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What Defines a Philanthropic Pioneer? Celebrating The Boeing Company’s 100 Years of Giving
Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, The Boeing Company exemplifies how a committed corporate citizen can shape and impact its community.
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“Pokémon Go” to the Art
Museums and cultural institutions across the nation are recognizing the newfound opportunity to diversify its audiences through the wildly popular Pokémon Go game.
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Fifteen Things Americans Believe About the Arts
From tattoos to political candidates to arts education, here are 15 things we heard from the American public in our most recent public opinion survey.
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Americans Speak Out About the Arts: An In-Depth Look at Perceptions and Attitudes about the Arts in
How does the American public feel about the arts? Do they value artistic activities and arts education? We asked these and other questions in one of the largest public opinion studies about the arts ever conducted.
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What is Our Calling? by Robert E. Gard
This is the first in a weekly series of posts drawn from the newly released book, "To Change the Face & Heart of America: Selected Writings on the Arts and Communities, 1949-1992," by Robert E. Gard. This excerpt, "Invocation: What Is Our Calling?," was originally published in 1969.
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For the Love of It: Lifelong Joy Through the Arts
The powerful effects of the arts on our well-being is undeniable. We do it because we enjoy the act of creation, even if it’s just for ourselves. But mostly, it’s for the love of it.
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Are You Here to Serve, Support, or Save?
When we propose to contribute toward making a place more healthy, equitable, and vibrant, we should be in and of the community—but not saving the people in it.
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Standards, and Rubrics, and Arts, Oh My!
Ohio is investing in arts education assessment in a BIG way.
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A Shared Vision
Why don't more private foundations fund arts advocacy? Worse, why are we seeing funders across the country moving away from the supporting the arts at all? These were key questions that the leadership of the State Arts Action Network brought with us to Boston for the 2016 Americans for the Arts Convention.
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Building Better Business and an Engaged Workforce Through Design
An office, study space, or hospital room is rarely seen as a space that is ripe with opportunities for artistic engagement. However, Steelcase—a global leader in office furniture, interior architecture, and space solutions—sees each spatial design opportunity in much the same way an artist views a blank canvas.
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We Failed Before We Succeeded
In a lively discussion at AFTACON, one participant shared that a school in her area tells its students the word “Fail” stands for “First Attempt in Learning.” I embrace this interpretation. Failure can be an opportunity to fall back and regroup—and then come back at the challenge with renewed energy, a sharper strategy, and perhaps and a bigger megaphone
