Arts Education - Outreach - Engagement

This week we have worked through arts education, outreach and engagement.  We have analyzed the typical structures and ventured into the emerging online participation models.  Take a moment to venture deeper into arts organizations and how they frame arts education, outreach, and/or engagement  (knowing that for many organizations there are significant cross over points in these areas).  How are these ideas, definitions, and programs different due to the organization's size, discipline and mission?  What are the opportunities and the costs (real or intangible) of taking engagement online? (not programs -- that's next week -- just engagement :-)

Take your conversations from Thursday, lecture/discussion on Tuesday and your readings. Now take a moment to extend your thoughts in this arena?  The following questions are not to be answered directly but to serve as fodder for you to write a letter of opinion to one of the following papers that addresses what you think needs to happen in the field:  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, NY Times, Washington Post, Politico, Arts Education Partnership blog, your discipline association's print publication like "American Theatre,"etc.  This list is not exhaustive but expressive in that your letter should have a real potential audience and framework -- then the rest of the class can respond.

Thought starters: Where are arts organizations 'stuck' and where are they 'innovating'? What is the definition of real innovation in a system of education that has so many drivers (school boards, parents, national requirements, etc)? What opportunities exist on the web?  Can arts education work in the digital world? What about the home school/online school model? Where are the arts in it?

Mike

This is your place to speak up, loud and with pride (as you are so quiet otherwise :))

Ariel

Own it, show us, share it with us all :-)

Eric G

Your space -- rule and have fun

Lauren E

This is your world - let it shine :-)

Week 5: Yu-San

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Week 5: Jessie

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Week 5: Kelsey

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Week 5: James

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Week 5: Partnerships, Mergers, Umbrellas

Select one of the following topic areas and take it further (find out more about the particular topic as linked or research even further and take it the discussion from class to the next level).

a) BID (Business Improvement District) - Time Square (Times Square Alliance fka Times Square Bid born 1992 ) or Pittsburgh Downtown (http://www.downtownpittsburgh.com/about-pdp/bid-assessment)

b) Shared Arts Services: http://philanthropy.com/article/New-Ways-for-Arts/63323/

c)When/how do arts councils serve as arts service or umbrella organizations?

International Partnerships -- Not Touring but Travel?

So -- I am adding a second option to our discussion in light of our nonprofit/forprofit discussion today.  Howlround posted a discussion concerning the L3C that is a model you should be aware of (although not applicable everywhere even though AFTA is lobbying to make something like it a national model).

So read and comment on the HOWLROUND discussion
 OR engage in the International exchange discussion below.

To move us out of touring and into partnerships, I wanted to offer the attached programs as models to consider when thinking about International work (touring isn't always 'business' but can be part of a partnership).

Bloggers -- please look through some of the exchange programs listed and discuss the similarities and differences between this type of exchange / partnership practice and the more standard 'presenting/touring' model we have discussed the past 2 weeks.

http://www.artsjournal.com/fieldnotes/2012/11/why-is-it-important-for-arts-leaders-to-engage-in-cross-cultural-conversations/

http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/topical/arts_part.html#4

http://www.cecartslink.org/

http://exchanges.state.gov/programs/cultural/arts-envoy.html

http://www.frenchculture.org/spip.php?rubrique7

http://www.facecouncil.org/performingarts/index.html   

http://us.china-embassy.org/eng/dszl/dshd/t935312.htm

Joanna

Publish your thoughts

Michelle

Publish Your Thoughts

Rebecca MacNamee

Publish your thoughts . . .

Presenting, Touring and Contracts - What a week!

Watch the following videos, listen to the music, read the blogs.

Touring with the Symphony

So, the PSO has a blog about their tour:  http://blogs.pittsburghsymphony.org/ and WQED is hosting a similar blog + interviews:  http://www.wqed.org/fm/blogs/psotours/

Touring with Broadway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqRJw8QGUSw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgOO28r-Vo8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD8NKNwQ0mg

Interview with the managers of a presenting house:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxMqzSpwfTQ

Now, back to the backbone of the course. . . . business models and systems.  At its core, the touring system has not changed since the 19th century. What keeps the model so stable?  Are there emerging opportunities in business or in systems management or in community development that might change this system? 

Yejin

The options are endless -- but if you have any insights from international perspectives, feel free to add those to the mix.

Jesse

You're in the PSO -- so you can delve deeply in that world or venture away to a different land -- up to you :-)

Rachael

You're up to blog-bat -- let 'er rip.

So you want to take it on the road?

We are now in the heart of touring.  This week we have analyzed the overarching system and the frameworks for tour management. Using our readings, videos and discussions each blog leader will focus on one of four questions (I am assigning them but if you want to 'trade' I'm fine with that -- as long as all four are tackled one way or another :-)

Individual posting opportunities are provided for each leader this week.  Discussants -- review all four post then engage in at least one of the conversations. Leaders -- feel free to come back and discuss as well (this week, I'll join in too as inspired).

Blog on -- 

Question 4

For Elizabeth:

•How are current economic forces shifting Presenters? What does that mean for the producing side?

Question 3

For Christina:

•What are the pros and cons of Project Based Touring (administratively, quality of engagement, training considerations)

Question 2

Question for Audrey

•What are the implications for organizations interested in touring if presenters are more interested in non-traditional, international, and multi-cultural work?

Question 1

for Elyssa:

•Is touring internationally any different than domestic? How?