The Beauty of “And”
There’s something special about the word “and.” It’s one of my favorites, and it packs quite a punch in an incredibly modest package. No where is “and” on more prominent display than with the arts AND business councils we find […]
SECAC Recap
I’ve spent the past few weeks gathering my thoughts from the 2013 Southeastern College Arts Conference gathering in Greensboro, and my brain continues to percolate with new ideas. I met tremendous people, we shared fantastic ideas, and I benefited from […]
Healthcare 101
It’s October, and we’re six days into the availability of healthcare exchanges and (not coincidentally) six days into the government shut down. (Sidebar: The Times ran a disturbing front page article today about the planning, jostling, and dollars leading up […]
Just Announced: Book Signing at Juilliard
Exciting news: I’ll be at Juilliard on September 12 beginning at 5:00 to sign copies of Arts & Numbers and meet and chat with artists. I’ll kick off the event with a brief presentation and stay as long as questions […]
Education of the Brain
I’ve had education of the brain on my brain lately. It is, in fact, a tangled and fascinating web to study, and it represents worlds colliding for me. I am authoring a paper for to present later this fall on […]
Get to the Point(e)
Thanks to Pointe Magazine (a gorgeous ballet magazine) for featuring Arts & Numbers and interviewing me this month. The title of the piece, Dream Job, Nightmare Salary: Make it Work, is as catchy as Juliana Labianca’s prose. The Q&A and […]
Under Cover
I am so thrilled to have Arts & Numbers reviewed in Art by the Hour, an incredible art glossy that is as beautiful to view as it is to read. Mary DeVine wrote a glowing accounting of the work (thanks!) […]
Drumroll Please…
What an incredible evening I had at The Collective last month, where I led a master class on Arts & Numbers for musicians, mostly drummers. I spoke amid drum sets, keyboards, and production equipment and answered questions from the 30 […]
Hire a Ballerina. Or Two.
I don’t know Sarah Jukes, although I’m kind of in love with her, specifically in response to her recent article (re-blogged by The Partnership Movement, courtesy of Americans for the Arts). I spent a recent blog post talking about the […]
Contradictory Goals
Sometimes I’m a writer; sometimes I’m a CPA; sometimes I’m a CPA talking to writers. Sometimes I’m an artist; sometimes I’m a finance nerd; sometimes I’m a finance nerd teaching finance to artists. Sometimes the contradictions collide beautifully. And they […]