Tag: diversity
The Canon Explodes: The Museum World Aims for Diversity
"We have to move from tokenism to transformation..." For the future-forward American museum, that process appears to be underway.
5 Tips for Finding Community as a POC Arts Professional
Key spaces and crucial opportunities to share ideas and resources to generate that sector-wide shift.
Death of ‘Chicago’ Actor Jeff Loeffelholz: Updates, Debates
Who has legal standing to know the results of an investigation? What about a moral imperative?
Native Voices: Finding Refuge on a Hill in Los Angeles
They don’t just nurture plays. They nurture the Native artists who flock to the refuge on the hill.
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.
How My Son Found Cultural Identity — Hidden in the Family...
The lesson? Nobody owns the answer to anyone else’s racial identity.
My Personal Reasons for Wanting Ralph Northam to Resign
The author's mother was more "Edith than Archie." What was she not? Sophisticated.
Diversity and the Arts: Can the US Escape Whiteism?
What we do about the one is related to what we do about the other.
Jack Whitten’s Sculptures Are a Revelation
At the Met Breuer, he remixes materials and cultural influences into a gorgeous, very personal body of work.
Democrats in the House! (Here’s My Laundry List)
Unless there's Trump, Julian Assange, Vladimir Putin and peeing hookers in a time-stamped video, Democrats need to be careful with impeachment.
RJ Mitte, Stephanie Gould Envision Better Roles for Actors with Disabilities
On this podcast, two actors imagine how the arts could better represent a highly overlooked minority.
Spanish Masterpieces Bridge Cultures at the San Antonio Museum of Art
500 years of Spanish art makes the point that culture links us, rather than separates us.
Oh, My “D-Illyria” For Shaina Taub’s First-Rate ‘Twelfth Night’
The rain fell steadily, once stopping the show for maybe 15 minutes. I refused to budge.
A White American in the Arts Looks at Diversity Worldwide
Learning from cultural equity work in Finland and Australia. Plus, a DEI resource list.
How to Make a Black Man Disappear From Broadway
Here's what Ben Brantley did -- or didn't do -- in his review of "Angels in America" on Broadway.
The 2018 National Summit and Expo on Diversity in the Arts
A conference to tackle the difficult questions. Here's what you can expect.
Why ‘Inclusion Rider’ Also Needs to Mean ‘Time’s Up’
Hey Netflix, you awake? If you really cared about diversity, you'd listen to Frances McDormand.
On Erasing One’s Heritage and the Myth of Race in America
Race is the opposite of what we were always told. It can be distorted to keep people isolated.
Meghan Markle Is More Than “Descended From Slaves”
To say that Markle is descended from slaves on her maternal side, solely, is to deny the truth.