Around the horn: Scott Brown edition

I really, really want to write about the new National Arts Index from Americans for the Arts, but I just have too much else on my plate right now to do it justice. Luckily, I am not the only arts policy blogger on the web: you can read Randy Cohen’s explanation at ARTSblog here, alongRead More

Around the horn: MLK edition

The excellent commentary on Outrageous Fortune is so plentiful that I won’t pretend to try to link to all of it. Two bloggers not part of Isaac’s group caught my eye with their posts, however. First, Guy Yedwab makes an important point about individual incentives (and inertia) getting in the way of systematic change. Second,Read More

Called out

So, um, hi Ethan. (Hey, love your albums!) The pianist for the way-cool Bad Plus jazz trio, writing a typically lengthy response to the David Byrne piece on arts funding linked last week, asks, Aren’t education budgets the easiest things for government planners to cut corners with — especially arts education budgets? If you tookRead More

Around the horn: palindrome edition

Happy 01-11-10, folks. First time we’ve seen a palindrome date in that format since October 22, 2001, if I have my math right. Ain’t numbers fun? Here’s this week’s news: Isaac’s done (with directing for a living, that is). In related news, Newsweek notices the burgeoning pro-am movement. Stop me if you’ve heard this oneRead More

Around the horn: Arthur C. Clarke edition

It seems this is the week in which I realize I have been under a rock on a number of fronts. I don’t know what happened, but all of the sudden Crain’s New York is an essential source for creative economy news in the five boroughs. Here, Amanda Fung sews together a story about artsRead More

What We’ve Learned So Far

Image by macwagen, Creative Commons license I’ve been blogging for a little over two years now, and in that time a lot has changed. I’ve gone through a complete graduate business program, worked for a summer at one of the largest private grantmaking organizations in the world, expanded my blog reading list by about 2000%Read More

Looking back: Createquity in Quotes

“What should it matter if one feels truly alive while composing while another does so through nuclear physics or conducting market research or cooking? If the goal is to get the arts to be taken seriously in broader policy discussions, it seems to me that the creativity connection is crucial. And not just in theRead More

Around the horn: goodbye oughties edition

We’re winding down what’s turned out to be a very eventful year at Createquity. Next week will feature some exciting announcements and changes, but in the meantime, this week’s posts will look back: at what we’ve learned, what we’ve said, and what the hell happened! Happy holidays and best wishes for 2010 for all whoRead More

Around the horn: new leaf edition

Just when you think the latest NEA controversy has passed, conservatives take a midnight trip to the graveyard and extract new stupidness from its ugly zombie head. This time, John McCain and Tom Coburn have released a report on “wasteful” spending in the (now nearly year-old) stimulus bill that includes NEA grants to controversial organizationsRead More

The 5th Annual Yale School of Management Philanthropy Conference

This past Friday, I attended the 5th Annual Yale School of Management Philanthropy Conference. I have quite a bit of history with this young conference, having co-Chaired last year’s edition and put together a panel for 2007’s (part I, part II). My report on this one, “Harnessing Resources and Leveraging Strengths,” won’t be quite asRead More