More Is It Good to Come

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Joe Patti

Andrew Taylor recently encouraged in a comment to an entry to take a look at Joli Jensen’s Is Art Good For Us?. He had blogged on the book about two years ago.

Well I got it from my local library today and will dive in and take a read rather than writing at length today.

Based on the second page of the book, it may turn out to be an interesting read. Jensen states flat out “In the end I want to convince you that Tocqueville and Dewey have it right and everybody else has it wrong.” We shall see if she does a good job arguing her case or is overly biased.

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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.

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