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Reinventing Education To Teach Creativity And Entrepreneurship (may 14 @ 10:06 AM)
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Posted By: Dawn Ansbro
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Written by: Jennifer Medbery We don’t need to memorize things any more, but we still need teachers to guide our students toward learning the best ways to problem solve. The question is: How do you measure that? As you read this, students all over the country are sitting for state standardized exams. Schools spend up to 40% of the year on test prep, so that, shall we say, no child is left behind. Schools’ futures and funding depend on the number of students who fall into performance bands like “Advanced," “Proficient,” and “Approaching Basic” based on bubble sheets and number two pencils. |
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Art is a Business! (feb 27 @ 11:32 AM)
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Posted By: Dawn Ansbro
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 By: Keith Bond
Let’s face it, if you want to sell your art and make money, you must realize this simple truth…
Art is a business.
Sure, it isn’t romantic. And most artists have that romanticized idea of just creating all day and having freedom to do what you want, when you want. It’s all about “me”. Well, you could go that route. But here is another truth:
Art is a business.
And i ... More
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Monday, February 27, 2012
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NEA Announces New Research on Artists in the Workforce (dec 20 @ 4:35 PM)
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Posted By: Dawn Ansbro
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Research offers industry-specific, regional, and demographic data on the 2.1 million artists working in the U.S. For immediate release from the NEA
October 28, 2011 There are 2.1 million artists in the United States workforce, and a large portion of them -- designers -- contribute to industries whose products Americans use every day, according to new research from the National Endowment for the Arts. Artists and Arts Workers in the United States offers the first combined analysis of artists and industries, state and metro employment rates, and new demographic information such as age, education levels, income, ethnicity, and other social characteristics. This latest report builds on earlier NEA research -- Artists in the Workforce: 1990 - 2005 -- which identified key traits that differentiated artists from other U.S. workers. That report found artists to be entrepreneurial (more likel ... More
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
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IF THE AVENUES TO SHOWCASE THE VALUES OF CREATIVITY DON’T EXIST, BUILD THEM (dec 5 @ 11:48 AM)
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Posted By: Dawn Ansbro
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By Simón Perazza (borrowed from www.artsmarketing.org) 12/1/2011 As an industry, artists and arts organizations have always had to get creative about how they communicate their craft to demonstrate their value beyond aesthetics. Not given to succumbing under the pressure of a challenge, the creative community has reinvented itself and its business model to diversify revenue streams and maintain sustainability in a changing marketplace. In Michigan, artists and arts and culture organizations have endured systematic cuts to funding support, resulting in a 91 percent decrease over the past decade, placing the state among the bottom five in per capita arts funding. Arts organizations and managers intensified their grant-writing and fundraising initiatives to continue providing critical programs and services for the community, while becoming even more strategic and efficient in their promotions to attract new audiences. Unfortunately ... More
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Monday, December 05, 2011
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The Arts Have the Power to Transform Whole Communities (nov 28 @ 10:39 AM)
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Posted By: Dawn Ansbro
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By Jan Allan Zarr  This is evident in how well designed programs in the arts have boosted academic achievement and nurtured the development of well-rounded students and the community within. Playwright, Wendy Wasserstein stated "The arts reflect profoundly the most democratic credo, the belief in an individual vision or voice... The arts' belief in potential gives each of us -- both audience and creator -- pride in our society's ability to nurture individuals."
The commonality that statement brings is the value and belief that the Arts are important to us, to our lives and to our community. The Arts inspire creativity in each of us individually; however, they breathe life into our communities. What we know to be true, throughout histo ... More
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Monday, November 28, 2011
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Non Profit Film Financing (nov 28 @ 9:42 AM)
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Posted By: Dawn Ansbro
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By Jon M. Garon
Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, PC For guerrilla and digital filmmakers, nonprofit grants often go unnoticed. Many nonprofit organizations are willing to participate in independent film projects. Some invest in film as an art form regardless of content, while others support particular projects because they are interested in promoting the message of the filmmaker—this is particularly true for documentary film. Another selling point of nonprofit investment in independent filmmaking is that the donors’ return on investment is guaranteed. Given the number of independent films that never recoup any of the investors’ principal, shrewd supporters may prefer the more general benefit provided by a charitable tax deduction than the unlikely chance that they will see an equivalent return on their investment. Moreover, the tax deduction occurs at the time of the donation, so the return is immediate and without risk. For first-time filmmakers, particu ... More
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Monday, November 28, 2011
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Home-Made Records, Nice and Legal (oct 27 @ 1:57 PM)
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Posted By: Gary Schuster
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Music technology has reached a state where almost anyone can make an album of reasonable quality at home. Reproducing that album as compact discs could cost less than a dollar a unit. Many websites now offer a low-cost or no-cost avenue of distribution. Music production and distribution is now truly available to the masses. It’s only a matter of time until a home-made album becomes a huge break-out hit. However, to be protected from legal claims or litigation, a home-made record producer needs to obtain a fair number of written licenses and releases:
• Musician releases: Every musician and singer whose recorded performance appears on the record must give the producer a signed release granting permission. The permission must be broad enough to cover everything the producer might someday want to do with the recording.
• Mechanical licenses: when a record company wants to put a song on an album, it needs permission from the owner of the song, generally the music publisher. For ... More
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
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Many Good Reasons to Register Copyrights (oct 27 @ 1:56 PM)
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Posted By: Gary Schuster
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When a new Copyright Act was passed in 1976, the law abandoned a centuries-old requirement that works of authorship must be formally registered in order to gain copyright protection. Under the new regime, copyright springs into existence from the moment a work is “fixed in any tangible medium of expression, now known or later developed, from which they can be perceived, reproduced or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device.”
The requirement for registration was eliminated because it was felt that it had become an unnecessary formality, and that works ought to be afforded protection without such formality. Even so, registration was encouraged in other sections of the Copyright Act. There remain many good reasons to register works for copyright protection.
First, if a third party unlawfully infringes upon a copyright, the copyright owner may not even bring a legal action unless the infringed work is actually registered for copyright ... More
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
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