by Aislinn Rose
Praxis Theatre and The Original Norwegian begin workshopping You Should Have Stayed Home together this week. We’ll be watching related G20 videos together, and continuing the process of adapting Tommy’s Facebook note for the stage. I’ll be tweeting throughout the workshop, and you can follow along with @praxistheatre via the hashtag #G20Romp.
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I will also be waking up bright and early on Thursday morning to attend the Business for the Arts Breakfast with Shannon Litzenberger. Live tweets can be followed via the hashtag #bizarts, while Shannon talks to us about the future of arts funding in Canada.
Please feel free to join the conversations by sending questions and comments my way throughout.
by Shannon Litzenberger
With the growth of the arts sector easily outpacing the growth of public investment, we have found ourselves in a difficult situation, asking questions about how to protect and sustain our current assets while nurturing the growth and development of future generations of artists.
The capitalization models that succeeded in past phases of industry growth make less sense today when existing organizations are struggling to find stability and so many new high potential ideas and innovations are left unfunded by government sources.
What are the new business models and resourcing strategies that will provide a platform for the next generation of development in the sector? How can we better engage the private sector and form new partnerships that will enhance our potential for success?
Beyond lagging public investment, the arts sector is also adapting to other environmental shifts. Previously declining levels of arts education in the public school system have produced a generation of adults entering the work force with little relationship to the arts. The advancement of digital technology, particularly in the last decade has had a profound effect on the creation and distribution of creative content to audiences, presenting both new challenges and opportunities for the sector.
How have these shifts affected audience participation? How have we adapted? What are the barriers to fully leveraging new digital opportunities?
Click here for the Evite for this Business for the Arts lecture on theses topics and more as the Metcalf Arts Policy Fellow addresses the key issues facing cultural leaders across the country. For more info check out Shannon’s blog: The Arts Policy Diaries
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