Thursday, July 2, 2009

Michael Kaiser / Arts in Crisis News

Some updates on the progress of Michael Kaiser and the Kennedy Center's Arts in Crisis initiative...

Here's a piece from the AP.
Here's a blog post by Michael Kaiser on HuffPo.

Also, I've just finished Kaiser's book "The Art of the Turnaround" and have found it to be a useful addition to my thinking about the nature of healthy vs. unhealthy arts organizations. Kaiser's book sometimes veers into personal anecdotes of the impressive artists he had the chance to work with at Alvin Ailey, ABT, The Royal Opera, and the Kennedy Center, but is at its best when he brings his intuition and analysis to the travails of these organizations. For those wanting to peruse the book, I recommend the Introduction and his section on 10 Rules for arts orgs.

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