About Bill O'Brien

Name: Bill O'Brien

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Web Site: http://www.arts.gov

Bio: The Senior Advisor for Program Innovation, National Endowment for the Arts is a senior executive at the National Endowment responsible for exploring, examining and identifying innovative and/or emerging practices, programs and endeavors in the arts. In his current position, Mr. O’Brien helped organize two convenings of the nation’s leading artists and scientists in partnership with the National Science Foundation: Re/search: Art, Science and Information Technology and Symbiotic Art & Science: An Investigation at the Intersection of Life Sciences and the Arts. Bill also serves as the Agency’s lead on a partnership between the NEA and the Department of Defense to investigate the use of expressive writing as a formal medical protocol to help heal service members at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD.

Posts by Bill O'Brien:

ARTSblog holds week-long Blog Salons, a series of posts by guest bloggers, that focus on an overarching theme within a core area of Americans for the Arts' work. Here are links to the most recent Salons:

Arts Education

Early Arts Education

Common Core Standards

Quality, Engagement & Partnerships

Emerging Leaders

Taking Communities to the Next Level

New Methods & Models

Public Art

Best Practices

Evaluation

Arts Marketing

Audience Engagement

Winning Audiences

Animating Democracy

Scaling Up Programs & Projects

Social Impact & Evaluation

Private Sector Initatives

Arts & Business Partnerships

Business Models in the Arts

Local Arts Agencies

Economic Development

Trends, Collaborations & Audiences

    Alec Baldwin and Nigel Lythgoe talk about the state of the arts in America at Arts Advocacy Day 2012. The acclaimed actor and famed producer discuss arts education and what inspires them.

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