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Rule Your Market—Blue Ocean Strategy Sidesteps the Sharks

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The Ann Arbor, Michigan-based team was motivated by the desire to find solutions for struggling businesses like the Detroit automobile producers. Clowns, acrobats, and trapeze artists entertain. The results signal success within their community, and ABMS is now investigating how to grow interest beyond the member boards.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Arts & Culture

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So, while there are a few global and national options below, most are targeted to their communities. The arts and culture focus areas in this list include performing arts, artists, art education programs, museums, visual arts, and beyond. Oregon Community Foundation. The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Arts & Culture

Kindful

So, while there are a few global and national options below, most are targeted to their communities. The arts and culture focus areas in this list include performing arts, artists, art education programs, museums, visual arts, and beyond. Oregon Community Foundation. The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.

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The Public Argument About Arts Support as Seen through the Lens of the Detroit Institute of Arts

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Earlier this month, the Detroit Institute of Arts was "saved" by a voter-approved property tax (called a "millage") in its three surrounding counties. I'm focusing on the community response to the prospect of the millage and the way the public debate reflects broader conversations about the public value of the arts.

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The Diversity Question in the Arts Blogosphere

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Some events: Aaron Dworkin , a pretty amazing individual in many ways, is putting together SphinxCon , a conference happening this weekend in Detroit with a focus on "empowering ideas for diversity in the arts." In some ways, what's more interesting is the world beyond this bubble. You should go and tell us all about it.

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No longer in extremis.

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The Detroit Institute of Arts has been a precious anchor where many of us have created memories that helped define who we are today. It is hard to describe the gratification of seeing families meaningfully engaging with the Asian interactives we prepared with many advisors that included local members of the Asian communities.

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Guest Post: World Maker Faire and the New York Hall of Science: Radical Trust

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It’s worth mentioning that the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit also hosted a Maker Faire at their facility this year. One of the attractions for this collaboration was NYSCI’s diverse audience, many of whom were not part of the current Maker Faire community. We also met with key members of the maker community in New York and nationally.