Yes! I finally found a video from Michael Kaiser's Arts in Crisis tour. The reason that I'm so happy about this is because I am a mentor for Arts in Crisis and I missed his appearance in New York because it was sold out.
So, Michael spoke in Wisconsin back in August. Here it is for those of you who are interested.
I only got half way though the presentation, but here are my comments so far:
- As far as I heard, there isn't a concrete solution to the crisis for arts organizations who must raise more money. As far as I'm concerned, this was a "pep talk" to get everyone excited. This isn't a bad thing, but excitement can only take organizations so far.
- His best quote was, "We are in the business to do exciting things."
- Michael also said, "What creates revenue for arts organizations is great art communicated by great marketing." Hmmm, is that a new business model?! Would that fly if I had to report quarterly results to my share holders?
- Arts organizations should plan out 4-5 years in advance.
Oh, if only that were possible for so many large and small organizations, it would make business development so much easier!
I will listen to the rest of the presentation this week. In the meantime, here are nice comments from an attendee.
Also, check out this discussion on The Chronicle of Philanthropy about new ways for arts organizations to finance their operations.
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