Summer time is conference time, which inevitably leads to discussions about the state of the arts. The topic has been picked up around the blogosphere too. Yesterday I went to an event by the Austin Creative Alliance called “Crisis & Opportunity: An Open, Structured Dialogue” and a familiar discussion evolved. I think it is time to reframe the discussion. The current discussion is based on some untruths. Let’s dispel them. “The arts are in crisis.” That was the premise, the starting point, of the meeting. Seeing some of the shifts in the Austin cultural environment, and indeed recent big...
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Dutch native Marc van Bree is a well-rounded marketing communications professional with more than 7 years of experience strategically communicatingon and offlinein a rapidly changing media environment.