TCG Bulletin

March 2006, Volume 29, Issue 3

Also online this month:

FIELD LETTER

In the March Field Letter, Cameron addresses developments on the national advocacy front, commenting on the federal government's lack of emphasis on arts education in our schools and the proposed 2007 national budget, which fails to increase NEA funding. He shares views and developments from the field on state funding issues, organization turnaround and the reinventing and refocusing of core values. He also ponders the technological advances that are threatening business-as-usual in Hollywood and what this means for the American theatre: "What we and Hollywood are both dealing with is a tendency to isolate/cocoon/nest—you name it—which we in the theatre at least must find new ways to confront." More success stories from the field are shared, and Cameron ends with a reflection on the sadly growing number of playwrights who have recently passed away: "I'm sure you all join with me in remembering each with affection, with gratitude for the work they left us and with an awareness of the new holes that have opened in our landscape with their departure."

• Click here to view the March 2006 Field Letter

TCG NEWS

Final Fiscal Survey Deadline—And We Mean Final!

TCG has extended the deadline for its annual Fiscal Survey to Friday, March 3. If you have not already begun filling out the survey, please do so. While we recognize that the survey can be a burden on your time and energy, please let us urge you to complete it. Remember, only participating theatres will have online access to the full survey results and the ability to create detailed reports. In addition, completion of the Fiscal Survey is required for application to TCG grant programs. If you are unable to complete the long form, please take a few moments to complete the short form.

Action: The FINAL deadline is Friday, March 3. For more information and to access the survey, visit the Fiscal Survey section of the website. You will need your TCG username and password in order to complete the survey. If you do not have your username and password, email customer service.

Salary Survey 2006 Final Deadline March 3!

TCG has extended the deadline for its annual Salary Survey to Friday, March 3. If you have not already filled in your survey through our new secure online survey form, we strongly encourage you do so. Please note that, in order to preserve the particularly sensitive nature of the information, we have deliberately restricted the online tool to survey submission only. No Salary Survey data or other reporting tools will be made available online; rather, we will continue to mail a printed summary report to managing leaders and will process custom reports as needed via written request directly from survey participants. Remember, only member theatres that participate in the 2006 survey will be entitled to receive the results.

Action: The FINAL deadline is Friday, March 3. Visit the Salary Survey section of the website to participate. You will need your TCG username and password in order to complete the survey. If you do not have your username and password, email customer service.

TCG Annual Report 2004-2005 is Now Available Online!

TCG is pleased to announce that the 2004-2005 Annual Report is now available online. The report highlights our role as the hub of the American not-for-profit theatre community, and offers a comprehensive review of the services for which we have long been known, including our convenings, grantmaking programs, publications, national research and advocacy activities.

2004-2005 was empowering for us all and TCG looks forward with enthusiasm to the exciting new challenges, and greater successes, facing the American not-for-profit theatre in the coming year.

Action: Visit the About TCG section of the website to view the report.

2006 TCG National Conference: Building Future Audience

Register now for the TCG National Conference, Building Future Audience! Invitations have been sent to all TCG member theatres. The conference, which will be hosted by the Atlanta theatre community, will be held at the Woodruff Arts Center, home of the Alliance Theatre, from June 8–10. On June 8, Blue Ocean Strategy, this year's pre-conference, will focus on strategic planning in a time of change. Space is limited, so register now to avoid disappointment! We'll see you in Atlanta in June!

Action: The early bird registration deadline is April 3. Visit the National Conference section of the website for more information, and check back frequently for updates.

Leadership for Artistic Directors Session in June: Limited Availability!

Due to the immense popularity of the pre-conference artistic leader training at the 2005 National Conference in Seattle and the post-Fall Forum training program in New York, TCG, Dance/USA and National Arts Strategies are thrilled to offer a third session of Leadership for Artistic Directors. This advanced training program is designed for existing or prospective artistic directors who want to understand more clearly the organizational leadership responsibilities of the position. Priority will be given to leaders affiliated with a member theatre, but individual artists and non-members are eligible to be on a wait list until April 7.

