Investments in Art Fertilize Growth in Rural Towns | Nonprofit Quarterly

Investments in Art Fertilize Growth in Rural Towns | Nonprofit Quarterly:



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A Troubling Report on African American and Latino Arts Organizations | Nonprofit Quarterly

A Troubling Report on African American and Latino Arts Organizations | Nonprofit Quarterly:



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Acting Out in Detention: Using the Arts to Connect Young People - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

Acting Out in Detention: Using the Arts to Connect Young People - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly:



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Solid payoff from arts funding - Winnipeg Free Press

Solid payoff from arts funding - Winnipeg Free Press: "Investing in arts and culture is good for business, the results of a new national survey say.

The survey of Canadians and Canadian businesses, which was conducted on behalf of Toronto-based Business for the Arts (BftA), found more than half (52 per cent) of Canadians said they favour businesses that invest in arts and culture."



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Powerball Winner to Finance Play at Chicago Theater - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Powerball Winner to Finance Play at Chicago Theater - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "Chicago's Goodman Theater will produce a five-hour adaptation of Roberto Bolaño’s novel “2666” entirely with funds provided by Roy Cockrum, who won a $153-million Powerball jackpot in Tennessee last summer, The New York Times reports. The show is scheduled for the 2015-16 season.

The grant, from the Roy Cockrum Foundation, will be “in the high six or low seven figures," according to the theater. "



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Creating a legacy for the arts « Philanthropy North Carolina

Creating a legacy for the arts « Philanthropy North Carolina: "The Carolina Theatre in downtown Durham is a mecca for culture, a catalyst for community, an engine for growth, and a crossroads for past, present and future. After closing in 1988 for renovations, and reopening in 1994, the historic theater has attracted big-name performing artists, as well as emerging voices, and helped kickstart and fuel downtown’s cultural and economic renaissance.

The vision for saving and restoring the theater has inspired a large and eclectic cast of players performing widely diverse roles."



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After Nearly Closing, San Diego Opera in Solid Fiscal Shape – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

After Nearly Closing, San Diego Opera in Solid Fiscal Shape – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "After Nearly Closing, San Diego Opera in Solid Fiscal Shape
The San Diego Opera, which was slated to close down in the spring before it was rescued by a leadership shakeup and an emergency funding campaign, ended the last fiscal year with stable finances, U-T San Diego reports."



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Corcoran Gallery to Shed 150 Jobs as Part of Merger Plan – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Corcoran Gallery to Shed 150 Jobs as Part of Merger Plan – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: About a third of the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s 465 employees are slated to lose their posts next month as part of the financially strapped museum’s planned merger with the National Gallery of Art and George Washington University, according to Washington Business Journal.

Minn. Orchestra Players Take Pay Cut as Long Lockout Ends – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Minn. Orchestra Players Take Pay Cut as Long Lockout Ends – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: A bitter contract standoff that cost the Minnesota Orchestra a full season and its conductor ended Tuesday as musicians approved a three-year deal that will reduce their wages and benefits by roughly 15 percent, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Why Give to the Arts When People Are Starving and Homeless? | Fundraising for Nonprofits

Why Give to the Arts When People Are Starving and Homeless? | Fundraising for Nonprofits

Victory Gardens Theater to Shrink Its 2013-14 Season - NYTimes.com

Victory Gardens Theater to Shrink Its 2013-14 Season - NYTimes.com: Facing years of budget deficits, uneven ticket sales and other financial challenges, the leaders of Victory Gardens Theater of Chicago announced on Monday that they will produce only three shows during the 2013-14 season – instead of the usual five – while trying to generate more revenue by renting out the space to several of the city’s renowned storefront theaters.

Palm Beach Opera streamlines, reinvents itself to stay viable - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

Palm Beach Opera streamlines, reinvents itself to stay viable - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com: The nonprofit took out a long-term lease on 6,000-square-feet to save money on renting out rehearsal spaces daily around town. Instead of buying, it invested $75,000 to upgrade the leased space — aiming to save about that much yearly on rentals. It may save even more, by renting its own space to others.

