonprofit arts organizations implement in order to shift the ways we think about internships?
What Can We Learn From “Accidental” Community Engagement?
A community-based performance by ArtSpot Productions & Mondo Bizarro prioritized relationship-building to impact transformative social change.
Silo Smashing: How Can We Blend Fundraising and Programming?
How could a mash-up of Development and Education departments deepen engagement and erase “audience silos”?
How Can We Empower Emerging Leaders to Kickstart Adaptive Change?
The next generation of arts leaders will be responsible for challenging old models and accelerating the movement of adaptive change practices.
How to Sustain Innovative Change by Enrolling Others
When you involve staff members from all departments in new experiments, it’s easier to shift your organizational culture.
Shifting the Ground at Geva Theatre Center
It’s important to bring everyone on your team along on your journey when building new relationships and implementing a new engagement structure.
4 Ways to Engage Your Whole Team
Inviting, including, and understanding all team members’ perspectives at the table can help you reach bold, unexpected outcomes.
Who Benefits from Arts and Cultural Districts?
Many arts districts are centers of economic development. But who benefits more from these cultural hubs — the arts community or local government?