Action: The application deadline is April 7. Registration is $250. There are a limited number of slots available to TCG members and the slots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit the Events section of the website for more information.

2006 New Artistic Leader Institute

TCG is pleased to announce the 2006 New Artistic Leader Institute, a program supported with funds from the NEA and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 2006 will mark the fourth Institute, which will be held from August 8–11 in the San Diego area. Its goal is to orient new and prospective artistic directors to the non-artistic aspects of leading a theatre company. While there are numerous professional and academic programs focusing on theatre management, there are few available that introduce artists to the responsibilities which will, in all likelihood, extend beyond their prior experiences. Artistic leaders who have been at their theatres since 2004 are eligible to apply for the Institute. Resident directors, associate artistic directors and freelance artists are also eligible to apply. The registration fee will be $300 and will include materials as well as continental breakfasts and lunches. Limited scholarship funding will be available.

A task force of artistic leaders will meet in the coming weeks to help shape the curriculum, which could include partnerships between artistic and management leaders, strategic planning, audience development, financial management and working with a board of directors. More detailed information and an application will be available on the website later this month.

Action: If you have questions about the New Artistic Leader Institute, contact Sheela Kangal.

Save the Date! Expanding the Theatre Manager's Repertoire: August 7–8, 2006

For the ninth consecutive year, TCG is offering the unique and successful training program Expanding the Theatre Manager's Repertoire, continuing our relationship with Target Corporation. Building on Target's own human resources training methods, which exemplify the best practices in the corporate sector, this program is specifically tailored for theatre managers. The 2006 program will take place in Detroit on August 7–8.

Action: Brochures will be mailed to all member theatres in mid-May.

Free Night of Theater 2006

Free Night of Theater is TCG's unprecedented effort to attract new audiences to live theatre. The 2005 pilot program received extremely enthusiastic support from individual theatre companies and local sponsors, helping to make this historic Free Night of Theater a reality. Based on the overwhelming success of this year's pilot program, TCG is now developing the 2006 campaign, which will expand to include fifteen cities, with the ultimate goal of a truly national event in 2007.

Free Night of Theater 2006 will open across the country on Thursday, October 19, 2006. To date, expansion cities for the 2006 program include Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, Seattle and Washington, DC, with state organizations in North Carolina and Wisconsin also slated to participate. The final list of participants for the 2006 campaign will be announced following the annual APASO (Association of Performing Arts Service Organizations) Conference scheduled for the end of March.

Action: Free Night of Theater 2006 will take place on Thursday, October 19. Visit the Events section of the website for a summary of the 2005 campaign and participation details for the 2006 campaign.

TCG/ITI Travel Grants Deadlines Announced for Spring and Fall 2006

TCG/ITI Travel Grants, funded by the Trust for Mutual Understanding, are designed to foster cultural exchange and artistic partnerships between theatre professionals in the United States and their counterparts in Russia and Eastern and Central Europe. These $2,500 grants support travel in either direction between theatre artists, administrators and educators, enabling them to share ideas, gain exposure to each other's cultural traditions and communicate contemporary theatre techniques. Recipients may be either a U.S. not-for-profit theatre applying on behalf of a theatre professional(s) or an individual theatre professional(s) who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the U.S.

Joan Channick, TCG's deputy director and director of the U.S. Center of ITI, remarked, "This program has sustained a vibrant series of exchanges between American theatre professionals and their colleagues in Russia and Central and Eastern Europe, leading to new international collaborations and, over time, deepening existing cross-cultural relationships. We are grateful to the Trust for Mutual Understanding for their unwavering support of this important work."

Action: The postmark deadlines for the TCG/ITI Travel Grant applications are April 28, 2006 (for Spring) and October 27, 2006 (for Fall). Visit the Grants section of the website for application guidelines and more information.

