Acknowledged as the nationrsquo;s foremost expert on audience development involving Americarsquo;s growing multicultural population by the Arts and Business Council; Donna Walker-Kuhne has now written the first book describing her strategies and methods to engage diverse communities as participants for arts and culture. By offering strategic collaborations and efforts to develop and sustain nontraditional audiences; this book will directly impact the stability and future of Americarsquo;s cultural and artistic landscape. Donna Walker-Kuhne has spent the last 20 years developing and refining these principles with such success as both the Broadway and national touring productions of Bring in rsquo;Da Noise; Bring in rsquo;Da Funk; as well as transforming the audiences at one of the U.S.rsquo;s most important and visible arts institutions; New Yorkrsquo;s Public Theater. This book is a practical and inspirational guide on ways to invite; engage and partner with culturally diverse communities; and how to enfranchise those communities into the fabric of arts and culture in the United States.Donna Walker-Kuhne is the president of Walker International Communications Group. From 1993 to 2002; she served as the marketing director for the Public Theater in New York; where she originated a range of audience-development activities for children; students and adults throughout New York City. Ms. Walker-Kuhne is an Adjunct Professor in marketing the arts at Fordham University; Brooklyn College and New York University. She was formerly marketing director for Dance Theatre of Harlem. Ms. Walker-Kuhne has given numerous workshops and presentations for arts groups throughout the U.S.; including the Arts and Business Council; League of American Theaters and Producers; the Department of Cultural Affairs; and the National Endowment for Arts to name a few. She has been nominated for the Ford Foundationrsquo;s 2001 Leadership for a Changing World Fellowship.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent biography of a little-known major architect.By David ArbogastThis is a relatively brief biography of one of Britains most significant late Victorian architects who. as the author states. had two most unfortunate circumstances. First. he disdained self-promotion and. therefore. left amazingly little record of his accomplishments which were actually quite significant. and second. his accomplishments were in a field of architecture. education. which has been generally overlooked as not being worthy of the exalted term. Architecture. Not helping matters at all was the rise of the Modern Movement which did its level best to trash the reputations and demolish the works of their predecessors. Fortunately. we now have this excellent biography which helps to rectify his reputation. Unfortunately. the publisher. having apparently decided that this is a boring book that needs visual pizzazz. decided to put it in a vivid violet dust jacket. Fortunately. the dust jacket can be dispensed with and the book can shine forth in all its glory.
