BIG IDEAS

Shifting ground

Eric Booth considers recent changes in the arts landscape in the United States, and looks to experimentation as key to a successful future.

Let me start by painting the context of the arts in the US through recent events. One of America’s five big orchestras discussed possible bankruptcy in the press. I worked with an elite private school, two public school districts and two major performing arts centres on adopting a creativity-centred school reform model, ‘Twenty-first Century Learning Skills’. Carnegie Hall’s education programme completed a strategic plan including a commitment to working in...

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