TCG Theatre Membership Renewals

TCG theatre membership renewal materials were mailed out to all member theatres at the end of February. We hope that you will once again choose to join the national theatre field in a spectrum of programs and conferences designed to further our collective artistic and management skills, advance internal field communication and position the field more effectively in our local and national communities. Especially in these times, our collective strength depends on our ability to find a place to join together and to share and learn from one another. We hope that TCG will provide you with such an opportunity for learning and sharing.

Please join us again as we tackle the issues affecting the theatre field this year. As a TCG member, you belong to an increasingly vibrant community of more than 440 theatres and make a stand for artistry, effectiveness and advocacy. We look forward to counting you as part of the TCG family in the coming year.

Action: The deadline for theatre membership renewal is June 1. Contact Jen Cleary for more information or to obtain duplicate copies of renewal materials.

2005-2006 TCG Theatre Directory

Earlier this year you received your theatre's complimentary copy of the 2005-2006 TCG Theatre Directory. Please consider ordering additional copies for your staff. TCG's annual guide to theatres and related organizations contains personnel information from over 440 theatres nationwide, including addresses, email and websites. Also included are notes about theatres' special interests and an index to theatre and service organization personnel.

Action: Individual copies are $13.95 each and shipping is $5.00 for the first copy and $.50 for each additional copy. TCG member theatres save 15 percent ($11.85) when ordering one additional copy, save 30 percent ($9.75) when ordering two to four copies. Order five copies or more and save 50 percent ($6.95 each). Contact TCG's customer service department at (212) 609-5900 for additional information.

TCG Requests Production Posters

TCG is requesting posters from your theatre's current season. We prominently display members' posters in our office, which not only creates a lively and attractive work environment but also helps us showcase the full diversity of our membership to the artists, funders, government leaders, theatre administrators and board members who visit TCG. We also remind you to send posters to your federal, state and local legislators. They often like to display their constituents' posters in their offices.

Action: Mail posters to Demosthenes Chrysan, TCG, 520 Eighth Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10018-4156, as well as your legislators.

TCG Trustee Leadership Network

All trustees of TCG member theatres are eligible to join the TCG Trustee Leadership Network. For $75 annually, the network affords trustees the following benefits: American Theatre magazine; annual TCG Theatre Directory; and notification of management publications including the TCG Bulletin, Ben Cameron's Field Letter and Centerpiece. Please encourage your board members to join.

Action: Visit the Membership section of the website to download a registration form or for more information.

TCG and League of American Theatres and Producers Collaborate on Quarterly Information Alerts to Commercial Producers

As part of ACT II's ongoing dialogue between not-for-profit theatres and commercial producers, TCG and the League of American Theatres and Producers have instituted quarterly alerts to commercial producers about upcoming workshops, staged readings and new productions of plays and musicals of particular interest.

If your theatre is developing a new work or production that you feel has commercial potential, it will be suitable for the alert. You will need to provide the following information: name of new work; author(s); theatre; a one-line description; dates and location of workshop, reading or production; and contact name, phone and email at the theatre. Entries will be distributed quarterly to League members.

Action: Submissions for the June 1 issue are due by May 15. To participate, email your details to Ben Pesner, League of American Theatres and Producers.

TCG Seeks Interns

TCG's Internship Program is looking for highly motivated individuals with good organizational, communication and computer skills. Learn about contemporary American theatre through contact with the artists and professionals who work in our over 430 member theatres, as well as constant interaction with the TCG staff and its unique resources. Internships are offered year-round in the following areas: Artistic Programs, Fundraising, Communications/Public Relations, Management Programs & Advocacy/Education Programs, American Theatre magazine/Publications, Graphic Design, Business Administration and Website. Spring, Summer and Fall 2006 internships are available.

Action: For more detailed information, please visit the About TCG section of the website. To apply, email your résumé and a cover letter indicating primary area of interest to Jen Cleary.

Club Quarters: A Benefit for TCG Member Theatres, Affiliates and Individual Members

Club Quarters are private, full service hotels exclusively for member organizations; they offer unique, user-friendly services designed for both business and leisure. Club Quarters have rooms of various sizes for long or short stays and each location has a restaurant and bar, club room, fitness facility and meeting space accommodating up to 250 people.

