My colleague and friend Barry Hessenius, former director of both the California Arts Council and the California Assembly of Local Arts Agencies, now a blogger and consultant on arts policy issues, has posted five New Year’s resolutions that every nonprofit arts organization and arts endeavor should pledge to accomplish in 2010.  Barry is a practical [...]

At the end of the year, it’s my job (and my pleasure) as Executive Director of Arts Wisconsin, Wisconsin’s independent voice for the arts, to look back on the year in the arts across the state, and review and preview the exciting advocacy, service and development work we’ve done this year and are looking forward [...]

Michael Kaiser, director of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, is making a 50-state tour this year to speak on the “Arts in Crisis” – what’s happening to the arts sector in these difficult economic times, and recommendations for action.
Mr. Kaiser will be in Madison on Monday, August 24, 2-5 pm, [...]