Credibility Where Credibility Isn’t Due

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Joe Patti

Much to my disappointment, Gene Weingarten got a Pulitzer for his little “experiment” with Joshua Bell in a Metro Station. While the award is for the quality of writing rather than the subject, it does lend credibility to the premise of the story itself. But I have already expressed my feelings on that matter as well as the attempt to replicate it in London with Tasmin Little.

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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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