Tag: arts
What I Got Out of My Lunch with the New NEA...
In June 2018, President Trump appointed Mary Anne Carter to be Acting Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. The press at the...
Leonardo da Vinci: After 500 Years, Still a Man in Full
For the quincentenary of his 1519 death, a dazzling display of exhibitions and new books honor the master's capacious vision.
What We Should Know About Immigration, Refugees and the Arts
There are more forcibly displaced persons worldwide than ever before. Arts have a role in easing the crisis.
Post-Pride Reflections Through POC, LGBTQ Arts Lenses
June is not the only month in which we should have these conversations.
Was Mom Right? I Hope Not
Mom thought the arts were fun and games, frivolous, with no real worth but immediate entertainment.
Am I Still a Dancer If I Don’t Dance For a...
Let's reject the antiquated idea that you're either entirely in or out of the arts.
For Indie Artists, Does the Daisie App Match the Hype?
It's the wild, wild west (of Westeros).
Why Must Arts Workers Equate Long Hours with Success?
If your art cannot get done in the hours you have budgeted for it, you have lied. To everyone.
12 Plausible Creators of the Deplorable Coin
Yes, the Deplorable Coin is a real product! Who designed it? No one knows! Or maybe we do...
Does Your Nonprofit Arts Board Always Vote Unanimously?
Unending total agreement can hurt nonprofit arts groups. There are better ways to be a board.
Boycott For Choice: Can Artists Be Profiles in Courage?
If you are an artist and pro-choice, you have to confront a terrible and difficult question.
Latinx Artists Probe Sci-Fi in ‘Mundos Alternos’
Artists from across the Americas playfully show that science fiction has always been a metaphor for addressing complex political and social realities.
All the Good News I Could Find
Nine not-a-little-bit-bougie pieces of good news and nice things for the decadent extremist in us all.
Can Economic Impact Make a Case for Arts Nonprofits?
Nonprofit arts is to commercial arts what food banks are to supermarkets. Or maybe not.
Women Take the Spotlight at Panorama Europe 2019
A striking through-line highlights this festival, now at NYC's Museum of the Moving Image.
Let Them Eat Culture: Notre Dame and the Collateral Damage of...
Where they elite meet to...not care about anyone but the elite. As usual.
‘Lockdown’ Appeals for Justice Reform — and Compassion
Playwright Cori Thomas learned to see the San Quentin incarcerated as individuals, not as past crimes.
Two Cities Getting Arts and Culture Right: Kansas City
This red-state city in the heartland offers best practices and innovation in arts and culture.
At Driehaus Museum, Yinka Shonibare Fabricates Post-Colonial Identity
The artist takes over a lavish Chicago mansion, for a contemporary twist on Gilded Age excess.
Sackler, Altria, MacArthur: Ethical Quicksand in Big Philanthropy
Is our collective conscience bothered before we accept the gift or after the public outcry?