In a 8/9/2012 letter from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Players Association (ASOPA) Committee on behalf of all Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) musicians addressed to the ASO Board of Directors, the ASOPA assert that the Woodruff Arts Center (WAC) and ASO executives “have announced that if we do not agree to their demands before August 25, they will lock out the Orchestra and cancel our healthand [sic] dental insurance.”
Month: August 2012
It Was Right In Front Of My Nose
It’s always good to look at something with a different pair of eyes. Case in point, when designing the Venture Platform, I had always envisioned it as hosting an art organization’s primary website. Sure, one of the added benefits for the service is groups can also use it to build ancillary microsites for no additional cost but for whatever reason, it never occurred to me that groups could use Venture solely as a microsite publishing platform.
War Drums In Atlanta
According to an article by Howard Pousner in the 8/8/12 edition of Access Atlanta, it looks like the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) may join the Minnesota Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in the latest round of labor trouble. Pousner’s article does an excellent job at providing a detailed overview of the ASO’s recent financial history as well as some of the key points of conflict in the ongoing collective bargaining negotiations.
Here’s A Quick Way To Get Arts Org Web Design Right
Recently, SmashingMagazine.com held a “Redesign the Web” poster contest with the aim of making the Web a more accessible and usable place. They received a number of great entries but three contributions really stood out that, when grouped together, sum up just about everything that is wrong with most arts organization web designs as well as pointing out the direction they should follow.
Here's A Quick Way To Get Arts Org Web Design Right
Recently, SmashingMagazine.com held a “Redesign the Web” poster contest with the aim of making the Web a more accessible and usable place. They received a number of great entries but three contributions really stood out that, when grouped together, sum up just about everything that is wrong with most arts organization web designs as well as pointing out the direction they should follow.