One Year Later: Casita Maria
Above, an Audio Postcard about the starting conditions for the project. Two ground breaking organizations, Casita Maria and Dancing in … Continue reading
One Year Later: Chimpanzee Productions
Above, an Audio Postcard about the starting conditions for the project. When they began to work on the Digital Diaspora … Continue reading
One Year Later: The Brooklyn Academy of Music
Above, an Audio Postcard about the starting conditions for the project. Last time I spoke with the leadership at the … Continue reading
One Year Later: Groundswell
For the team at Groundswell, this past year has been about translating the skills they’ve learned from creating community murals … Continue reading
Innovation Story Update: Off-Center’s Co-Curators on Measuring Success of Season 1
We are excited to update ArtsFwd on Off-Center now that we have completed our first season of programming at the Denver Center
The Crossroads Project
An 100-year old settlement house boldly integrates its social service delivery with artistic practices in order to produce deeper relationships with neighbors.
Cleveland Public Theatre: Transforming Neighbors from Curiosity to Ownership
Above, listen to the story of the Cleveland Public Theatre’s new approaches to building the audiences of tomorrow. This is … Continue reading
For Audiences, Experience is Key
Experience. It’s a multi-faceted word, and if the Engaging The Future organizations are any indication, it appears to be the focus of audience engagement efforts in Northeast Ohio’s arts and culture sector.
Strategies for Tomorrow in Cleveland
A trusted local business leader often reminds me of something worth repeating here: Cleveland’s future – and our region’s future – is certainly going to be different than its present.
Learning from Cleveland
“How do we build the audiences of tomorrow?” The Cleveland Foundation and EmcArts recently posed that enormously challenging question to … Continue reading
Beck Center: Co-Creating With College Students Entices Younger Audiences
Above, listen to the story of the Beck Center for the Arts’s new approaches to building the audiences of tomorrow. … Continue reading
Apollo’s Fire: Can 55 Year-Olds Be Younger Audiences?
Apollo’s Fire is a period instrument ensemble that recreates the experience of Baroque-era music in intimate concerts. The music was originally … Continue reading
Cleveland Play House: Why Engagement Should Be Every Arts Staffer’s Job
Founded in 1915, the Cleveland Play House was America’s first regional theater. In selecting a season, Associate Artistic Director Laura … Continue reading
Does Audience Engagement Affect Artistic Work?
In our third podcast, Richard Evans speaks about ways in which audience development strategies relate to artistic work with David Shimotakahara, … Continue reading
How Boise Became Dancers’ Home Sweet Home
An interview with John Michael Schert, executive director and principle dancer for the Trey McIntyre Project, about their decision to settle down in Idaho.