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What’s the State of Career Development for Musicians?
Sally Gaskill In his post, Ron Jones takes on the topic of career development for art and design students. I thought I would check in with Angela Myles Beeching, author of Beyond Talent: Creating a...
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Arts Education Administrator Seeks Business Education for Radical Improvement
John Abodeely I started getting my MBA this month. Most of the individuals I know professionally have asked me why. I’m surprised at how clear I am on why: 1. Innovation is a product of diverse...
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As the Blog Salon Comes to a Close…
Kristen Engebretsen I hope that everyone has enjoyed reading the thoughts from leaders both in and outside our field during this blog salon in honor of National Arts in Education Week. As we design and...
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Letter to a Young Administrator
John Abodeely A friend and colleague—one on the earlier end of her career—recently emailed me and asked what she thought of her possibly moving back to the east coast and entering a graduate program in...
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Community Engagement & College Degrees: Building the Next Generation of Arts...
Sara Bateman Lately, it seems that every conference I attend, classroom I enter, or art forum I participate in is fixated on the notion of transforming those in the arts field from just merely that of...
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What I Look for in a Job Candidate
Mara Walker We all know finding a job is no easy task these days. To help, we just completed the second in a series of webinars about how to get a job in the arts today. It featured four brilliant...
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Only Artists Can Make the Difference
John Eger Declaring October as National Art and Humanities Month, President Obama made the observation: “Educators across our country are opening young minds, fostering innovation, and developing...
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Leadership Genesis: It’s In Our Best Interest
Jeanie Duncan Do you recall your first formal leadership development experience? Mine was in 2000 — I was sponsored by a foundation to participate in the Leadership Development Program at the Center...
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Quality, Engagement, & Partnerships: Strategically Compromising on Perfection...
Jessica Wilt In part one of our two-part post, Alex Sarian and I asked an important question: In trying to keep up with for-profit ‘heavy-hitters’ that arguably boast of greater resources than the...
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The Brunch Conversation (or 2030 Vision in Arts Leadership)
Jonathan Elliott This post began as a series of thoughts on the future of human resources in the arts, and opened up into a personal conversation gone global. Also, it involves something I am deeply...
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Things We Wish Someone Had Told Us at 25
Katherine Mooring As the chief architect for the Arts & Science Council’s capacity building, professional, and leadership development offerings, I spend a lot of time thinking about the skills and...
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Capturing the World of an Emerging Arts Leader
Stephanie Hanson I am consistently inspired by the innovation that comes out of the Emerging Leaders Network, and this week’s blog salon was no exception. We heard from representatives of 11 Emerging...
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Educating for Entrepreneurial Arts Education Leadership
Stephanie Riven I recently spent a semester at Harvard as a visiting practitioner in the Arts in Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. While working directly with the Arts in...
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What Do We Really Know About People Who Get Arts Degrees?
Sally Gaskill As it turns out, quite a bit. Since 2008, the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) has surveyed graduates of arts training programs—people who received undergraduate and/or...
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Degree of Entry?
Todd Eric Hawkins During the last Americans for the Arts Annual Convention in San Antonio, I had the privilege of facilitating a roundtable on how to navigate a mid-career shift to the arts. The...
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LAAs, FAQs, and Other Acronyms: Reflections from a Summer Intern
Kelly Olshan Ask a fine arts professional about arts management and most will respond with something along the lines of, “What is that?” At least that was my experience when I inquired about the field...
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Many Hats, Giving Back
Julia Harman Cain I remember little about my first time on stage: a ballet recital at age three. We danced to “Winter” from Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons,” and I had no idea what I was doing. Happily, the...
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