TCG is a member of Club Quarters, and TCG member theatres, affiliates and individual members can pay low rates for quality hotel rooms in eleven prime urban locations, such as New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, San Francisco, Houston and London.

Action: Visit the Club Quarters website or call Club Quarters Member Services at 212-575-0006 to make reservations or for more information. Your password is TCG.

ADVOCACY NEWS FROM THE AMERICAN ARTS ALLIANCE AND TCG

Arts Advocacy Day March 13–14: Please Attend or Participate From Home!!

This year, Arts Advocacy Day begins in Washington, DC, on Monday, March 13, with a day of legislative training sessions and guest speakers. The Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy takes place on Monday evening at the Kennedy Center. This year's speaker is William Safire, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and longtime political columnist for the New York Times. He currently serves as the chairman and chief executive of the Dana Foundation. Mr. Safire will preview new preliminary research results linking brain activity with arts education learning. The lecture will also feature a short performance by the Martha Graham Dance Company. On Tuesday morning, the day begins with the Congressional Arts Breakfast on Capitol Hill. Last year, arts advocates succeeded in securing increased funding for both the NEA and the NEH, as well as securing increased funding for arts education programs within the U.S. Department of Education. Your involvement does have an impact and we hope that you will consider participating in this year's event.

Action: If you can attend, please contact Laurie Baskin at (212) 609-5900 x228. If you cannot attend in person, but would like to participate in Arts Advocacy Day, please visit the Americans for the Arts website to find a draft letter you can send to your Member of Congress on March 14!

President Bush's FY07 Budget Request

President Bush released the Administration's budget request for FY 2007 in early February. Once again, the President requests no new funding for the NEA, eliminates all funding for the Department of Education's Arts in Education Programs and cuts $53.5 million from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

An NEA budget of $124.4 million leaves the agency seriously under-funded and unable to fund the thousands of qualified grant applications it receives. Without additional funds, the NEA will be unable to adequately fund the discipline programs which are so important to the theatre community.

While the total budget amount is not enough, we are glad to see that more money was allocated towards direct grants. These direct grants go to support the creation, presentation and preservation of art in communities across the country. The theatre community receives much needed funding from the NEA's Access to Artistic Excellence discipline-based direct grants.

Action: We urge all of our member theatres to contact your Members of Congress to support an NEA budget of $170 million for FY07 and for an Arts Education budget of $53 million at the U.S. Department of Education. Stay tuned for future communications from us on all these vital programs. TCG's message this year will be to advocate for increased funding for the NEA so that all funding priorities will receive adequate funding. We do not recommend any advocacy regarding internal shifts of funding at the NEA.

National Medal of Arts Nominations Open

The National Medal of Arts is our nation's highest honor given to a living American artist or arts patron. The National Council on the Arts makes annual recommendations for the National Medal of Arts to the President. The Council's recommendations very much depend on nominations from the public.

Action: The deadline for nominations is March 15, 2006. Visit the NEA website to nominate or review nomination criteria.

American Symphony Orchestra League Joins American Arts Alliance

TCG is pleased to welcome the return of the American Symphony Orchestra League to the American Arts Alliance family. The League was one of the original founders of the American Arts Alliance. The five members of the American Arts Alliance members (American Symphony Orchestra League, Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Dance/USA, OPERA America and TCG) will work together to advocate for the not-for-profit performing arts sector.

Action: None

ARTISTIC OPPORTUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES

Arts Presenters' Ensemble Theatre Collaborations Project Grant Deadline March 1!

The Association of Performing Arts Presenters will award between 20 to 25 project grants in amounts ranging from $20,000-$40,000 each to ensemble theatre company collaborations with at least one theatre or arts presenter partner. Select Project Grantees, identified by the peer panel review process, may also become eligible for infrastructure support grants in the range of $5,000-$10,000 to assist with booking, tour coordination and management.

