Desperately Seeking The Wishbone This Thanksgiving

I saw a social media post this week that said something to the effect of: “Let’s admit that back in 2015 we all failed to correctly answer the question, ‘Where do you see yourself in five years.'”

If nothing else, I think we should agree that people should stop using that question in interviews.

Since there is only a month left until Christmas, it is probably time to start thinking about those New Year’s resolutions.  If you haven’t been keeping up with the recent data updates from Colleen Dilenschneider at Know Your Own Bone, (no blame, it is difficult trying to be a data sponge in Covid times), she made a summary post yesterday that reviews stuff you should be thinking about.

The bad, but not unexpected news, is that it may take a year or more for cultural activity to rebound to the point things were at in 2019.

Like many of her posts, this one reviews what factors cultural organizations have going for them and what things orgs should be working on if they haven’t been.

Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving holiday. Keep safe and healthy.

About Joe Patti

I have been writing Butts in the Seats (BitS) on topics of arts and cultural administration since 2004 (yikes!). Given the ever evolving concerns facing the sector, I have yet to exhaust the available subject matter. In addition to BitS, I am a founding contributor to the ArtsHacker (artshacker.com) website where I focus on topics related to boards, law, governance, policy and practice.

I am also an evangelist for the effort to Build Public Will For Arts and Culture being helmed by Arts Midwest and the Metropolitan Group. (http://www.creatingconnection.org/about/)

My most recent role was as Executive Director of the Grand Opera House in Macon, GA.

Among the things I am most proud are having produced an opera in the Hawaiian language and a dance drama about Hawaii's snow goddess Poli'ahu while working as a Theater Manager in Hawaii. Though there are many more highlights than there is space here to list.

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