Arts Education

Planning & Designing Programs for Maximum Impact - March 29

Presented by: South Jersey Cultural Alliance
Program planning is critical to the development of mission-driven programs that meet constituent needs, demonstrate impact through measurable outcomes and have sustainable marketing and funding strategies. This workshop presented by the Nonprofit Center at La Salle University will explore best practices in program design, development and implementation.

Programs translate mission into action. Program planning is critical to the development of mission-driven programs that meet constituent needs, demonstrate impact through measurable outcomes and have sustainable marketing and funding strategies.

This workshop (presented by the Nonprofit Center at La Salle University) will explore best practices in program design, development and implementation. Key topics include: mission and program alignment, how to involve stakeholders in the planning process, defining outcomes, collaborative programming, program budgeting and measuring impact.

When: Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 9:30 am to 1:30 pm (breakfast served)

Where: Riverfront Rennaisance Center for the Arts, 22 North High Street, Millville NJ

 

Cecelia Fitzgibbon Named to Succeed Dr. Happy Fernandez as President of Moore College of Art & Design

Moore College of Art & Design

Amanda Mott
February 23, 2012
The Boards of Trustees and Managers of Moore College of Art & Design today announced the selection of Cecelia Fitzgibbon as the College’s new president beginning in July 2012. Fitzgibbon will succeed Dr. Happy Craven Fernandez, who announced last May her intent to step down from the leadership post she has held since 1999. Read full story

Lead singers: Singers thrive at Academy of Vocal Arts

Philadelphia Daily News

Jessica Crispin
February 21, 2012
Time cannot silence Verdi, Mozart or Stravinsky, but a lack of money can. This is the unstable world facing opera singers in training at Philadelphia's Academy of Vocal Arts. One of the premier opera training companies in the world, AVA refers to its talented young students as "resident artists" as they make a four-year journey from amateur to fully formed professional opera performers. Read full story

Pubic Access TV here after 27 years

Philadelphia Tribune

Eric Mayes
February 9, 2012
The first broadcast from Philadelphia’s public access television station — Philly Community Access Media — went live this week, capping a 27-year battle to open the airwaves for everyday Philadelphians. Read full story

The Future of Engagement: Social Media and Your Audience

Presented by: Theatre Communications Group

Shane D. Hudson will lead this webinar as he shares his insights into the future of digital engagement within our field. Shane will discuss the latest trends in social media, the future of audience engagement using digital technology and how live theatre can embrace digital audience development. He will also give some brass tack tips and tools for getting started or getting out of the social media rut.

Registration Deadline is Friday, March 23.

 

 

Machine Project: Seeing the Unconventional in the Everyday

Presented by: Theatre Communications Group
With activities ranging from an opera by and for dogs, teaching children how to steal cars and a vacation for houseplants at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, Machine Project is mapping new models of cultural production.

In this webinar, the founder and executive director of Machine Project, Mark Allen, will discuss his vision on how small non-profit organizations can work both independently with artists and in collaboration with large cultural organizations to produce new experiences and ways of seeing the world.

With Mark Allen, founder and executive director, Machine Project 

Mob scenes: Philly students create play from random city violence

Newsworks.org

Peter Crimmins
February 6, 2012
This weekend, another flash mob is coming to Philadelphia -- this time as documentary theater. For three days, Thursday through Saturday, a West Philadelphia charter school is staging a play based on last year's random mob violence. Read full story

Barnes sets prices for new location

Philadelphia Inquirer

Stephen Salisbury
February 2, 2012

 Once the hoopla of its grand opening has subsided in May, the Barnes Foundation will be open six days a week, Wednesday through Monday, from 9:30 in the morning until 6 at night.

Adults will shell out $18 for a ticket to enter the gallery, opening officially to the general public May 19 on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. (Seniors will pay $15 and students $10; children 5 and under are free.)
 

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American Slavery: Bringing Wider Perspectives to Museum Interpretation

Presented by: Independence National Historical PArk, the African American Museum in Philadelphia and the Friends of Independence
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