When Arts Institutions Stagnate, Some Like To Blame The Board - And That's Unfair, Says Anne Midgette

"Boards are less a problem than a symptom of a larger, systemic issue: a pervasive loss of creativity in large performing arts institutions. I'm not the only one to notice that our largest performing arts institutions have become fundamentally inartistic bureaucracies ... Companies have to work so hard to maintain their status quo, to keep the funding coming in and the performances going on, that many of them have lost sight of a truly creative approach. They don't have the time or resources to break the mold."

Article source here:Arts Journal