Arts Participation Leadership Initiative - Resources

Related Readings from the Focus on Innovation Forum

 

Related Readings from the Focus on Yakima Arts Forum

• Creative Placemaking (PDF) by Ann Markusen and Anne Gadwa. This white paper is for The Mayors’ Institute on City Design, a leadership initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the United States Conference of Mayors and American Architectural Foundation.
• Press Release - Study Shows the Majority of Arts Graduates Find Satisfying Work, Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP)
• Toronto Symphony Orchestra strikes gold with the kids, LA Times Culture Monster blog.

 

Related Readings from the Young Adult Audiences Forum

• Ten Trends of 20-Somethings by Marian Salzman, President of Euro RSCG Worldwide PR.
• Who are the Millennials, why do we need them, and how do we engage them? by Gary Steuer on his blog Arts, Culture and Creative Economy.
• The Millennials by Scott Keeter and Paul Taylor, from the Pew Research Center website.
• Tracking the Generational Shift in Brand Loyalty, by Barry Silverstein, on the Brand Channel website.

 

Related Readings from the Changing Demographics Forum

• Demographic Transformation and the Future of Museums (PDF) by American Association of Museums;
• The Latino Experience In Museums (PDF) by featured speaker Salvador Acevedo, Executive Director of Contemporanea;and
• Lionsgate & Televisa Join Forces to Target Hispanic Market By Brent Lang.
• Evidence-based Stategies to Promote Pluralism in the Arts By Charles C. Smith
• The Generational Effect- Customer Loyalty across the Generations By Howard Lax

 

Related Readings from the Audience Engagment Forum

• Mission Unaccomplished (PDF) – an excellent essay on the place of learning in performing arts organizations, a provocation paper by Sara Robinson and Teo Greenstreet, 2006.
• Hannah Rudman on “Organizational Porosity” and user-generated content (video message to project audience, 2009).
• How not to handle a critic, So much drama! - an article in the Globe and Mail by J. Kelly Nestruck on what happens when you try to muzzle audience feedback.
• Dancers Adopt a City and Vice Versa - an article in the New York Times by Claudia La Rocco on the Trey McIntyre Project a dance company defined around engagement.
• Pacific Symphony to tweet during live concert - another orchestra dabbles in tweets as explored in this Orange County Register article by Timothy Mangan.

 

 

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