Map Quest: Using Listening Maps In Program Books
Let’s talk about program books. I love looking through them at other organizations’ performances or exhibits, but they are a pain to pull together. There is an ungodly amount of information that must be gathered from every department, organized and formatted, that somehow needs to all fit into an eight page, black and white program section that needed to be to the printer yesterday. One section in the books that many symphony and opera companies include ...
Ka-Kaow! It’s Time for Design Enhancements
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Since its launch in December, 2015 ArtsHacker has grown a great deal and all of the new content and features floating around have reached a point where they demand an enhanced layout and design in order to make it easier for you to find all of these great articles and reference material. Let’s take a quick tour of what’s new. MEGA MENU NAVIGATION The biggest improvement is the addition of a mega menu, which provides ...
Light Choices Weigh Heavily
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When backstage technical staff have a negative interaction with performers, they will frequently mutter something along the lines of “if not for us, you would be shouting yourself hoarse on a bare stage in the dark,” noting that lighting, sound amplification and sets don’t happen by magic. The technical elements of a show are often overlooked because short of explosions and things flying around, if they are done well, you shouldn’t really notice them. Consequently, ...
Thank you for the authoritative read on this issue. To me, being able to actually see the icon in the…