Participation

How are audience expectations and public participation changing?

Sarah Sanford, Katherine Powell, and Mary Tuomanen, in Three Sisters at the Arden Theatre Company. Photo by Mark Garvin.

Questions of Practice: Mary Tuomanen on "Timefulness"

We asked Philadelphia theater artist Mary Tuomanen to comment on the notion and nature of time in performance.

Tania Isaac, 2011 Pew Fellow, dancing in 2007.

Questions of Practice: Pew Fellow Tania Isaac on Audience Expectations

"There is a hunger for a conversation about process," says dancer and choreographer Tania Isaac, when asked about changes in audience expectations.

Pastor Harry Moore, Sr. of Mount Olive Baptist Church approaches the lectern remodeled with 3711 Melon Street’s front door, as his choir performs at the funeral service for the row home. Interior detail of Temple Contemporary’s publication for Funeral for a Home.

"The Home Going Celebration": An Excerpt from Funeral for a Home

In this excerpt from the publication for Temple Contemporary's *Funeral for a Home*, Sue Bell Yank offers a first-person account of the "home going" memorial for the house at 3711 Melon St.

Questions of Practice: Composer Judd Greenstein on Audience Expectations

Composer Judd Greenstein speaks to changing audience expectations in "an era where people are deluged with cultural products."

Questions of Practice: Theater Artist Romeo Castellucci On His Relationship To Audiences

Experimental theater artist Romeo Castellucci talks about what he calls the "monarchy of the viewer."

Questions of Practice: Lisa Bielawa, Composer and Vocalist

An award-winning composer-vocalist, Bielawa has worked with Anthony Braxton, Philip Glass Ensemble, and John Zorn. We asked her: How is technology impacting our expectations of live music?

Questions of Practice: HowlRound's P. Carl on Excellence and Accessibility

We asked P. Carl, director and editor of HowlRound: Are excellence and accessibility mutually exclusive concepts?

Installation shot of Alien She at the Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University: Posters (c. 1991–present) from Riot Grrrl related shows, conventions and meetings internationally, solicited from institutional and personal archives through open calls, word-of-mouth, and invitations. Photo courtesy of the Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University.

Talking Exhibitions with Marnie Burke de Guzman

Marketing specialist Marnie Burke de Guzman sat down with us in early 2013 to discuss exhibitions as platforms for audience engagement.

Alex Torra in Pig Iron Theatre Company's Zero Cost House by Toshiki Okada. Photo by Jacques-Jean Tiziou.

Culture Shock on the Stage: Pig Iron's Alex Torra on Performing Zero Cost House in Japan

Pig Iron Theatre Company member Alex Torra talks about the experience of performing for Japanese audiences after premiering *Zero Cost House* in the United States.

Museum Director Nina Simon on Inspiring Visitor Participation

Nina Simon conducts a discussion and interactive workshop with local arts and culture practitioners from the Philadelphia area, and shared her vision for the future of cultural institutions as personal, dynamic, and collaborative places for visitor engagement.