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Accidental Arts Volunteerism
Catherine Brandt My mother and I were recently discussing the uptick in arts volunteerism reported in Americans for the Arts’ latest National Arts Index. During our conversation, she lamented that she...
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Without the Data, You’re Just Another Person with an Opinion
Three years before writing Future Shock in 1970, futurist Alvin Toffler first wrote The Art of Measuring the Arts, and noted, “A cultural data system is needed to provide information for rational...
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Arts: The Mother of Invention (from The pARTnership Movement)
Janet Langsam Every morning, I turn on the treadmill, tune into the Today Show and run until I bank 150 calories to earn a glass of Chardonnay at the end of the day. Matt Lauer and the NBC crew are...
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The Health and Vitality of the Arts
Randy Cohen This week Americans for the Arts released its 2013 National Arts Index report—the annual measure of the health and vitality of the arts industries in the U.S. This year’s report provides...
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As Charity Goes, So Goes the Arts?
Roland Kushner I was happy to see the editorial “Handsome is as handsome gives” from long-time musician and arts advocate Arthur C. Brooks in the Wall Street Journal on Nov 25. Brooks, also an...
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Friday Is the New Tuesday, and Other Observations on the “New Normal” in the...
Eileen Cunniffe In the waning days of 2013, an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer cited examples of performing arts organizations experimenting with curtain times, holding some weeknight performances...
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