I am reminded right now of a post I wrote awhile ago: http://blog.entrepreneurthearts.com/2009/09/15/meet-me-in-the-land-mine-field/ All the details of it I have just recently, yet again, spent some time reviewing. Since August I have been in a funk. I am tense because of having to wait for some of the most important moments of my life … [Read more...]
Art and The Public Purpose: A New Framework
By John Cimino

The public dialogue on the arts and our national economic and cultural recovery is one in which all of us should and can have a voice. Some of our most thoughtful cultural leaders have been bringing this public dialogue directly to the White House. The exchanges there and elsewhere have fermented the drafting of new … [Read more...]
The Art of Civic Engagement and a Pearl of Great Price
By John Cimino
In my last article, “Culture, Crisis and Recoveryâ€, I mentioned a forthcoming conference I’d be attending in New Orleans convened by Imagining America, a collective of public scholars from a hundred universities across the USA and Canada. I have just returned home and I am happy to tell you it was truly … [Read more...]
Culture, Crisis and Recovery
By John Cimino
Anyone who has worked with the arts in non-traditional settings, that is, outside the more familiar spaces of our studios, galleries, theaters and concert halls, knows that there is a bit of healing magic tucked into the essence of our art forms that routinely takes people by surprise. What's more, no matter how many times we witness … [Read more...]
The Arts and Vets: Designing a Program That Serves
By John Cimino
I'd like to tap the wisdom and creative juices of my fellow bloggers and readers in a real-time challenge. I'm assembling a group of experienced artists from various disciplines here in the Hudson Valley of New York to participate in an on-going action seminar on the vital intersection of the arts and healthcare. A combination of … [Read more...]

