This week, the gang welcomes Jill Anna Ponasik, Artistic Director at Milwaukee Opera Theatre, for a wide ranging conversation about her sources of inspiration in the work of leading a small arts organization and applying the lessons from her artistic practice to creating a vibrant ecosystem of arts organizations, artists and creatives in Milwaukee.

The last BBQ of the summer and the Strauss-Howe generational theory (00:51), Call back to the conversation about time as a loaf of bread and also, do also love the "book end" slices of your loaves? (2:38), The current federal and state policy asks and push (5:15), Welcoming Jill Anna and the differences between COVID podcasts and conference calls (12:53), Jill Anna's Milwaukee Opera Theatre origin story (15:00), Jill Anna's three-pronged inspiration (19:57), What she has learned from failure (21:19), Getting to know and connecting with Imagine MKE (28:25), Building connections in the broader ecosystem (32:14), Creating opportunities for leading, learning, and doing, and getting to think about ideas, arrangements, and effects (35:22), Redefining the signifiers and expectations for success (43:53), Going beyond talking about the arts and creativity as instrumentally vital but also essentially vital to our city and communities (53:31), What makes Jill Anna hopeful in 2020 (1:02:14).

Ugh. We forgot to ask Jill Anna to for plugs and was, of course, too graceful to remind us. Sorry, but here they are in the show notes:

Visit: http://www.milwaukeeoperatheatre.org/ (Milwaukee Opera Theatre) / Stream: All four episodes of https://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/arts/2020/06/24/milwaukee-opera-theatre-turns-canceled-doc-danger-into-radio-play/3242242001/ (Doc Danger and the Danger Squad: Radio Edition) on https://anchor.fm/milwaukee-opera-theatre (Anchor) or wherever you listen to us. / Social: https://www.facebook.com/Milwaukee-Opera-Theatre-56901674534 (Facebook) / https://twitter.com/MKEOperaTheatre (Twitter) / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC49vwpsJHDg02GBLRhkTnUA (Youtube)

Audio Transitions: https://open.spotify.com/album/3iYPzHqffEu948YaXFUDb6?highlight=spotify:track:4WXlZBxOzQaWTku7QDXxqk (Caroline's, by Amanda Huff)

Take action to https://www.imaginemke.org/be-an-arts-champion/action-center.php (ensure the future of arts and culture in Milwaukee)

Other episode 31 ephemera:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generational_theory (Strauss-Howe generational theory) (Wikipedia)

That time a conversation about categorizing art in the office included a tangent about pizza and aliens and the concept of https://www.facebook.com/heydlee/posts/10162586194040035 (time as a loaf of bread) (Facebook)

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/ideas-arrangements-effects-systems-design-and-social-justice (Ideas Arrangements Effects: Systems Design and Social Justice) (Nonprofit Quarterly)

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