If you haven’t done so already, drop whatever you’re doing and head to the National Endowment of the Arts’ (NEA) website and read about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5 grant guidelines. According to that information, the application deadline is no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on April 2, 2009. It is wonderful to see such a broad based program description but there are a few requirements applicants should notice…
Year: 2009
It’s Time For A Nonprofit LLC
In yesterday’s article, I mentioned the notion of a nonprofit LLC and wanted to take a moment to expand on that notion. If you imagine the world of U.S. performing arts as a brick wall then the multi-million annual budget size organizations are the bricks and the mega-million annual budget organizations function as cornerstones. Of course, there’s something else in the wall besides varying sized blocks and that’s the mortar; the numerous organizations and sole artists that have annual budgets below $1 million annual budgets and they desperately need a charitable status to work with besides the 501(c)3…
If I Ran The NEA
Hopefully, you caught the article in the 4/27/2009 edition of the Los Angeles Times by Lisa Fung that asked 30 artists, politicians, and other familiar names and faces what they would do if they ran the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Although most of the responses are worth reading, it seemed that all of the responses fell short of addressing the potential power that could be wielded by the NEA if all the pieces came together (although the responses from Tim Robbins, Jon Robin Baitz, & Frank Gehry came close on a few accounts)…
Cultural Confidence Levels: It’s Always Darkest…
In a word, the cultural outlook is dreary. At least, that’s what respondents indicated when asked about their outlook toward economic conditions at their orchestra by the end of the season. On the bright(er) side of things, although respondents indicated a slightly lower level of confidence about current economic conditions, those levels were still 10 points higher than the all-time low experienced over the 1/18/2009 polling cycle…
You Don’t Want To Be “That Guy”
One of the most useful methods an aspiring manager can use to become a good manager is to learn from the examples of others; and by examples, I mean blunders. Thankfully, the internet has made this a much simpler task by making many of the goodies once shared only during face-to-face exchanges available for all to enjoy on a year-round basis. Case in point, Jason Heath’s blog post from 2/24/09 that …