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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
NextGen QuickPoll Results!
In March, we conducted a “Quick Poll” for next generation leaders in the arts. And now we’re back with the … Continue reading
Doug Borwick on Community vs. Audience Engagement in Cleveland
Below is an excerpt of a post on Doug Borwick’s excellent blog Engaging Matters in reaction to our Stories from Cleveland: Audio Postcards. … Continue reading
Innovation in the Arts: An Interview with Karina Mangu-Ward
In this month’s Social Velocity blog interview, we’re talking with Karina Mangu-Ward. Karina is the Director of Activating Innovation at EmcArts a … 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
Stories from Cleveland: Engaging the Audiences of Tomorrow
The Cleveland Foundation has partnered with EmcArts through the Engaging the Future program to work with 12 Cleveland cultural institutions that range from the … 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
Questions about the Innovation Lab for Museums? Get Answers.
The deadline to apply for the Innovation Lab for Museums is fast approaching. Proposals are due Monday, May 14, 2012. … 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.
On Michael Kaiser and Engaging Audiences
Last week, Michael Kaiser wrote in The Huffington Post on Engaging Audiences. He suggested that the field’s recent focus on … Continue reading
Can We Break the Glass Ceiling of Arts Leadership?
In each art and cultural nonprofit I have worked for, whether a museum, film, artist services or art education organization, … Continue reading
Introducing the Spring 2012 ArtsFwd Blogging Fellow
I’m very pleased to introduce Brian Hinrichs as our newest Blogging Fellow. You’ll be seeing regular posts from him from … Continue reading