Applicants may submit projects in any of the following stages: a beginning collaboration or exploratory phase, the production stage of an established collaboration or the touring stage of a completed project. Project Grants may be used for:

Action: The application deadline for grant applications is March 1 (5pm EST). Visit the Arts Presenters website for more information and application details.

Cornerstone Institute Summer Residency Program

The Cornerstone Institute Summer Residency Program offers a unique, hands-on collaborative experience creating theatre and exploring strategies for community engagement while living with and within a small, diverse community. Students learn both through classroom training and hands-on creation of community-specific productions, which combine their own artistry with that of experienced professionals and community collaborators. Classroom training and production experience will combine to provide a thorough understanding of the community collaboration process, from beginning to end.

Students must be 18 or older and can be at any stage of their education or career. Applicants may include theatre artists of any discipline as well as educators, community organizers, activists or anyone else interested in the intersection of theatre and community.

Action: The postmark deadline for Institute applications is March 15. Visit the Cornerstone Theater Company website for more information and application details.

ARTS EDUCATION

Grant Opportunity: Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination Program

The U.S. Department of Education has posted the announcement of the next round of arts education funding through the Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination Program in the Federal Register. Please note a difference from previous years—the project duration can be up to four years (instead of three), with the first year used to plan an imbedded evaluation process.

Action: The deadline for an optional intent to apply notice is March 8, 2006. The application deadline is April 7, 2006. Please visit the Grants.gov website for application information.

Arts Education in California

In recent years, many California school districts have reduced course offerings in art and music. Educators indicate that this trend has been driven by local budget decisions as well as an increased focus on student achievement in core curricular areas. This trend ignores research that indicates that exposing students to art and music, especially at a young age, has beneficial effects on cognitive development and educational outcomes.

To reverse this trend and expand diverse educational opportunities for students, Governor Schwarzenegger's budget proposes $100 million to create a new Art and Music Block Grant to support standards-aligned art and music instruction in kindergarten and grades one through eight. These grants will be distributed to school districts and county offices of education and will be available for uses that include hiring additional staff; purchasing materials, books, supplies and equipment; and staff development. Funding will be allocated at a rate of $20 per pupil, with a minimum of $3,000 for school sites with ten or fewer students and a minimum of $5,000 for sites with more than ten students. This will ensure that grants are functional at smaller schools. This proposal will be built upon in subsequent budgets to extend the grant program to high schools.

Action: Visit the State of California website to see the details of the arts education grant program. Stay tuned to see how it proceeds through the California Legislature.

CONFERENCES & SEMINARS

Nonprofit Technology Conference March 22–24

The Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (N-TEN) will host its 2006 Nonprofit Technology Conference from March 22–24 in Seattle. The theme for the conference is "Changing Lives and Building Community: Nonprofit Technology in Action." The conference will present the leading research, case studies and real world experience from the sector to provide participants with the strategies and skills they need to do even better work.

Action: Visit the N-TEN website for more information and registration details. N-TEN members will receive a $100 discount on conference registration, and the cost of joining N-TEN (for not-for-profits) ranges from $25 to $125, depending on your organization's operating budget.

Association of Fundraising Professionals International Conference

Conference of Champions, the 43rd Association of Fundraising Professionals International Conference on Fundraising, will take place April 2–5 in Atlanta. The conference is scheduled to include over 125 sessions in 13 different specialty tracks, plenary sessions featuring world renowned speakers and philanthropy leaders, a distinguished speakers series featuring experts in not-for-profit and business management and more. While the conference is not designed to specifically address the not-for-profit theatre field, it could be a useful experience for executive and development officers.

Action: Visit the Association of Fundraising Professionals website for more information and registration details.

