Again, on boards
The huge response to my post When should a board fire itself – and to numerous other posts, tweets, and facebook comments on Factory Theatre’s firing of artistic director Ken Gass – is another indication of how forcefully a board’s actions can reverberate throughout the community, eliciting anger, questions, fears and, unfortunately, division.
It highlights how crucial it is for volunteer board members to understand the context within which their organization exists and the role it plays within the arts community.
At the very least, the Factory situation should spur every arts professional in Toronto to a rigorous course of study and discussion around governance – defined as “the shared obligation of arts professionals and the board for accountability, responsibility and structures that ensure the ongoing health, more
The Audiences Project…continues
Much of the work of Creative Trust’s three-year Audiences Project has a life beyond the project: I’m particularly proud of the foundation we’ve laid for continuing work around arts education, arts access, diversifying audiences, and data bases and systems. Here are a few highlights:
Arts Education: Both because of its fundamental importance as the way people first experience, enjoy and become inspired by the arts, and as an increasingly important commitment by companies to arts access and community building, this was a transformational part of the Audiences Project. The Performing Arts Education Overview filled a gap in knowledge and information about the contribution of performing arts companies to arts education. It has also become a rallying cry and starting point for what we hope will be real growth in the excellence of these more Continue reading →
Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO) 
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