The investment is part of a larger restructuring by the group that has also meant trimming the number of full-scale operas yearly and attracting younger audiences and multi-year donors to improve finances.

Arts Branding Sucks. Here Are 4 Ways To Fix It | Co.Design: business innovation design

Arts Branding Sucks. Here Are 4 Ways To Fix It | Co.Design: business innovation design: Hollywood movies were as bland and formulaic as their posters, there’d be no point in going to see them. If the writers, directors, and performers on Broadway were as memorable as their publicity materials, their shows would be unwatchable.

Giving to Arts and Culture Rose to $13 Billion in 2011 - Businessweek

Giving to Arts and Culture Rose to $13 Billion in 2011 - Businessweek: Donations to the arts in the U.S. rose about 4.1 percent in 2011, to $13.1 billion, according to a report released today by the Giving USA Foundation.

Such gifts fell 2.9 percent in 2009, the year following the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., and then rose about 5.7 percent in 2010. Arts and culture organizations received 4 percent of U.S. charitable donations last year.

COMIC ARTIST NIGHT @ THE OPERA | Portland Opera

COMIC ARTIST NIGHT @ THE OPERA | Portland Opera: Our latest Comic Artist Night @ The Opera was for CANDIDE, and this time we invited our friends on Twitter! Scroll down to see what our artists came up with. You can also see the comments that appeared on Twitter during the dress rehearsal here and it's not too late to join the fun! Tell us what you think on Twitter and use #pdxCandide to tweet your thoughts about the artwork and our production of CANDIDE. The artists' work will also be on display in the Keller Auditorium Lobby at Leonard Bernstein's CANDIDE, May 11, 13m, 17, 19.

In the Arts: $18-Million Gift to Support Drama at Yale - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

In the Arts: $18-Million Gift to Support Drama at Yale - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: In the Arts: $18-Million Gift to Support Drama at Yale

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Yale University’s theater school has received an $18-million donation to support the development and production of new stage works, writes The Hartford Courant.

Know Your Arts Advocates: The League Of American Orchestras' Heather Noonan : The Record : NPR

Know Your Arts Advocates: The League Of American Orchestras' Heather Noonan : The Record : NPR: This weekend, a handful of those arts advocates convened in New York City as part of the annual conference for Association of Performing Arts Presenters. We spoke with representatives from the Future of Music Coalition, Americans for the Arts and APAP itself. Here's what some of the tiny number of people who lobby for arts in America have been up to:

Nonprofit Theater Companies Enjoying, Well, Profits - NYTimes.com

Nonprofit Theater Companies Enjoying, Well, Profits - NYTimes.com: While money is tight these days for nonprofit theaters nationwide — with Intiman Theater in Seattle becoming the latest to face closing, amid heavy debts — New York’s major nonprofits are financially stable by comparison, their leaders say. But they are becoming more aggressive about producing work that can sell tickets, as a hedge against the unpredictability of private donations and subscription renewals.

Rubin Museum receives $25 million gift from Shelley and Donald Rubin

Rubin Museum receives $25 million gift from Shelley and Donald Rubin: NEW YORK, N.Y.- Robert M. Baylis, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Rubin Museum announced that the Museum has received a $25 million gift from Shelley and Donald Rubin, the Museum’s founders. The gift will be dedicated to helping fund operations, exhibitions and programs over the next five years as the Rubin continues its initiatives to diversify its leadership and broaden its funding base. In support of these goals, Mr. Baylis concurrently announced that Patrick Sears has been named Deputy Director of the Museum and Cynthia Guyer has been appointed to the newly created position of Head of External Affairs.

Can the symphony be saved? - Music News: Artists. Songs. Videos - Salon.com

Can the symphony be saved? - Music News: Artists. Songs. Videos - Salon.com: The problems are easy to identify: The recession has pummeled charitable giving and endowments, while the audience has continued to age. Many large orchestras have been juggling high operating costs and diminishing revenues for years, so they were especially vulnerable to the downturn. Local governments and benefactors, under pressure of their own, are less able to save the day.