New WORLD Theater Intersection Conference April 7–9

Intersection is New WORLD Theater's (NWT) biennial conference and festival examining new work practices by artists of color and showcasing multidisciplinary theatre pieces on the cutting edge of new aesthetics. Begun in 1998, the conference is a diverse national gathering of artists, educators, organizers, activists, scholars, theatre professionals and presenters. As an organization that bridges the worlds of creativity and scholarship, community activism and professional performance, NWT is committed to furthering national conversations on cultural equity, emerging aesthetics and activism through the arts. Intersection IV: Re/Generations will convene a truly intergenerational, cross-cultural gathering, to investigate historical models and new directions in multicultural performing arts and activism.

Action: Visit the New WORLD Theater website for more information and registration details.

Community Engagement Programming Workshop Slated for July 17–19 in Amherst, MA

Sojourn Theatre's Michael Rohd, author of Theatre for Community Conflict and Dialogue: The Hope Is Vital Training Manual, offers a three-day workshop mixing case studies of best practices with active exploration of values, goals and strategies for looking at theatre and civic engagement. How do healthy partnerships and collaborations develop? What's the difference between audience development and civic engagement? What types of processes support and nurture ethical, mutually beneficial projects that reach beyond your walls and intersect with populations that may not traditionally be served by your programming? The work will focus on project planning, partner-building and arts-based civic dialogue practice. The workshop will take place July 17–19, 2006 as part of the 15th Annual Ko Festival of Performance in Amherst, MA.

Action: Visit the Ko Festival of Performance website for more information or to register for the workshop. Discounts will be available for TCG member theatres.

DEVELOPMENT

Technology Grants Available from HP

HP has announced its 2006 HP Technology for Community Grant Initiative, which is designed to provide technology tools to not-for-profit organizations to enhance their effectiveness and to support the innovative use of mobile technology. Through the initiative, HP will award up to 100 not-for-profits an HP wireless technology package valued at approximately $17,000.

In order to be eligible, interested 501(c)(3) organizations must operate programs in one of the following areas: health and human services, workforce development, environment, arts and technology or community/economic development. HP defines "arts and technology" as "programs that integrate the arts and technology, including arts organizations that are integrating technology into their operations as well as not-for-profit organizations that are offering programs that integrate the arts and technology, e.g. digital storytelling and media production."

Action: The grant application deadline is March 22. Visit the HP website for more information or to apply online.

Lookingglass Theatre Company Receives $150,000 Grant

Lookingglass Theatre Company (Chicago, IL) was one of four arts/cultural organizations awarded a $150,000 grant, paid over five years, from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The grant was awarded in support of the organizations' "work to enrich the arts, celebrate diversity and promote economic development in the metropolitan Chicago area."

Action: None

Source: Chronicle of Philanthropy, January 26, 2006

INTERNATIONAL NEWS & OPPORTUNITIES

World Theatre Day: March 27

World Theatre Day was created in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute, and is celebrated annually on March 27 by ITI Centers and the international theatre community. Various national and international theatre events are organized each year in celebration of the day. One of the most important of these is the circulation of the International Message, traditionally written by a theatre personality of world stature at the invitation of the ITI. This year's International Message was written by Mexican dramatist Vigtor Hugo Rascón Banda.

Action: Visit the International section of the website for more information on World Theatre Day and to read this year's International Message.

ITI's New Project Group Online

The International Theatre Institute's New Project Group (NPG) has launched a new website, designed to be the group's online home. Visitors to the website can find out more about the NPG's history, members and current activities, including the project they are preparing for the upcoming ITI World Congress in Manila, based on the short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, The Circular Ruins.

Action: Visit the NPG website for more information on the group and its activities.

MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH

O'Neill Trustee Residency Program July 16–22

The sixth annual Trustee Residency Program at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center is scheduled from July 16–22, 2006 in Waterford, CT. Produced concurrently with the O'Neill's acclaimed Playwrights and National Music Theater Conferences, the Trustee Residency Program seeks to enrich the theatre knowledge of trustees from around the country, who spend a week at the O'Neill and immerse themselves in every facet of developing new work for the stage while having informal sessions with knowledgeable guest speakers about many areas of the theatre of interest to trustees. The Trustee Residency Program gives trustees a fuller, truer understanding of the creation of theatre so that they can forge stronger bonds with the artists they support at their home theatres and become better cultural ambassadors for the organizations they represent.

