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NAMAC releases 2011 Regional Report: Media Arts Organizations in the Evolving Digital Landscape
In 2010 and 2011, NAMAC set out to better understand the challenges, opportunities and emerging strategies for independent media arts organizations in the digital era. Through four regional gatherings, a total of 64 media arts leaders in Boston, Philadelphia, the San Francisco Bay Area and Texas shared their experiences. Following the gatherings, NAMAC commissioned a series of eight case studies to learn more. This Report from the Field synthesizes key findings from all four convenings and incorporates rich illustrations gleaned from the case studies.
Introducing the 2011 Leadership Institute for Visual Arts Organizations cohort
NAMAC is pleased to announce the participants in our third Leadership Institute for Visual Arts Organizations.
Meet the Leading Creatively panelists
Meet our eight panelists who will be participating in NAMAC's Leading Creatively Blog Salon, happening December 13-17, 2010. We've assembled a thoughtful team of leaders, consultants, educators, and practitioners for this week-long discussion of current issues in leadership in the arts.
Looking Back: The Jewish High Holidays and Arts Organizations
I have been thinking about my time at NAMAC and in a larger way, about how this practice of looking back can be helpful in my future work as an arts professional.
Leadership Institute 2010 Another Success
Seventeen leaders from thirteen member organizations met for five days this August in rural Oregon to develop their leadership capacities and establish deep peer connections.
Listening Deeply: A Subtle Art for Leadership Success
I’ve been thinking a lot about listening as a critical leadership skill. The best leaders I’ve known have been great listeners.
The Opportunity for Leadership in Challenging Times
In a survey released earlier this year, the Conference Board discovered that job satisfaction among workers in the United States is at its lowest level in two decades.
A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE NAMAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NAMAC is now recruiting candidates to run for positions on its Board of Directors. Nominations are due to the NAMAC office by 5pm. Candidates must submit a short paragraph (100 words or less). The statement should include biographical information and a compelling argument for electing the candidate to the board.
Bringing Community Media into the University: A Strategy for Developing Media Arts Programs
Community media work has always been hard to fund, and it’s only getting tougher with today’s economy. Meanwhile, universities are looking for creative ways to reach out to the communities that surround them and have the resources to do it. As a media artist/educator living in a university town, it occurred to me that I could design the kind of participatory, social change oriented media projects I’m passionate about in a way that meets the university’s needs. So I put these puzzle pieces together and over the past two years developed the Art of Regional Change (ARC) at the University of California Davis, 15 miles west of Sacramento.
Status Update: Disconnecting…See You In A Few Days
Connecting with people has never been easier than it is today. Thanks to technology and social networking, we are literally able to get up-to-the-second updates about the comings and goings of hundreds of “friends” near and far. This is powerful and exciting. Yet it seems as visual arts administrators, we’ve got so much to do and so little time to do it that we are rarely able to meaningfully connect with each other. This summer, however, I had the chance to “disconnect” from status updates and text messages and connect with an impressive group of arts professionals at the 2009 NAMAC Leadership Institute for Visual Arts Organizations.
