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BUILDING AUDIENCES OR BUILDING DEMAND?
Ben Cameron Program Director for the Arts
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
CREATIVITY (Angeles Arrien)
! Show Up ! Listen Deeply ! Speak the Truth ! Let Go of
Predetermined Results
Doris Duke
DECLINING AUDIENCES
WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS
! “We are out in a country that has no language, no laws…The maps they gave us are out of date by years….”
! - Adrienne Rich, Dream of a Common Language
OBJECTIVE TERM OBSTACLES SOLUTIONS (Examples)
Increase # of times current audience attends
Deepening • Opportunity • Money • Awareness
• New social programs • Ticket discounts • Newsletters and
targeted email
Increase # of people like current audience
Broadening • Logistic • Money • Awareness
• Provide transportation • Change curtain times • Ticket Discounts • “Bring a Friend” offers • Change of venue • Expand marketing
Attract people not like current audience
Diversifying Relevance • Relationships with, not marketing at
• Change content • Change staff, board,
artists
NEA Chair Rocco Landesman: “We need to reduce the number of arts organizations in America.”
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation: “Can we grow demand?”
Building Demand Increasing the number of
people who voluntarily give time, money and/or energy to
the arts
Performance/
Exhibition
Performance /Exhibit
Elaborated Performance/
Exhibit
Performance /Exhibit
Elaborated Performance/
Exhibit
Co-Curation
Performance /Exhibit
Elaborated Performance/
Exhibit Co-Curation
Co-Creation
Performance /Exhibit
Elaborated Performance/
Exhibit Co-Curation Co-Creation Surrender
Performance /Exhibit
Elaborated Performance/
Exhibit Co-Curation Co-Creation Surrender
Professional Artist Control Decreases
Public Participation Grows
Audiences only 1 indicator of demand
" Avocational Practice " Arts Education Program " Public Referenda " Editorial space " And more…..
EXPLORATION IMPLEMENTATION
Grant Recipients Artist(s) and arts organization teams
Artist(s) and arts organization teams
Grant Amount 35,000 Euros 97,000 Euros
Grant Distribution
50% Artist/ 50% organization
50% Artist/ 50% organization
Maximum Grant Period
15 months 36 months
Artist on Site 30 days minimum 90 days minimum
Additional benefits
• Webinar convenings
• Technical assistance
• 4,400 Euros for evaluation
• Webinar convenings • Overall program
evaluation by Wolf/Brown
" Building demand takes time " Building demand in 21st Century
can require: ! Embracing technology ! Thinking across disciplines
" Building Demand means changing behavior
! Thinking beyond art-making residencies
! Thinking outside single discipline ! Thinking beyond audiences ! Thinking strategically ! Thinking specifically ! Measurement and evaluation
! Is this a flawed idea? ! Is this an important idea that simply needs
more time? ! Are professional arts organizations the wrong
groups to build demand? ! Are we trying to build demand for
experiences we want audiences to have and ignoring where demand is already growing?
! Shifts from short-term advocacy to long-term expectation
! Centered in values and ideas held by advocate public, not by professionals
Our language is
deeply alienating.
Social bonding is the most deeply held
value.
Those who care most are people of color
under 40.
NEW QUESTIONS ! WHAT IF OUR MISSION IS
SOCIAL ORCHESTRATION? ! WHAT IF OUR ROLE IS
PROVIDING SPRINGBOARDS TO OUR PUBLIC’S CREATIVITY?
! WHAT WOULD WE DO DIFFERENTLY IF WE THOUGHT
OF OURSELVES—NOT AS ORGANIZATIONS BUT AS
PLATFORMS?
WHAT IF PEOPLE LOVE THE ARTS—
BUT SIMPLY DON’T LOVE OUR ARTS AND THE WAY WE DELIVER
THEM?
BUILDING AUDIENCES OR BUILDING DEMAND?
Ben Cameron Program Director for the Arts
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation