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Thank you to the many people who have been blog contributors to, and readers of ArtsBlog over the years. ArtsBlog has long been a space where we uplifted stories from the field that demonstrated how the arts strengthen our communities socially, educationally, and economically; where trends and issues and controversies were called out; and advocacy tools were provided to help you make the case for more arts funding and favorable arts policies.

As part of Americans for the Arts’ recent Strategic Realignment Process, we were asked to evaluate our storytelling communications platforms and evolve the way we share content. As a result, we launched the Designing Our Destiny portal to explore new ways of telling stories and sharing information, one that is consistent with our longtime practice of, “No numbers without a story, and no stories without a number.”

As we put our energy into developing this platform and reevaluate our communications strategies, we have put ArtsBlog on hold. That is, you can read past blog posts, but we are not posting new ones. You can look to the Designing Our Destiny portal and our news items feed on the Americans for the Arts website for stories you would have seen in ArtsBlog in the past.

ArtsBlog will remain online through this year as we determine the best way to archive this valuable resource and the knowledge you’ve shared here.

As ever, we are grateful for your participation in ArtsBlog and thank you for your work in advancing the arts. It is important, and you are important for doing it.

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Denise Montgomery

A Cornucopia of Audience Development Resources and Research

Posted by Denise Montgomery, Oct 20, 2011 0 comments


Denise Montgomery

After staring at the stack of audience development research on my desk, I finally decided to turn it into something useful: an Annotated Bibliography of Audience Development Resources.

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Mr. Matt Levine

Sports and the Arts: Joined at the Marketing Hip

Posted by Mr. Matt Levine, Jan 19, 2012 0 comments


Mr. Matt Levine

Benchmarking can bevaluable - in other words, probing other industries to determine their best functional practices that inform one's own special needs.

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Ms. Jill Robinson

Data that matters: three metrics to grow audience relationships

Posted by Ms. Jill Robinson, Jun 02, 2014 0 comments


Ms. Jill Robinson

Prioritizing patronage can have a real impact—on year-over-year revenues, the volume of people attending and visiting arts and cultural organizations, organizational relevance, and more.

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Ms. Anna Prushinskaya


Ms. Sara Billmann

Calling all Adventurers! and Other Market Research findings

Posted by Ms. Anna Prushinskaya, Ms. Sara Billmann, May 16, 2016 0 comments


Ms. Anna Prushinskaya


Ms. Sara Billmann

Univeristy Musical Society works to develop insights into how exemplary performing arts organizations can successfully expand their audiences and retain them over time.

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Mr. Tim Baker


Mr. Steven Roth

The Theory of Relativity

Posted by Mr. Tim Baker, Mr. Steven Roth, Apr 02, 2013 0 comments


Mr. Tim Baker


Mr. Steven Roth

Einstein’s theory of relativity (which isn’t going to be the subject of this article) can be applied to just about anything. 

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John Hawthorne

6 Ways Millennials are Changing Charitable Giving

Posted by John Hawthorne, Jun 15, 2017 0 comments


John Hawthorne

Data shows that millennials are just as generous as previous generations. But when it comes to how they give, their means and methods are significantly different.

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Judith H. Dobrzynski

The Road to Participation: Countering Misperceptions

Posted by Judith H. Dobrzynski, Oct 16, 2018 0 comments


Judith H. Dobrzynski

Reviewing theoretical and data-driven research, along with practical experiences from arts organizations over the past 10 years, The Wallace Foundation and its partners have developed a much better understanding of the reasons people choose to go, or not to go, to an arts performance or exhibition. The decision is not a simple case of yes or no.

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