Jordan Levin in the Miami Herald Two South Florida dance companies closed recently. West Palm Beach’s lively, lovely Ballet Florida filed for bankruptcy two weeks ago, and Miami-Dade’s gallant Ballet Gamonet, after months of financial struggle, suspended performances in March … Continue reading
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Posted on July 29, 2009 by Tommer
Posted on July 27, 2009 by Tommer
This brief publication is a handy bibliography to more lengthly research reports elsewhere. The key to increasing demand for the arts may well lie in reversing the 30-year-long downtrend in arts learning both in and out of school. A number … Continue reading
Posted on July 26, 2009 by Tommer
New research supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation examines new web-based tools for sharing data and evaluation. The social sector’s ability to solve complex social problems is limited by traditional approaches to grantee performance and outcome measurement. By … Continue reading
Posted on July 26, 2009 by Tommer
Earlier this year several Seattle Native nonprofit groups came together to both learn more about the work that they each do and to find ways in which they can support each other in these difficult times. The meeting arose out … Continue reading
Posted on July 23, 2009 by Tommer
Big breaking news from the New York Times. Must be vacation season or something. Maybe the interns took over. Although it may be hard to remember now, there was a time when the National Endowment for the Arts seemed to … Continue reading
Posted on July 17, 2009 by Tommer
Greg Sandow takes on Chorus America’s research publication on ArtsJournal This post makes me just a little sad to write. Chorus America, a while ago, published the results of a study, which they say shows that people who sing in … Continue reading
Posted on July 17, 2009 by Tommer
Kinshasha Holman Conwill IN THE ART NEWSPAPER The US art world is abuzz over the White House campaign to bring a greater diversity to its art collection—including more works by African American artists [the Obamas have been quietly notifying an … Continue reading
Posted on July 14, 2009 by Janet
I recently spent time meeting, learning and sharing information with arts grantmakers in Boston, Philadelphia and Washington DC. It was one of those plane, train, train, train, and plane trips. Weather was glorious, evidently the only week it didn’t rain in June on the east coast.
Posted on July 12, 2009 by Tommer
An inspired program from Worldchanging: Attention philanthropy is a gift of notice. In a noisy world, deluged in advertising, overrun with PR flacks and crowded with the superficial, one of the biggest barriers to success for a small, good idea … Continue reading