Alan HarrisoninScene ChangeMission Grammar for Nonprofit Arts Organizations: Flick the Prepositions and Cut the NonsenseYour community requires “Why,” not “How” — and the slogans have got to go.5 min read·1 day ago----
Alan HarrisoninScene ChangeFor Live, Functioning Artists, The End Comes Not With a Bang, But an EmailIn the never-ending, fruitless search for economy, actors are being replaced by algorithms6 min read·May 21, 2024----
Alan HarrisoninScene ChangeNonprofit Arts Organizations: Water Is Wet.Incidentally, it’s my birthday today. So, hey — I have the perfect gift all figured out. Just click on any image you see…6 min read·May 14, 2024----
Alan HarrisoninScene ChangeNonprofit Arts Success: Out of Hand Theater Shakes the Trees of Social JusticeAnd they’re changing Atlanta for the better every minute.6 min read·May 7, 2024----
Alan HarrisoninScene ChangeBehold LO: The Louisville Orchestra Walks the Walk of a Nonprofit Arts OrganizationBourbon, bats, and basketball. Mint juleps, fast horses, and “Keep Louisville Weird.” Muhammad Ali, Jennifer Lawrence, and Mitch McConnell…6 min read·Apr 30, 2024----
Alan HarrisoninScene ChangeThe Mellon Foundation Did a Nice Thing. Next Time, Look at Where the Action Is.If the Mellon Foundation would start to look at the next-level budgets, they’ll find transformation is the purview of better-run…7 min read·Apr 23, 2024----
Alan HarrisoninScene ChangeArt Doesn’t Need to Be Served. People Do.The Mellon Foundation ALMOST got it right for nonprofit arts leadership in the 2020s.·5 min read·Apr 16, 2024----
Alan HarrisoninScene ChangeUseful Idiots, Harmless Kitsch, and Nonprofit Arts Organizations Doing the Right Thing, No Matter…A two-part column about you, your nonprofit arts company, and the power of your choices·5 min read·Apr 9, 2024----
Alan HarrisoninScene ChangeUseful Idiots, Harmless Kitsch, and Nonprofit Arts Organizations Doing the Right Thing, No Matter…A two-part column about you, your nonprofit arts company, and the power of your choices·4 min read·Apr 2, 2024----
Alan HarrisoninScene ChangeThe Con Is On — Raising Emergency Money at the Expense of Everyone Else Is Not a Heroic ActEspecially when you leave the premises just before the devastation and claim victory·7 min read·Mar 26, 2024----