{"id":4384,"date":"2016-07-13T03:57:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T03:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/?p=4384"},"modified":"2022-02-12T03:58:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T03:58:41","slug":"transformation-in-the-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/transformation-in-the-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Transformation in the Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4384\" class=\"elementor elementor-4384\" wpc-filter-elementor-widget=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c13fdd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c13fdd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6622b63\" data-id=\"6622b63\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11c9b27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11c9b27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4385 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/creative_nz-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Creative nz logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/creative_nz-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/creative_nz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/creative_nz-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/creative_nz-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/creative_nz.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p><span class=\"plain_grey\">While the mandate of the Ontario Arts Foundation is to invest in perpetuity, i.e. for the very long term, we recognize that arts organizations, like any organization cannot exist in perpetuity based solely on past success. To continue to deliver sustained arts programs, organizations need to adapt and respond to change in their operating environment.<br \/><br \/><span class=\"blue\"><strong>Transformation or Bust<\/strong><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"plain_grey\">Diane Ragsdale, a well know arts commentator, spoke at a 2016 Creative New Zealand Conference \u2013 her topic was titled\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/spFn0kFD-Cs\">Transformation or Bust &#8211; When Hustling Tickets and Contributions is Just Not Cutting it Anymore<\/a>. It is lengthy, but a thoughtful perspective on the arts and the notion of creative transformation to be viable and successful.<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"plain_grey\">She observes that the justification for the arts in western culture seems to have shifted too far in the direction of \u2018measurement\u2019 \u2013 arts as paying its way, or contributing to economic growth. It is absolutely true that the arts are strong economic contributors, but have we lost, at the political level, sight of \u2018culture for sake for culture\u2019s sake\u2019?<br \/><br \/><span class=\"blue\"><strong>Positive Transformation<\/strong><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"plain_grey\">Diane identifies five ways arts organizations can work to transform in a positive way and continue to engage with their communities:<\/span><\/p><ol><li><p><span class=\"plain_grey\">Let the community back in<\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p><span class=\"plain_grey\">Practice radical hospitality<\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p><span class=\"plain_grey\">Be the kitchen table. Be the campfire<\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p><span class=\"plain_grey\">Focus on impact rather than size. Form covenants rather than contracts<\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p><span class=\"plain_grey\">Create scaffolds of meaning-making rather than money-making<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ol><p><span class=\"plain_grey\">Each intriguingly named theme is accompanied by examples of organizations being creative and transforming themselves, or how they practice their craft and engage with their audience.<\/span><\/p><p><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.creativenz.govt.nz\/assets\/ckeditor\/attachments\/1504\/transformation_or_bust_by_diane_ragsdale_transcript_for_cnz_june_2016.pdf\">Read the full transcript here.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the mandate of the Ontario Arts Foundation is to invest in perpetuity, i.e. for the very long term, we recognize that arts organizations, like any organization cannot exist in perpetuity based solely on past success. To continue to deliver sustained arts programs, organizations need to adapt and respond to change in their operating environment. 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