Blog Posts for Robert Lynch

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Mr. Robert Lynch

Advancing Diversity by Empowering the Arts in Our Nation’s Education Decision-making

Posted by Mr. Robert Lynch, Sep 10, 2018 0 comments


Mr. Robert Lynch

As young people around the country return to school, educators take the helm of their classrooms, and educational leaders build learning communities that inspire creative and innovative teaching and learning, the arts education community along with public and private sector leaders join together once again to celebrate National Arts in Education Week. As this school year begins, local school districts and state education leaders have more resources and policies under their supervision than ever before. Our job is to encourage, enable, and empower advocates to get to the negotiating table to strengthen arts education! They need to hear from us. Starting this week, we should get arts education leaders at every table for every decision impacting education and certainly arts education from here on out! 

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Mr. Robert Lynch

The Importance of the Arts in our Communities: Robert L. Lynch and Laura Zabel

Posted by Mr. Robert Lynch, Nov 02, 2015 0 comments


Mr. Robert Lynch

October means something very important to the arts world and to communities throughout the United States -- National Arts and Humanities Month, now in its 30th year. Citizens of Minnesota have celebrated through numerous events that proudly showcase the state as an eclectic and dynamic artistic community, rich in cultural heritage.

It is fitting, then, that our capital city be the starting point for a nationwide dialogue exploring the future of local arts in America and the ways that community members can shape that future.

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Ms. Caitlin Holland

Happy New Year from Americans for the Arts!

Posted by Ms. Caitlin Holland, Jan 04, 2014 0 comments


Ms. Caitlin Holland

All of us at Americans for the Arts wish you a very happy New Year, and congratulate all of you on your valuable work creating, enhancing, and advancing the arts in America last year!We can't wait to see what innovative and creative work will be done in the arts in 2014!

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Mr. Clayton W. Lord

Resilient Roads and Community Visions

Posted by Mr. Clayton W. Lord, Nov 04, 2015 0 comments


Mr. Clayton W. Lord

In 1995, as you surely know, Oklahoma City was the site of a bombing. A man drove a truck up one of the streets in downtown, pulled into a parking lot, went into a church and prayed, left, drove another block and parked in front of a federal building. Then he got out and blew the truck up, killing over 140 people including a bunch of children who were in a daycare in the building.

I got to see the memorial that was built on the site of the bombing. That road is now a glassy slip of water bounded on each end by gates. Where the building was, there are now ornamental chairs—smaller for children, larger for adults—to commemorate each life lost. Across the street, a gigantic, swooning tree that survived the blast stands guard. And throughout the city, at all of the street intersections that became makeshift helipads when responders rushed to the scene, there are deep red and tan bricks laid in resonating circles that pulsate out. The tragedy and the resilience of the place have literally been embedded in the roads, and the vision and perseverance of the people has been memorialized through art.

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Mr. Robert Lynch

Bob Lynch's Statement Receiving the Sidney R. Yates Award from APAP 1/14/14

Posted by Mr. Robert Lynch, Jan 15, 2014 0 comments


Mr. Robert Lynch

Statement made at the Association of Performing Arts Presenters' Awards Conference on January 14, where I was honored with the Sidney R. Yates Award:

My very first National Arts management training came from Association for Performing Arts Presenters conferences in the mid-seventies. I needed that because my presenting passions were not usually very lucrative: prisons, senior centers, inner-city and rural communities, large, all-embracing community festivals.

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