In this guest post by Lina Yang, she gives us the best of multiple perspectives on fundraising as it is practiced in arts and cultural organizations, and as it is taught in her current grad program in the East Coast.

The following video was taken at the Audience (R)Evolution Learning Convening from February 20-22 in Philadelphia.

If you’re a young person planning on entering this field, I hope this prepares you more than I ever was when I started.

This post exposes one of the most prevalent and treacherous deceptions in the artist community. And suggests how we will survive and reach new heights as a class of workers.