Arts Policy Library: MASS MoCA and the Revitalization of North Adams

This particular Arts Policy Library entry is a bit of a reprise, since I read and discussed “Culture and Revitalization: The Economic Effects of MASS MoCA on its Community” for my independent study on public policy and the arts earlier this year. However, in recent months I’ve had a few experiences (including a session onRead More

Around the horn: leftovers edition

Last week’s haul o’ links was a bit on the light side, due to mysterious other priorities that many fellow posters seemingly shared during the second half. But by all means, help yourself to these bits and pieces I carved up for you. On the heels of the NEA’s Cultural Workforce Forum on November 20,Read More

Archive of NEA Cultural Workforce Forum now available for viewing

If you visit this site, you’ll be able to watch the entire webcast of last week’s Cultural Workforce Forum at the National Endowment for the Arts, complete with the slides of the presenters. Please note that the video only works with Internet Explorer and Windows, though the slides can be viewed with Firefox (and presumablyRead More

NEA Cultural Workforce Forum wrap

On Friday, I had the privilege to attend the NEA’s Cultural Workforce Forum, a convening of researchers who have recently led efforts to measure and understand the work habits and economic condition of individual artists in the United States. The event, though not open to the public, was simulcast on the Internet so that anyoneRead More

NEA Cultural Workforce Forum live stream tomorrow

Hey kids, the National Endowment for the Arts is webcasting a daylong forum tomorrow from 9am to 4:30pm (EST) on the subject of artists in the cultural workforce. The event is heavily oriented toward research, and features a star-packed lineup of presenters such as Maria Rosario Jackson, Ann Markusen, Holly Sidford, and Steven Tepper, amongRead More

Around the horn: Monday night karaoke edition

This week’s BLOGGER ON FIRE award indisputably goes to Phil Buchanan, founder and CEO of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, for a tour-de-force series of posts on the new Intrepid Philanthropist blog hosted by the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Buchanan, whose CEP is very much at the forefront of the nationalRead More

Live from … uh … the airport?

It had been my hope to submit reports this weekend from the Net Impact Conference, where I was invited to moderate and present at a panel today called The Creative Economy. Bearing the theme “Changemakers, Innovators, and Problem Solvers,” the conference celebrates, draws attention to, and advocates for the use of business skills in serviceRead More

Around the horn: Net Impact edition

This Friday, I’m excited to be moderating and presenting at a panel at the Net Impact North America Conference at Cornell University’s Johnson School. (For those of you who have been following Createquity since the spring, this is the result of the Creative Economy proposal I submitted back in April.) If you happen to beRead More

Around the horn: fall back edition

Whose brilliant idea was it to put the end of daylight saving time in the middle of Halloween night? Can we do that every year? NEA Chair Rocco Landesman’s Art Works blog is shaping up to be the must-read of the holiday season. Not just because of what he writes there, but because of theRead More

Around the horn: late edition

The orgy of blogging going on at the Grantmakers in the Arts Conference Blog and the Americans for the Arts Emerging Leaders Salon prevented me this week from getting out Around the Horn on its usual Monday schedule (or Tuesday, or Wednesday). Late is better than never, however, and so here is the latest round-upRead More