In an earlier post, I describe sustainability in arts education as the result of interactions among like-minded stakeholders within a complex landscape. This post investigates the keystone of sustainability in...
Regardless of your role in the arts education ecosystem, sustainability is the proverbial grand prize. What do we want? Imagine the day… The arts are universally endorsed in public education...
There comes a time for honest reflection in the life of every arts in education program. Whether your organization or project is just finding its footing or is well-established, we...
Data is a powerful tool for arts ed advocates. Quantifiable data helps to answer the question of need. Decision makers want proof that policy is warranted and dollars are needed.*...
My surfer sons tell me that paddling out and waiting for the perfect wave is part of the “surf’s up” gestalt, meaning conditions are right, right now. As a non-surfer...
We hear that organizational culture and climate can transform the workplace, in both positive or negative ways. Though most of us in the education arena would be hard pressed to...
Effective arts education programs across the country have garnered a mix of public and private funds to enable their success. Very few (if any) school districts can do it on...
Most news stories today are rather grim. Whether you follow cable, broadcast or social media, the world seems out of sorts. It’s hard to sit through a newscast without feeling...
Strategic communications is at the heart of advocacy success —the art of communicating effectively with targeted audiences in order to move decision makers through the use of mainstream, social, new...
Beginnings are hard. In advocacy work (as in life), sometimes it’s difficult to know where to start. Looking at Piet Mondrian’s Broadway Boogie Woogie, painted after Mondrian moved to New...
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