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NEWS & VIEWS  I June 2014



For many cultural nonprofits, June signals the end of one fiscal year and the beginning of another.  We find ourselves deeply focused on our business and financial operations such as approving and diversifying our budgets and recruiting new board members. As the saying goes, crossing our T’s and dotting our I’s.  While these roles may not be as fun as realizing our dreams and seeing our creative programs come to fruition, bolstering the inner workings of our organizations is definitely creative and deeply impactful on the work that actualizes our mission and in attracting new donors, staff and Board Members.  

With recent data revealing that the business community is raising their expectations for nonprofits, I encourage all of us advancing the arts and humanities in a professional capacity to be as circumspect, transparent, and risk-averse as our partners in the for-profit world. 

 Here are some excellent resources that can help to optimize your business: 

•    BoardSource – An excellent guide to best practices in board management and administration.

•    The Association of Fundraising Professionals  (AFP) – Creates essential, nationally accepted guides for fundraising ethics.

•    ArtsReady – An online emergency preparedness resource for developing a business continuity plan in the case of an unforeseen crisis.

While culture is always at the heart of what we do, we must not lose sight of sound business practices in our role as stewards of the arts and humanities. Check out these resources and consider: Do your current nonprofit business practices make your organization sustainable or susceptible?

 

 

Suzan Jenkins,CEO
Arts & Humanites Council

 

IDEAS
 
The Internet Is Changing the Way We Communicate for the Better via Pacific Standard

The Myth of the Artist's Creative Routine via Pacific Standard

Creative Placemaking: Template for Cultivating Arts and Cultural Policy at the Local Level via AFTA Blog

Documenting Community-Based Arts and Funding Inequities via AFTA Blog
 
What Happens When Preservation and Innovation Collide? via Arts Fwd

VIEWS

My Last Board Meeting by Michael Kaiser via HuffPost

Is Public Art Dead? via Americans for the Arts Blog

Faking Cultural Literacy
via The New York Times

They Come to Bury the Corcoran, Not to Praise It via WashPost

Why D.C. Got Rid of Go-Go via Washington City Paper

If We Want Better Teachers, We Need Better Incentives via Pacific Standard


Our Brains Are Made for Enjoying Art via WSJ.com


NEW REPORTS

The AHCMC Survey of Montgomery County Candidates
The Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County

The BCA Survey of Business Support for the Arts
The Partnership Movement




 
AHCMC Celebrates
Montgomery County's Youth Artists 



County Executives Ike Leggett and Sidney Kramer were on hand to help AHCMC CEO Suzan Jenkins present awards to two outstanding youth artists during a special reception held at the Betty Mae Kramer Gallery and Music Room on Tuesday, June 10th 2014.  The Ida F. Haimovicz Award for Visual Arts and the Fran Abrams Creative Writing Award for Highschool Seniors were presented to Montgomery County students Malika V. Temba  and Yiyi "Jessica" Li, pictured above.  Learn more about our awards for visual arts and creative writing online.
 

Call for Nominations Open for the
2014 County Executive's Awards!



 
The County Executive's Awards for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities are the most prestigious honors conferred by Montgomery County on individual artists, scholars, organizations and cultural patrons. To nominate a deserving individual for these awards, visit our online nomination site and submit your nomination by the Thursday, July 31st deadline
 


Montgomery County’s Political Candidates
 Reveal Their Arts & Culture 
Platforms

AHCMC announces the results of its 2014 Survey of Political Candidates. AHCMC invited each candidate in the County Executive and County Council race to participate in survey and share their plans for arts, entertainment, and culture in the County with voters. The 21 participating candidates’ responses are available online at www.creativemoco.com.

The survey includes responses from all four candidates running for the County Executive’s Office and responses from seventeen candidates competing for spots on the County Council.Over 95% indicated plans to support increasing funding for the arts and humanities in Montgomery County if elected to office and unanimously agreed that this funding was important to supporting a strong local economy.


 

 
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