Innovating Through Artistry
This evening, I participated in ATHE's all-conference special forum addressing "elephants" in the traditional theatre curriculum. Â Here are my opening remarks -- In his introduction to a series of project profiles in the April 2010 issue of American Theatre, Mark Blankenship writes of a kind of performance utopia: Consider … [Read more...]
Earlier today, I sat on a panel at the annual conference of ATHE (Association for Theatre in Higher Education) entitled "Will We Just Survive or Will We Thrive? The Challenge of Implementing Entrepreneurship in Theatre" at the invitation of the panel organizer, Carolyn Roark, editor of the journal Ecumenica. In her preparatory email, … [Read more...]
I just got off the phone from talking with John Cimino (who as you may now has some association with this website). He wanted to have an introductory chat after reading my last column (Its Not about the Money!). Â He's a good listener, so talking with him helped me organize my ideas with a little more clarity around what kinds of … [Read more...]
I had an epiphany the other day as I was reading Marjorie Garber’s excellent book “Patronizing the Arts.†This was one of those “a-hah†moments that comes at you sideways – not directly from what you’re reading or writing or working on, but has been gestating and then is synthesized from the … [Read more...]
I had an opportunity to host an amazing celebration last week. The celebration was in honor of the twelve student teams that received seed grant funding from the p.a.v.e. program in arts entrepreneurship this year. It’s a diverse group: grad students and undergrads, for profit and nonprofit, technology-focused and human-centered … [Read more...]
I recently had the pleasure of awarding seed grants for student arts ventures through our p.a.v.e. program in arts entrepreneurship. In this latest round, we reviewed thirteen letters of intent and seven full proposals. The proposals were very diverse (I’ll give you a rundown in my next posting) but had one thing in common: … [Read more...]
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