TOC Arts Partners Blog
Our consultants are seasoned arts and culture professionals who have worked in the trenches and in leadership for collective decades. We are also eclectic life-long learners uninterested in "the way it's always been done.” Here our team shares ideas to help and support organizations and the people who run them.
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Leadership Spotlight: Catching Up with Alorie Clark
We placed Alorie Clark at the DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative in January 2023, following an extensive national search. She sat down with Edie Demas, VP of Organizational Strategy at TOC Arts Partners, to reflect on her journey and what lies ahead.
What Teaching Artists Know About Leading
Teaching artists don’t deliver enrichment. They build trust, catalyze dialogue, and create the conditions for communities to see themselves differently. So why does the sector treat them as disposable?
Making Sense of the Executive Search Process
There is a long list of challenges facing arts leaders today. Navigating a search firm should not be one of them. We’ve compiled this article to demystify how executive search firms such as ours operate, what you can expect when working with TOC Arts Partners, and how to navigate the process with clarity and confidence.
The Most Radical Thing You Can Do Right Now? Show Up.
What if the most meaningful act of resistance isn't just what you cancel, but what you choose instead? There's something quietly radical about insisting on shared physical experience in an era designed to keep us apart.