Let’s Get Real With Our Donors About Our Diversity Engagement Efforts
The end of the fiscal year is looming for many arts organizations and Spring “We do good work, Give us your money!” letters are being written now. I’m sure many of those letters highlight sell-out shows and performances or exhibits with renowned guest artists. I bet most of them also highlight your organization’s education and community engagement programs. Our elevator speeches that make it into these development letters include facts and figures of the programs: “25,000 ...
Need A Space? SpaceFinder Can Help
If you’re an artist or organization that doesn’t have a regular venue, you know the difficulties of finding places to rehearse or perform. My organization, the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera is fortunate to have a semi-regular concert hall that we perform in frequently throughout the season. But, as we work to get into the community and meet people where they are, we’re running into the same challenge of finding appropriate performance venues. Many artists may be ...
Write Your Congresspeople!
One of my favorite parts of my job is the part that I get to pretend I’m a Washington, D.C. lobbyist. As the Community Engagement Manager, I get assigned the large task of doing small advocacy work. Building relationships with legislators is important and should be on someone’s plate. It doesn’t need to be a lot; but a little bit of effort can go a long way. (See my previous ArtsHacker post on 10 Ways to ...
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