Quick Tips

"Package" what you do everyday into fundable programs. Do your everyday activities include outreach/education? Job training? Youth development?

Overheard

"It all starts with the quality of the art," said Michael Kaiser, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts at the center's National Partnerships, one of several programs the institution offers to bolster the state of the arts around the country. "That's your mission. If you're really aggressive about quality, people get excited about what you're doing. My mantra is: Great art, well marketed."

- Baltimore Sun, April 29, 2007