Invest in the Arts and Creativity, Invest in Wisconsin’s Future: Guest Post by Anne Katz
Anne Katz is the Executive Director of Arts Wisconsin. After reading my last post about Arts Spending in Wisconsin, she asked if she could write a guest post offering action…
Rethinking the Arts: Arts Spending in Wisconsin and the US
Arts Spending in Wisconsin Wisconsin ranks 48th out of 50 states for public funding for the arts. In 2018, Wisconsin's state budget for the arts is $811,800 (14 cents per capita), which…
Rethinking the Arts: Calling for a Paradigm Shift
Whenever I tell people that I'm a (full-time) artist, they generally have one of two reactions: "Oh, for a living?" When I answer yes, they ask, "Full-time?" When I answer…
A Letter to My Creative Community
To my fellow creators: In 2016, we experienced one of the most critical elections of our time, an election that regardless of your politics, regardless of whether you woke up the…
Art and Leadership: the power and purpose of creativity
I recently wrote an article called “The Myth of the Starving Artist—and what it can teach us about job security.” In it, I discuss how society’s attitude towards art parallels…