Looking at Arts Ed from Inside Out
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...
Propel Arts Ed Advocacy with Data
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.*...
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...
The Funding Challenge
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...
Communications for Cause
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...
