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The Thinking Person’s Approach To Dealing With Sacred Cows

Thu, May 5, 2017
by Drew McManus
Sacred Cows
There are more than enough sacred cows in this field to go around and if you’ve ever had to go up against one, you know how difficult it is to make headway. Pushback is usually swift and aggressive but that doesn’t mean you can’t think your way through the process. Theoatmeal.com’s Matthew Inman published a
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Congress Pushes Back Against Arts Cuts

Wed, May 5, 2017
by Drew McManus
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Although the Trump administration may consider the arts and humanities as nothing but waste, it appears Congress doesn’t share such a dim view. On Monday, May 1 congress reached a budget agreement that matins existing funding and proposes modest increases for 2017 (h/t @Americans4Arts). PROGRAMS 2016 Appropriations (in millions) Proposed funding through 9/30/17 National Endowment
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One Of The Best Skills You Can Learn To Increase Your Value As An Arts Marketer

Tue, May 5, 2017
by Drew McManus
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If there was only one tech oriented skill I could recommend to arts marketers that will help them stand out from their peers, it would be learning CSS. CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), is a style sheet language that tells a website how to look and since that’s the component most people have an easiest time
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An Eight Year Legal Dispute Finally Resolves

Mon, May 5, 2017
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 125
It isn’t often we get to revisit a topic more than eight years later but it looks like the long running legal dispute between composer Nathan Currier and the now defunct Brooklyn Philharmonic is finally resolved. When we last examined the dispute in 4/14/2009, we discovered a debacle of a new music commission project that ended
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Congratulations To Yuha Jung: AAAE 2017 Content Competition Winner

Fri, Apr 4, 2017
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 176
The embargo is officially lifted and I’m very happy to announce the winner of the Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE) 2017 Content Competition Winner is Yuha Jung. Ms. Jung, an Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky, will give a presentation on her winning entry at the AAAE 2017 conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. The
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