So maybe you saw yesterday’s External Relations Associate posting and you thought, “well, I do have phenomenal writing chops - but I also can make fireworks out of spreadsheets and am kind of obsessed with data in a borderline unhealthy way. Also, I’m not ready for a full-time commitment, and need the flexibility to work [...]
(originally posted at Createquity.com)
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of representing Fractured Atlas at the Grantmakers in the Arts Conference, an annual gathering of funders that is otherwise closed to non-grantmakers. This year’s conference was in San Francisco and San Jose, and below is a summary of some of the more stimulating sessions [...]
(Part of an occasional series on Fractured Atlas’s research philosophy and practices. For more articles, click here.)
As those of you who have been following Fractured Atlas closely may know, we’ve been working on some innovative technological solutions for aggregating and analyzing data about the cultural sector for the past couple of years. This effort is [...]
(Cross-posted from the National Arts Marketing Project Conference Blog Salon over at ARTSBlog.)
The hardest question to answer in arts research is “what would have happened if we had done things differently?” Researchers call this question the “counterfactual,” since it refers to a scenario that doesn’t actually exist. Generally speaking, it’s hard to measure things that don’t [...]
Emily Gray (our Director of Liability Insurance), Ian Moss, (our Research Director), Adam Natale (our Director of Partnerships and Business Development), and I have proposed panels and presentaions for the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival taking place in March of 2012 in Austin, Texas. The SXSW festival and conference is a convergence [...]
Theatre Communications Group (TCG) plays a central role in keeping theatre alive and healthy in the United States and around the globe. Founded half a century ago, TCG’s programs serve nearly 700 member theatres and affiliate organizations and more than 13,000 individuals nationwide. We asked this influential Open Arts Network partner about its efforts to [...]
(This is the second in an occasional series on Fractured Atlas’s research approach and philosophy. The first can be found here.)
Many of us, especially if we’ve been present at a Rocco Landesman speech in the past year or so, are probably familiar with the quote widely attributed to W. Edwards Deming: “In God we trust; all [...]
(This is the first in a series of posts about Fractured Atlas’s research approach and philosophy. Please let us know if you find these interesting and/or helpful!)
I was a participant in a couple of conversations with fellow arts research nerds recently in which we discussed the notion of cause and effect. You remember that one [...]
Dance/USA, the national service organization for professional dance, is starting off 2011 with fresh energy. Incoming Executive Director Amy Fitterer is dedicated to their mission to connect the national dance community. Amy took a moment to tell us about the tools and resources that the organization provides for the professional dance field.
Why do dancers and [...]
Two weeks ago, I traveled down to DC to take in the “Creative Placemaking” discussion organized by the NEA and hosted by the Canadian Embassy. (Two of the panelists, Tim Jones of Artscape and Richard Florida of all things Richard Florida, are current residents of our neighbor nation to the north.) The goal of the [...]
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