Voices from the Field Blog

I don't know about you, but I was thrilled to see the GRAMMY Awards honor a music teacher last night! The first-ever Music Educator Award went to Kent Knappenberger of Westfield Academy and Central School in Westfield, N.Y. Knappenberger was selected for the award from a field of more than 32,000 applicants. He was nominated for the award nearly a year ago by two former students and the parent of...

Powerful Patron Data Analysis Tools in the Hands of Nonprofit Arts Organizations Open registration has begun for the 2014 Jersey Arts List Exchange & Audience Census, a community patron database of more than 1.5 million unique households of qualified cultural consumers.Gain access to valuable demographic and psychographic profiles of your audiences as well as valuable insights into how patrons...

There are people out there that don’t think of my millennial generation as focused, motivated, or responsible. However, I have consistently seen that Princeton Regional Chamber events bring out the best in my peers who are expanding their networks and heightening their ambition. I walked in to see a sea of about 200 young corporate professionals Friday, November 1st, when the Princeton Regional...

Happy National Arts & Humanities AND Jersey Arts Month! Every October, in honor of National Arts & Humanities Month, Americans for the Arts partners with arts and community leaders from across the country to host Creative Conversations, local gatherings of engaged citizens in communities as part of a grassroots movement to elevate the profile of arts in America. This local tool empowers arts...

On July 15th, The New Jersey Emerging Arts Leaders held three simultaneous events to celebrate Bastille Day, and get to know each other a little better. A program of ArtPride New Jersey and a chapter of the Americans for the Arts Emerging Leaders Network, NJEAL strives to identify and cultivate the next generation of arts leaders and artists through professional development and peer networking...

First off, I have been attending National Arts Advocacy Day since 1996. To say this was the best one yet really means something considering I've heard amazing Nancy Hanks lectures by Wendy Wasserstein, Kevin Spacey, Frank Rich, Ken Burns, and Wynton Marsalis, to name a few. New Jersey had an amazing group of arts advocates attending this year including representatives from the Arts Access Program...

ArtPride staff just wrapped up 3 days in Atlantic City at the NJ Conference on Tourism and it was truly a fantastic way to network with tourism partners. Besides hearing the latest tourism stats, listening to lessons learned post Katrina/Rita from Pam Breaux, and watching our beaming People's Choice Award winners, there was a lot more to gain from this experience. Governor Christie's remarks were...

There are 14 arts reps at the World Creativity Conference being held in Oklahoma City right now through Wednesday. Creative Oklahoma is leading the way with big minds sharing thoughts (Sir Ken Robinson, Daniel Pink, Andrew Zolli, David Pogue and more! We'll be sharing the blogging goin on from our colleagues...Here's the first entry from Bob Morrison. Follow #wcf2010 on Twitter! Why Creativity...