ARTS Redefined

This Will Change Arts Funding Forever


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If your organization serves 100 students, what happens to those students? In this episode, Alan Harrison, author of Scene Change, delivers a sobering truth: producing art is no longer enough. In a post-NEA world, funders will demand data, not anecdotes.

We unpack:

  • Why arts nonprofits are losing funding—and relevance

  • The difference between teaching and educating

  • What it means to become a movement instead of just a mission

  • How to survive this shift by measuring impact in real-time

This episode is for arts leaders, funders, and policymakers who know it’s time to stop justifying the arts—and start proving them.

[00:00] Cold Open: “So what? What did they get out of it?”
[01:20] The truth about 501(c)(3)s and arts orgs
[07:50] Why arts orgs are failing funders
[15:00] What comes after the NEA
[22:00] Introducing a new tool to prove impact
[27:00] Impact Squared explained

Alan Harrison, Author Scene Change, Scene Change 2

https://www.artsjournal.com/scenechange/about-scene-change/

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ARTS RedefinedBy Angela Gardner Meleca

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