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Scene Change
Why Today's Nonprofit Arts Organizations Have to Stop Producing Art and Start Producing Impact
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eBook - ePub
Scene Change
Why Today's Nonprofit Arts Organizations Have to Stop Producing Art and Start Producing Impact
About this book
'Alan is a visionary who believes that theatre changes lives for the better, and who creates teams who make sure that it does.' Russell Willis Taylor, Former CEO, National Arts Strategies
Nonprofit arts organizations have to place nonprofit ahead of arts in order to thrive in these pre-post-pandemic days. Most currently don’t. Scene change is a phrase tied to the arts when discussing a literal change from one scene in a play to another, eliciting a new time, place, and situation. Here, however, it refers to actions made at this pivotal moment within the entire sector, where the rules that went into play over half a century ago can no longer apply for the arts to serve their nonprofit purpose. That charitable purpose – to help those who need the help – cannot exist in an environment of privilege, exclusivity, and the subjective concept of excellence. Excellence does not put food on a hungry person’s table, if they even have a table. In his brilliantly unpretentious, snarky, and hilarious style, Alan Harrison pulls no punches. He identifies and addresses elitism, defines and defuses toxicity, and provides outlines for success, including a hopeful prediction for the future. This book also provides context for the pinball journeys of a 30-year adventure, leading nonprofit arts organizations in America – warts and all.
Nonprofit arts organizations have to place nonprofit ahead of arts in order to thrive in these pre-post-pandemic days. Most currently don’t. Scene change is a phrase tied to the arts when discussing a literal change from one scene in a play to another, eliciting a new time, place, and situation. Here, however, it refers to actions made at this pivotal moment within the entire sector, where the rules that went into play over half a century ago can no longer apply for the arts to serve their nonprofit purpose. That charitable purpose – to help those who need the help – cannot exist in an environment of privilege, exclusivity, and the subjective concept of excellence. Excellence does not put food on a hungry person’s table, if they even have a table. In his brilliantly unpretentious, snarky, and hilarious style, Alan Harrison pulls no punches. He identifies and addresses elitism, defines and defuses toxicity, and provides outlines for success, including a hopeful prediction for the future. This book also provides context for the pinball journeys of a 30-year adventure, leading nonprofit arts organizations in America – warts and all.
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Art & BusinessTable of contents
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Dependence and Show Biz
- Chapter 2: Donors Donate So That Donors May Attend
- Chapter 3: The Oral Roberts School of Fundraising
- Chapter 4: He Who Serves Two Masters Has to Lie to One
- Chapter 5: DEI and the Bathtub
- Chapter 6: Because, You Know, the Pandemic
- Chapter 7: Art, Artists, Arts Organizations, and Your Arts Organization
- Chapter 8: Leadership…Beware the Minutiae
- Chapter 9: Things You Can Do Right Now
- Chapter 10: The Future—Nonprofits, Arts Organizations, and Saving Humankind
- About Alan Harrison
- A Special Note to You, the Reader
- Back Cover