Economic Turmoil and Change

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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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 →

This is firefly season in Washington, the best and brightest in several years. Scientists say a wet spring has made a lightning-bug-friendly region even more so, and hordes of the insects are now spending the last days of their lives … Continue reading →