Scenario Planning Versus Paradigm Planning in a Crisis by Dr. Thomas Wolf
In his new essay, Dr. Thomas Wolf reflects on his experiences working on scenario planning and paradigm planning with Play On Philly as well as the importance of this planning during COVID-19.
Covid-19 Audience Outlook Monitor – Update
More study partners on board; methodological updates; gearing up for results
It’s been nearly a month since we announced the Covid-19 Audience Outlook Monitor and there is much to report. What germinated in early March as a vague idea about the need to hear from audiences about their feelings about going out again to cultural events has blossomed into an international tracking study of a proportion I never could have imagined.
WolfBrown and the Bernard van Leer Foundation Publish a New Literature and Landscape Review: Making Joyful Noise
Dennie Palmer Wolf shares, “The report is a call to action, urging organizations and governments to invest in the well-being of young families using what we know about the joyous, affiliative, and communicative powers of music.”
Dennie Palmer Wolf is Honored by the Association of Teaching Artists
Dennie Palmer Wolf has received the Association of Teaching Artists’ Teaching Artistry Ally Award.
Silver Linings: A Reimagined Revival by Victoria Plettner-Saunders
In her new essay, Victoria Plettner-Saunders reflects on opportunities to re-open better workplaces in the arts and culture sector in the wake of the pandemic.
Dennie Palmer Wolf’s article, “Teaching Artists as Essential Workers: Respect, Collaboration, and Heft” has been published via Navigating the Crisis.
In this piece, Dennie Palmer Wolf imagines the possibilities for teaching artists in the context of COVID-19. She writes “This time, strange as it is, is not time out; it’s time to plunge deep in.”
WolfBrown’s Research is Featured in the NEA and TYA/USA’s Newly Released Report on Theater for Young Audiences
The report, Envisioning the Future of Theater for Young Audiences, features research on the impact of theater for young audiences and identifies obstacles for achieving greater organizational stability.
WolfBrown Announces the COVID-19 Audience Outlook Monitor
A worldwide tracking study of audience attitudes about attendance at arts and cultural programs during and after the COVID-19 Crisis, the COVID-19 Audience Outlook Monitor will bring timely and essential data to the sector’s decision-making about when and how to resume programming.
Dennie Palmer Wolf’s article, “Act for Young Artists,” has been published via WolfBrown’s new series, Navigating the Crisis.
In this piece, Dennie Palmer Wolf calls for a greater focus on protecting youth arts programs in the face of COVID-19. She lays out critical ways that foundations, donors, state governments, and arts institutions can work with youth to ensure our collective cultural future.
WolfBrown and the Global Leaders Program Were Selected as Innovators for the International Teaching Artist Collaborative (ITAC)
WolfBrown and Global Leaders Program will be working alongside five other innovators from around the world to create tools, resources, and frameworks for the ITAC. WolfBrown and Global Leaders Program will pilot a project that shares concepts and practices of growth mindset with a group of musicians currently working as teaching artists in international programs.