Action: The application deadline is May 15. To apply, trustees should send a letter of interest, along with a letter of recommendation from his/her theatre's artistic director, managing director or board chair to Janice Muirhead, Director of Institutional Development, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, 305 Great Neck Road, Waterford, CT 06385. Notification will be made in early June. A fee of $700 covers program costs and meals. Reduced-rate accommodations are arranged by the O'Neill and are the financial responsibility of the participant. Please direct all inquiries to Janice Muirhead at (860) 443-5378 x213.

Roth 403(b) Plans Now Available for Not-For-Profits

Tax-exempt organizations and public schools can now offer a Roth 403(b) option to their employees, because of changes to tax rules that became effective in January 2006. With a Roth 403(b) plan employees have the opportunity to defer some of their wages on an after-tax basis. The major advantage of the Roth 403(b) is that any earnings in the Roth 403(b) account can grow tax-free and remain tax-free at time of withdrawal provided that certain qualifications are met.

Action: None

Source: PNNOnline, January 19, 2006

Center for Arts and Culture Listserv Resurrected by Americans for the Arts

As was reported in the February TCG Bulletin, the Center for Arts and Culture, an independent think tank affiliated with George Mason University and a resource for news and information on policies affecting the arts, shut down its operations at the end of 2005, citing a decline in general operating support as the cause. An email sent to members of the former Center's Cultural Policy Listserv on February 14 reported that Americans for the Arts has assumed stewardship of the listserv and will underwrite its continuation. According to the email, Americans for the Arts has also agreed to "provide future access to the Center's many policy and research publications."

Action: Visit the Center for Arts and Culture website for updates or to join the Cultural Policy Listserv.

Study on Not-For-Profit Leadership Transition Available Online

The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released the results of the largest-ever study that examines the tenure and future plans of not-for-profit executives. The survey, titled Change Ahead, Nonprofit Executive Leadership and Transitions, covers 2,200 respondents. The key findings point to potentially disruptive implications in not-for-profit leadership, as the Baby Boomer generation transitions out of the sector. The foundation has published the results of the survey in a 20-page detailed report and a shorter 4-page summary.

Action: Visit the Annie E. Casey Foundation website to view the full report or summary as a PDF document.

Source: PNNOnline, November 30, 2005

RESOURCES

ArtsManager.org—New Web Resource for Arts Managers

The Kennedy Center has launched ArtsManager.org, a new web resource for arts managers, board members and students. The website features an online resource center with job listings, a "lessons from the field" section with case studies written by arts managers, a free guide for strategic planning and more.

Action: Visit the ArtsManager.org website to see what this new online resource has to offer.

NEW TCG MEMBERS

The Blank Theatre Company

1301 Lucile Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90026
tel (323) 662-7734
fax (323) 661-3903
info@theblank.com
www.theblank.com
Daniel Henning, Artistic Director/Producer
Stacy Reed, Producer
Loni Peristere, Board Chair

The Depot Theatre

PO Box 414
Westport, NY 12993
tel (518) 962-8680
fax (518) 962-2022
info@depottheatre.org
www.depottheatre.org
Shami McCormick, Artistic Director
Bill Lelbach, Managing Director
Fred Thalman, Board President

Shattered Globe Theatre

2936 N Southport, Suite 210 Chicago, IL 60657-4120
tel (773) 770-0333
fax (773) 296-0968
admin@shatteredglobe.org
www.shatteredglobe.org
Brian Pudil, Artistic Director
Elisa Spencer, Managing Director
Anne Larson, Board Chair

Theater Alliance

1305 Linden Ct
Washington, DC 20002
tel (202) 396-0050
info@theateralliance.com
www.theateralliance.com
Jeremy Skidmore, Artistic Director
Colin Horde, Associate Artistic Director
PD Michnewicz, Board President

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