Field Notes

Experience Is a Relationship, Not an Interaction

January 2, 2026

In the community and culture sector, we talk about experience all the time. Audience experience.Visitor experience.Patron experience. We usually mean it in a practical way: Did everything work? Was the…

Randy Glynn - Artistic Director, Festival of Dance Annapolis Royal (FODAR)

From Flash Mob to Festival: Building audiences through community connection

April 10, 2025

Discover how a rural Nova Scotia dance festival grew from a one-off community project into a nationally respected event—and what its success reveals about audience connection, programming, and the power…

What performing arts organizations really think about AI

February 17, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries worldwide, and the performing arts are no exception. From crafting social media captions to analyzing audience behaviour, AI tools have earned their way into…

25 Arts Organizations Shared Their Marketing Challenges—Here’s What We Learned

February 12, 2025

In December 2024 and January 2025, I reached out to venues and presenters across the country and asked them to share a snapshot of their marketing challenges and opportunities.

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