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The Busy, Fun Summer of 2010

We’ve had a busy, fun, and productive summer working  across our three practice areas: facilitation, planning, and leadership development.
 

 

Summer 2010

CAELI participants Sarah McNear, 92nd Street Y, Maureen Ischay, The  Music Settlement, and Troy Anderson, Merit School of Music take advantage of the Philadelphia sunshine to discuss how to improve communications strategies as a key component of leadership effectiveness.

 

Grantmakers in the Arts

We helped design and moderate the first in a series of  Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) Thought Leader’s Forums. GIA Executive Director Janet Brown has positioned the Forums as opportunities to get a diverse range of funders, "in the room to have discussions that are honest, open, and strategic". The theme of the June 24 Forum was Assuring equitable arts learning in urban K-12 public schools. John’s summary of the session will be published in the Fall edition of the GIA Reader and available on their website.
 

Elisa Monte Dance

John and Cathy facilitated the planning retreat for Elisa Monte Dance (EMD) where Elisa and her staff and Board examined ways to improve current organizational practices in support of this wondrous 30 year old company.

 

Orchestra of St. Luke's

We are delighted to again be working with the Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL)as they prepare to open the  DiMenna Center for Music in mid-2011. 
 

New Pathways Program

As part of our longstanding relationship with EmcArts, we’re engaged in supporting their New Pathways Program in both New Haven and Denver. 
 

Western New York Arts & Cultural Support Initiative

The entire Partners in Performance team is assisting the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and the New York State Council on the Arts in determining what services are most needed by arts and cultural organizations and artists in the eight-county region of Western New York.  
 
Finally, we were in Philadelphia for five days with 25 amazing community arts education leaders from across the US as part of CAELI!
 

Community Arts Education Leadership Institute

Davin and Kwayera

Davin Peelle, Chicago Children's Choir discusses 21st century leadership skills with faculty member Kwayera Archer-Cunningham, Founder and CEO of Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy.

  

Partners in Performance, in collaboration, with the National Guild for Community Arts Education presented the on-site Institute of the Community Arts Education Leadership Institute (CAELI) from July 14-18 in Philadelphia. The Institute, along with CAELI’s other components, is designed to assist community arts education leaders become effective and dynamic leaders.

 

Learn more about CAELI!

 
Read our NEWEST Blog Post, Sailing and Leading, on the Blacksburg Dialogue
 
 
 
 

 Our Work

For two decades, Partners in Performance has provided guidance to the arts and cultural community in the areas of visioning, planning, and development. As a full services professional services firm, we are committed to three core values:

 

Our Values

  • Recognizing the unique nature of each organization's culture, history, and aspiration
  • Delivering high quality service in support of artistic expression and community impact
  • Building the collective knowledge base within the arts and culture field

 

Our Results

We focus our work on helping organizations and their leaders achieve both artistic vitality and institutional sustainability. We have learned that when we engage the tough questions the most workable solutions emerge. We are profoundly indebted to our clients for the lessons they have taught us. Our goal is to share those lessons, and learn many, many more.

"John McCann was a remarkable mentor in our strategic planning process at Orchestra of St. Luke's Arts Education Program. His thinking is rigorous, his engagement is challenging, and his personal rapport is intuitive and supportive. We are well on our way to fulfilling our goals due to John's facilitation of our process."

Liz Norman, Vice President, Arts Education, Orchestra of St. Luke's, New York, NY