Live Blogging "Crisis in the Arts" Discussion

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[Paul]

Pretty slick.

[RVAArtblog]

I agree with the comment about Richmond venues/events needing more national recognition. I often wonder how some venues expect citizens in the counties to know about their events- Joe Blow who has lived in whatever county all his life may not even be aware of Gallery XYZ to visit their website and find out about their events. And not everyone picks up Style/RVA Mag/Richmond Mag/Urge/Grid/Whatever to educate themselves. There are thriving arts communities in Baltimore and DC (and Philadelphia and NY, etc). It seems like Richmonders need to do more to build bridges within their own community (i.e. to the counties) and to other arts communities nearby.

[John Sarvay]

I agree, RVAArtblog, and that's what struck me when he said getting the word out beyond Richmond. Arts and cultural organizations need to be getting people in the broader Central Virginia engaged and excited (and frankly just informed) about what they are doing. And you don't do that solely through newsprint and mailings to existing subscribers. Lewis Ginter's a great example of an org that is using Twitter and Facebook well to do that. I'm sure there are more. But I think local recognition and buzz is more essential than national -- though the two aren't exclusive.

[Paul]

That's what I try to do here.

http://allthingsrichmond.blogspot.com/

Not a lot of people read it, but those that do come from all over Virginia and the U.S.

[Amanda Robinson]

Smaller organizations have no choice but to rely on institutional giving, because they/we do not have the physical and monetary resources and payed employees to execute the programs necessary to receive a large number of individual support.