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As I have been sitting back at my desk at Americans for the Arts this afternoon, I’ve had a hard time coming up with a way to describe what I experienced last night at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It could be the lack of sleep, the lack of coffee, or [...] Continue reading Yo-Yo Ma Spins an Emotional Tale of “Art for Life’s Sake” Sixteen years ago, I had surgery to remove a tumor from inside my spinal cord. Although the tumor was benign, the surgery paralyzed me from the neck down. I spent six weeks in a hospital and months learning to walk again. I called upon my artist-self during those darkest hours. My fingers were the first [...] Almost one year ago, I posted The Top Ten Reasons to Support the Arts in response to a business leader who wanted to make a compelling case for government and corporate contributions to the arts. Being a busy guy, he didn’t want a lot to read: “Keep it to one page, please.” With the arts [...] Continue reading 10 Reasons to Support the Arts in 2012 (from Arts Watch) 
Collectively, we know the arts accomplish more than what meets the eye (or the ear), but sometimes there are partnerships which are attention grabbing for their creative approach. The collaboration between Aetna and the Center for Puppetry Arts is one of those partnerships. Well…whose attention wouldn’t be pulled towards a puppet called ‘Little Noodle’? ‘Little [...] Continue reading Partnerships Between Arts and Business Have Pasta-bility It is now more important than ever to defend funding and preservation of the arts. This was the subject of “Making the Case for the Arts,” a session at this year’s Americans for the Arts convention. While many reasons for supporting the arts were addressed, Randy Cohen, Vice President of Research and Policy at Americans [...] Continue reading Finding the Right Words: Facts and Figures to Aid Your Fight for the Arts |
    
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