Creativity Now

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Joe Patti

Sort of busy as the holidays approach but a thought came up in recent conversations.

They say the next phase of the economy will emphasize creativity and so people need to acquire the appropriate skills.

I wonder if the recent financial problems originating from Wall Street compounded by the billions lost to the massive Ponzi scheme perpetuated by Bernard Madoff might actually help usher a higher valuation of creative backgrounds along. After all that has happened, and in light of what is yet to come, perhaps an MFA might have less of a stigma than an MBA.

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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 (details).

My most recent role is as Theater Manager at the Rialto in Loveland, CO.

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.

2 thoughts on “Creativity Now”

  1. Joe-

    No, of course you don’t need an MFA to be creative. I was just being a little hopeful that businesses might start giving more consideration to hiring MFAs as an alternative to MBAs and open up more opportunities to creative, artistic types.

    Joe

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