What are the qualities of a strong arts leader?
This is perhaps the most important question as you think about your own career path in the arts. What does success look like for you? What do you need to get there? Everyone will have their own definition. … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2015-10-05
Designing Your Life
Bill Burnett shares his thoughts on one of the toughest questions we all face in life: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Burnett believes that “the notion that you need to have a passion and follow it is a destructive idea” and that by using design-thinking principles, … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2015-10-05
A Career Path Matrix
Bill Barnett shares an easy to implement matrix that can help you determine where your personal objectives are best met when it comes to making career decisions. Matrices are not new tools, … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2015-10-05
Moon Shot: Charting Your Path
A career in the arts. Some (parents) might say that’s an oxymoron. But, if you’re reading this, it’s likely the path you are on. There is, however, a way to navigate the path and perhaps even put the skeptics at ease. … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2015-10-04
Tweets in search of a context: the great acceleration
I have yet to see Best of Enemies, the film documentary on the William F. Buckley, Jr.-Gore Vidal TV debates, originally telecast by ABC in 1968, about which acres of windy prose … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2015-10-05
Fall Photo Plus Video & Monday Recommendation: Scott Robinson
Returning from a weekend reunion of classmates, I drove through the Cascade Mountains as the deciduous trees on Blewett Pass were beginning their glorious fall display … which inspired thoughts of this: Now Comes The Recommendation … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-10-05
More Perfect Union (than with Corcoran): University of Maryland & Phillips Collection Tie the Knot
It seems that Wallace Loh, president of the University of Maryland (UMD), never got over his desire to form a far-reaching partnership with a Washington, D.C., art museum. Change the partner from the (now dismantled) Corcoran … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-10-05
Keel
Marian Seldes observed that one of the great problems of being an actor was accepting, or coming to terms with the inevitable rejection in auditioning for roles each year. Along with artistic capacity … read more
AJBlog: PianoMorphosis Published 2015-10-05
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