Mariah Horner - Thought # 6 - On Darrah On ATP

Good morning this is Mariah Horner and this is Thought #6.  And I went to bed thinking about it and I woke up thinking about it - Darrah Teitel's brilliant article on what's going on at ATP. I think she totally hit the nail on the head when she talks about the fact that communities own arts organizations. That there is a certain responsibility to look to the world you're producing in to understand who you should be.  And yes I'm not saying that we need to have an AGM or a referrendum for ever decision that's being made within an arts organization no, but what I am saying is that I think the reason that this is such a disaster (what's going on at ATP) is this dude parachuted in, made a decision like a traditional business without real context from the community and the community said no, this is not who we are, this is not the kind of work we wanna support, this is not who we believe we should be moving forward and I feel like I see this all the time.