Building a Strong Voice: New from ArtsEd Tennessee
The Headline ArtsEd Tennessee is launching a free online course, Building a Strong Voice for Arts Education in Tennessee. The course is designed to advance knowledge and understanding of arts...
Taking Action: Stakeholder Participation and Engagement
A key component of any social change effort is in the engagement and participation of stakeholders. Regardless of the size, stakes, and subject matter of advocacy campaigns, outcomes depend in...
The Power of the Individual in Advocacy
In the Introduction to Case-making and Systems Change, I shared an emerging model for how practitioners – such as artists, educators, community leaders, and more – can make the case...
Case-making and Systems Change in Arts & Cultural Education
I am excited to join with colleagues at Creative Generation to launch a new series on case-making and systems change in arts and cultural education. In 2021, a collaborative project...
Because Shift Happens: Setting New Goals
There comes a time for honest reflection in the life of every arts educator and arts education program. Educators and community partners spend every waking moment pursuing the delivery of...
Be It Resolved. Sustaining ArtsEd in 2021
Who’s ready for 2021? I’m so ready that I’m starting early on my New Year’s Resolutions. I resolve to stop doom-scrolling, be kind, turn outrage into action, laugh more, and...
Sustainability in Arts Ed Part 2: The Keystone
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...
Arts Ed & Strategic Planning: Surf’s Up
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...
Arts & School Culture: More Than Friday Night Lights
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...
Be the Good News
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...
