Thursday, March 31, 2022
Colleen Dilenschneider made a post today providing data that shows people’s tendency to stay home rather than seek cultural and entertainment experiences has increased over the last decade…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 06:42AMWednesday, March 30, 2022
While returning from a grocery shopping trip on Saturday I heard this NPR story about an art project that is calling attention to the disparity in property taxes for black owned homes vs. wh…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 06:33PMTuesday, March 29, 2022
It seems the week to discuss Human Resource practices. Drew McManus posted the first in a series about the lack of good resources among orchestras to help address difficulties in the work en…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:03PMFriday, March 25, 2022
Drew McManus reposted a promotional Facebook video for Wichita Symphony Orchestra’s (WSO) performance of “The Rose of Sonora” violin concerto. I thought it was a cool little video de…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 04:24AMWednesday, March 23, 2022
Last week Vu Le made a Twitter post alluding to the fact a lot of corporate leaders will shift to leading non-profits, but you basically never hear of a non-profit leader making a career tra…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 03:48PMA few months ago I came across a piece by Imogen Crimp which recounts her attempt to pursue a career in opera. Her story covers some pretty crappy experiences with conservatory instructors…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 03:48PMThursday, March 17, 2022
I saw a social media post by Dan Pink today that linked to an NPR story about a program where doctors in Canada can prescribe spending time outdoors and have been provided year long passes t…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:33PMWednesday, March 16, 2022
On Hyperallergic today, Isabella Segalovich had a piece, 15 Things Museums Do That Piss Me Off . An avowed museum junkie, she lists what areas in which she would like museums to do a better …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:03PMTuesday, March 15, 2022
A month ago Ruth Hartt posted an image she grabbed from my venue’s website on Twitter and complimented its presentation on a number of points: Brava on the diverse audience remark & I'…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 06:42PMWednesday, March 9, 2022
You may have heard a short piece on NPR this past week about Peptoc, a hotline where you can hear encouraging words from kindergartners. Call a new hotline, and you’ll get just that —…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:36PMTuesday, March 8, 2022
You may have seen the story on American Theatre about the slew of people who took to TikTok to “audition” for St. Louis theatre, The Muny’s production of Legally Blonde. I use the qu…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:12PMMonday, March 7, 2022
A couple weeks ago violinist Holly Mulcahy made a Facebook post about giving the manager at the Wichita, KS airport Enterprise counter her card which had a BOGO ticket offer printed on the b…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 09:48PMFriday, March 4, 2022
I didn’t realize I missed posting yesterday until early this morning. Right now my team and I are really busy preparing for a concert which is being taped for PBS. This show, A Night of …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:18AMWednesday, March 2, 2022
Association of Performing Arts Professionals featured a webinar today reporting on the results of a survey they conducted about the state of the performing arts. Regrettably, I missed it but…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:37AMTuesday, March 1, 2022
The Marginal Revolution blog linked to a really interesting study on talent hoarding a practice in which managers prevent productive workers from seeking promotions. The study author, Ingrid…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:12AMWednesday, February 23, 2022
I am not sure how I came across the article, but this Fall I came across an interview on The First Peoples Fund website with master traditional folk artist Kevin Locke. In the course of the …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:24PMTuesday, February 22, 2022
It will probably come as no surprise to anyone running an arts venue that many attendees are over the mask wearing thing. At my venue, we actually had a more conservative mandatory policy fo…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:54PMI’m happy to say that things are starting to get back to a place where I feel like I can start blogging again. Hopefully it will stay that way. I really underestimated how difficult things…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 04:42AMTuesday, November 30, 2021
Apologies to my readers. The departure of some staff and absence of others has placed me in a situation where I can no longer post regularly. Hopefully this will resolve itself soon and I ca…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 03:12AMThursday, November 18, 2021
Ruth Hartt got a bit of a kick from the post I made last week where I termed her use of stock video footage and other clips to create an video marketing piece as a “Franken-Ad.” She tagg…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 05:06PMTuesday, November 16, 2021
Vu Le posted this week about a well-observed phenomenon he termed “Outsider Efficiency Bias.” He defined this as basically having an outsider like a consultant come in and be lauded fo…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:18PMDan Pink shared a link to a study that was conducted on perceptions of the most effective way to ask others for help comparing face-to-face, audio/phone, video (ie Zoom), and text (SMS, Emai…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 04:06AMThursday, November 11, 2021
American Theatre released results of a survey about virtual theatre offerings during Covid this week. Respondents represent 64 organizations from 25 states. As you might already imagine, the…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:06AMWednesday, November 10, 2021
On Museum 2.0 Seema Rao asks why museum educators are so undervalued in the context of a question she was asked about the difference between a Sip and Paint session and a class on marbling t…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:48AMTuesday, November 9, 2021
Last month, Trevor O’Donnell directed his readers to a post by Ruth Hartt discussing how to market the arts in a way that focuses on solving the “problems” people have rather than focu…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:24AMThursday, November 4, 2021
Somewhat in line with my post yesterday about the growing number of basic guarantee income programs for artists, Artsjournal.com had an interview with the mayor of Toronto, John Tory, about …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:48AMTuesday, November 2, 2021
Nod to Laura Zabel who tweeted a story about the guaranteed basic income for artists pilot program being started in Ireland. The plan is to provide €325/week to 2000 artists. This is act…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:12PMI have been following Lucy Bernholz, a self-described philanthropy wonk, for ages it seems. She writes the blog Philanthropy 2173 and is a senior researcher at Stanford’s Center on Philant…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 05:06PMThursday, October 28, 2021
A couple weeks ago Hyperallergic had an article that was a critical of museums who had received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds meant to keep people employed, but instead ended up la…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 09:12AMWednesday, October 27, 2021
Dan Pink pointed to a study (warning, ad heavy page) that suggests while office interruptions may be disruptive to one’s workflow, it ultimately creates a sense of worth and belonging for …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:48AMTuesday, October 26, 2021
I have often viewed my professional career as having moments where I build on general ideas and concepts from earlier positions, but adapted to suit the local community. I am always wary of …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:32AM 
