Enterprise in Mayo
Apologies for the light posting this week – I’ve been juggling a quite a few different types of work in a variety of locations. I spent today in Castlebar running a workshop for the Mayo County...
View Article“Patronising” the arts
I have an analogy I use with artists and arts organisations when we work on strategic planning. I have friends who play golf. A lot of golf. They extol its merits and try to convince me to join them on...
View ArticleWhy are Museums so Uninspiring?
One of the things that even committed atheists tend to agree with religious people about is that religions do have some really great art, but militant atheists tend not to get too sentimental or...
View ArticleBen Cameron: The true power of the performing arts
“Somebody trying to get the attention of a ticket buyer for live performance now has to compete with between 3,000 and 5,000 different marketing messages a typical citizen sees every day’. Ben Cameron...
View ArticleOn why the arts matter
Good art stops being art – it becomes a way of being happy, of receiving something beautiful and human from stranger, of confirming one’s identity, of being not alone. This is the average end-product...
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