November 30th 2011 | Posted in: ARTSblog | Posted by: Lincoln Arts Council
The holidays will soon be upon us – it’s time to start thinking about the gift of giving. Nothing shows you care more than a gift that comes from the heart. Here are a couple of simple, fun handmade gift ideas for your loved ones this holiday season!
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June 25th 2010 | Posted in: ARTSblog | Posted by: Lincoln Arts Council
ARTSBlog by Beckie Enyeart - And so the time has come… The National Arts Program Exhibit time! Every year about this time Lincoln gets to see how creative The City of Lincoln employees and their families are!
As the coordinator of the program for the last two years I’ve loaded up the back of my car with so much artwork I think my vehicle has stretched. I didn’t know the amount of stuff I 've gotten in there was possible.
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June 18th 2010 | Posted in: ARTSblog | Posted by: Lincoln Arts Council
ARTSBlog by Graham Little - You have undoubtedly heard of search engine giant Google and their array of internet-related offerings. There is, of course, their search engine that handles around 1 billion requests each day. The majority of Google's income is based around their AdWords service that delivers context sensitive ads on websites that are paid to sign up for their AdSense program. And millions of people depend on Gmail to handle their email needs. Then there are some services Google provides, free of charge, that you may not have heard of and might be of direct benefit for people working in the arts. I would encourage you to look into these services and decide if they are right for you or your organization.
Google Analytics is for anyone who has a website and wants to learn more about the web traffic they receive. The data is anonymous, and by tracking it over time and with some understanding of what that data means, this powerful tool can help you make your site the best it can be. You can learn all sorts of useful information about where your website visitors are coming from, if they visit your site directly, come from a link on another website, or found your page through a search engine. You can also get insight into the pages that they visit on your site, where they go, how long they stay, and what does work or causes them to give up.
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May 28th 2010 | Posted in: ARTSblog | Posted by: Lincoln Arts Council
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| 2009 Mayor's Arts Awards Photo by Dick Hay |
ARTSblog by Doug Smith - For many years I had a job that routinely placed me in new situations, among strangers, usually with a unique set of problems to solve, and a great deal of pressure and stress. I loved it, because it required a willingness to abandon routine and search for creative solutions that were time, location and people specific. Art in a pressure cooker? I'll leave that for others to judge, but as you might imagine, I value flexibility, curiosity and novelty more than most things. Art is a big deal to me because it flexes just those muscles as it asks me to play along, get the joke, take the ride, find the answer. The payoff is that I will get to see the world anew, and in a slightly different way. How cool is that!
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May 7th 2010 | Posted in: ARTSblog | Posted by: Lincoln Arts Council
We could learn a lot from Michael Kaiser, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. This Wednesday he stopped at the Lied Center in Lincoln as part of their Arts In Crisis program, and for 3 hours held the rapt attention of an audience of about 175 local artists and arts organization representatives with his straight forward pragmatism. Boy howdy, can this man stay on message! How to make and keep an arts organization strong? Create great art and market the heck out of it.
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In 2009 the Lincoln Arts Council received a generous gift from the estate of Ken Good, a portion of which was used to redevelop our website and establish an endowment. We offer our heart-felt thanks to Kenneth J. Good for his generosity and vision for a beautiful future.
