“Kimerly Rorschach, new SAM director, is a museum-builder,” runs the headline in the Seattle Times the morning after Rorschach’s appointment was announced. It’s an odd lede because Seattle Art Museum–and the Seattle Asian Art Museum and Olympic Sculpture Park–are, well…built. Continue reading Cash-Strapped and Debt-Burdened, Seattle’s Major Arts Institutions Face Leadership Transitions, Too
With Valentine’ Day coming up, Starbucks decided to partner up with KEXP and Seattle Theatre Group to draft their own love letter to the arts community in Seattle. So it is that next Thursday brings the inaugural Little Big Show to the Neptune, with all proceeds going to local non-profit Arts Corps, which provides young people with access to arts education. Continue reading SunBreak Giveaway: Starbucks Puts On a Little Big Show with Pickwick and Fly Moon Royalty
This post would have been a review of Wim Wenders’ film Pina, his 3D film about Pina Bausch, which had a “secret” screening for SIFF members last night at SIFF’s Uptown theater. About a week ago, an invitation popped into my overstuffed email inbox, offering me a free sneak peek. I happen to be a new SIFF member, and while I get invited to press screenings, there’s nothing like the feeling of seeing a film with a “real” audience, so I was happy to try this benefit out. Continue reading Adventures in Arts Marketing: Le Mot Juste & the Power of Ritual
Books, condoms, musicals, and retraining the homeless. There are a lot of ways to explore the psyche of a city, but surely one of the most credible is simply noting where its money goes. There, the Seattle Foundation’s recent GiveBIG campaign offers plenty of insight. 3.6-million-dollars’ worth. Continue reading Seattle Values Start with Books and Condoms
Former Seattle mayor Norm Rice, the foundation’s president and CEO, captures the good intentions behind the effort: “GiveBIG provides an opportunity to see how much good we can do as a community, working together.” Updates will be announced throughout the day on the Seattle Foundation’s Facebook page.
The Seattle Foundation has already had to add server capacity this morning, passing the $1 million mark by 10:16 a.m. Continue reading The GiveBIG Experiment Goes Live–But Will It Go Really Big?
Jeremy Barker, our At-Large Arts contributor, forwarded me some “new thinking,” that reminded me of the kinds of solutions that conflict with institutional values. Joanna Harmon in Minneapolis asks:
“What if small companies and loose collectives of theatre artists were enabled by a single group of administrators, rather than each company reinventing its administrative wheel?”
This will sound more or less interesting to you–I’m willing to bet–depending upon your role in arts administration. Continue reading Arts Marketing for Dummies
