Any Given Child

The Opening of the Smith Center

Michael Kaiser | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Smith Center, Arts Management, Any Given Child, Joshua Bell, Academy of St. Martins in the Fields, Arts, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Cleveland Orchestra, Las Vegas, Arts Education, David Sedaris, Smith Center Las Vegas, Culture News
Michael Kaiser

What is especially exciting is that the rationale for the Center has little to do with the millions of people who travel to Las Vegas every year to enjoy the hotels, gambling and shows for which Las Vegas has become famous.

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Any Given Child: A Progress Report

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Springfield, Any Given Child, Education, Sarasota, Portland, Arts, Austin, Sacramento, Arts Education, Kevin Johnson, Las Vegas, Kennedy Center, Arts Funding, Education Arts Funding, Education News
Michael Kaiser

One challenge that is universally experienced is the shrinking pool of public funding for arts education. No one who works in arts education can ignore this reality.

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The Millennials Project

Michael Kaiser | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Enrico Caruso, Arts Marketing, Any Given Child, Ticket Prices, Giuseppe Verdi, Arts, Millennials, Arts Education, Kennedy Center, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

We in the arts face a major problem: we now have a generation of young people who have had virtually no exposure to the arts. They do not go to theater, concerts, dance performances or operas.

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My New Year's Resolutions

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marketing, Any Given Child, Arts Management, Fundraising Technology, Artistic Programming, Kennedy Center, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

I resolve to find a way to bring more 20 year olds into the arts. If we don't do remedial work to interest them in the arts, we may not have the ticket buyers, donors, volunteers and board members we need 20 years from now.

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Any Given Child

Michael Kaiser | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Arts, At-Risk Youth, Any Given Child, Arts Education, Kennedy Center, Healthy Living News
Michael Kaiser

Arts education is particularly important at this juncture in our economic history. With manufacturing jobs evaporating, we need more than ever to train our children to be creative, problem-solving members of our economy.

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