Category: americans for the arts
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Lost Angels
I’m driving to Los Angeles today to meet up with my colleagues on the Emerging Leader Council of Americans for the Arts for our annual Winter Meeting and planning session. We’ll spend two days working out how we want to spend our year together, what we can do for Emerging Leader networks nationally, and what…
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An Open Letter to My Literary Community
Dear Writers of America, Why aren’t you more actively engaged in supporting federal, state, and local funding for the arts? Many of us, myself included, have found personal benefit in this funding. Several years ago, I was one of 11 artists to receive a $5,000 grant for poetry from the Arizona Commission on the Arts.…
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Ballmer
I spent my weekend up in Baltimore at the Americans for the Arts Mid-Century Summit. It was awesome. I presented on a panel called “Leadership and Influence,” and talked about my experience “embedding” myself in the DC area arts community after moving here two years ago. I spent quality time with the Emerging Leaders Council…
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The Future of Arts Leadership Green Paper
This season, Americans for the Arts is hosting an online salon on arts-related topics surrounding our future. As part of our work of the Emerging Leader Council, I crafted this green paper in collaboration with the ELC’s ideas about where our leaders (and leadership) are heading. You can follow and participate in the discussion here.…
Charles Jensen | Writer 