Back by popular demand, we are offering TWO different ways for our member artists to promote themselves at the Fractured Atlas Benefit on Thursday November 8th from 7pm - 10pm.
Gift Bags:We will distribute 200 high quality Fractured Atlas tote bags at the event and we want your promotional materials in them!
If you are [...]
Last week, I was honored to attend the Inaugural Gathering of the National Network of Fiscal Sponsors which has been developed and organized by The Tides Center over the last few years. The NNFS is very much taking a “strength-in-numbers” approach (which is exactly how we think at Fractured Atlas) and I will stay involved [...]
An Op-Ed in the L.A. Times yesterday sent me reeling, so I figured I’d hobble up to my soap box and try to work it out. The piece singles out educational and artistic organizations and I will only speak to my area of concern, which is the arts.
The author, Richard Reich (former secretary of Labor [...]
Over the last few months, I’ve become fascinated with an ongoing legal battle between museum and artist in North Adams, MA. The story seems to be coming to a close once and for all.
Here is a recent article from the NY Times (the Boston Globe covered it extensively as well). The crux of the issue [...]
I found a great website for nonprofit financial management yesterday. It is basically an online library. I wanted to post it here because I think it could be very helpful to start-ups and those considering forming a nonprofit arts organization. Enjoy!
Earlier this month, Americans for the Arts reported that The Artist-Museum Partnership Act (aka the Artist Deduction bill) is gaining momentum in the House and the Senate. The House Bill now has 50 co-sponsors and a Senate Bill has 23 co-sponsors.
I have always found it troubling that artists who donate their work may only claim [...]
Yesterday there was a great article on Bloomberg about recent major gifts donated to some of London’s premier arts & cultural institutions. This quote by Blackstone Group LP’s Senior Managing Director John Studzinski is particularly inspiring: “I’m more interested in the process of creating, and creating new audiences, than the ultimate end product,” Studzinski said [...]
These are three principles that guide my work in the arts - whether I am developing a new show or teaching a fundraising workshop. I believe artists and arts administrators can accomplish much more by working together towards our common goals, rather than fostering an atmosphere of competition.
This piece was originally written for the Summer 2007 Fractured Atlas newsletter.
Conservatory programs provide artists with everything they need to make art: space, supplies, and a community of peers who learn and grow together. The study of an art form requires this uniquely supportive environment to develop the craft and skills an artist needs to [...]
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