10 Ways to Build a Strong Relationship with Your Legislator
It’s Arts Advocacy Time in Tennessee, Y’all! Each March, Tennesseans for the Arts sponsors an Arts Advocacy Day at Capitol Hill in Nashville. This day allows organizations from across the state to meet and hear updates from our state arts commission, any political news affecting the arts in Tennessee, and to learn more about Tennessee’s specialty license plate program which is largely responsible for state arts funding. But, the most important part of the day ...
Board Service. All About the Gs.
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The Old Gs I was recently very encouraged to read the idea “that [non-profit] boards must be packed with influential connectors” is becoming increasingly obsolete. Learning this was a relief to me, and probably a lot of people, who have worked in arts organizations where board membership was often defined by the narrow philosophy of “get, give or get off” – essentially, solicit donations, make a donation or get off the board. It might be ...
Emerging Arts Leaders 10 Years Later…Now What?
I’ve been in arts marketing for 14 years now. I started my arts marketing career at age 28 at a 2000-seat auditorium that mostly acted as a rental house, but also presented some music and theatre acts. I spent four years there learning the ins and outs of the entertainment and arts fields. Soon after, I joined the orchestra field and am now working for my third orchestra. I know I am no longer that ...
Thank you for the authoritative read on this issue. To me, being able to actually see the icon in the…