Seeing Anew: How Serving on a Selection Panel Changed My Perspective (Podcast) (Editor’s Note: Play the podcast above to hear John read his post. Both were first published by Vermont Public Radio earlier this month.) Recently I served as a panelist for the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Artists and Writers Program. Forty-nine applicants wanted to [...]

Are You the Monet of Marketing? (from The pARTnership Movement) Business leaders are faced with many decisions. They are responsible for a staff, various departments, as well as decisions that affect the company and ultimately their own livelihoods. Within these decisions lies a leader’s ability to think outside of the box. Business leaders around the [...]

The Critical Role of Higher Education in Arts Education Americans for the Arts now has excellent webinars on understanding the roles of seven different constituencies that influence arts education policy: federal, state-level, school boards, superintendents, business partnerships, principals, and parents. Perhaps I suffer from a perspective biased because of my own professional experience, but there [...]

Partners in Preservation (from The pARTnership Movement) Historic Preservation may not be the first thing that pops into your mind when you think of the arts or corporate philanthropy, but the preservation, restoration, and reuse of cultural assets like historic buildings, monuments, and parks can revitalize neighborhoods, stimulate tourism and local economies, and preserve our [...]