Arts

The Power of Joint Ventures

Michael Kaiser | Posted 09.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Chicago Symphony, Hubbard Street Dance, Arts Management, Arts, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Joint Ventures, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

In my travels across the nation I have been hearing a lot of discussion about the glut of arts organizations and the need to "thin out" the field. This scares me greatly.

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My Visit to Kalamazoo

Michael Kaiser | Posted 09.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Arts, Kalamazoo, Arts in Crisis, Arts Education, John F. Kennedy Center, Arts Funding, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

Next time any government official in Washington or elsewhere says that the arts are elitist or that everyday people don't care about the arts, I am going to suggest they visit Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Do We Need a National Black Arts Festival?

Kristi York Wooten | Posted 08.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: High Museum of Art, Fulton County Georgia, Atlanta, Robert Townsend, Radcliffe Bailey, Arts, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Obama, National Black Arts Festival, Monet, Dianne Reeves, Entertainment News
Kristi York Wooten

The National Black Arts Festival exists to honor, to remember, to look forward, and to celebrate the cultural contributions of all people of African descent -- here and now.

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Why the Arts Don't Pay for Themselves

Michael Kaiser | Posted 08.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Non-Profits, Arts, Not for Profits, Funding Non-Profits, Arts Funding, Kennedy Center, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

When people say the arts are irrelevant, I have to disagree; the arts are simply too expensive.

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Any Given Child

Michael Kaiser | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Arts, At-Risk Youth, Any Given Child, Arts Education, Kennedy Center, Living News
Michael Kaiser

Arts education is particularly important at this juncture in our economic history. With manufacturing jobs evaporating, we need more than ever to train our children to be creative, problem-solving members of our economy.

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Needed: A Federal Arts Policy

Michael Kaiser | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arts, Michael Kaiser, Ministry of Culture, National Endowment for the Arts, Federal Government, Arts Policy, Politics News
Michael Kaiser

Most people do not know that no fewer than nine government agencies provide support to arts in this nation.

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A Twa Lala -- Play a Song: My Keynote Address at the Music Educators Symposium at the Yale School of Music

Lucia Brawley | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Education, Music, Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Teachers, Arts Education, Yale, Yale School of Music, u.s. Department of Education, Living News
Lucia Brawley

On June 10, 2009, it was my great honor to deliver the keynote address at the Yale School of Music's biennial Music Educators Symposium.

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Arts in Crisis

Michael Kaiser | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Art, Arts, Recession Fears, Marketing, Arts Funding, Arts Education, Performance, Arts in the Recession, Politics News
Michael Kaiser

American arts organizations are threatened, but it is not the economy that poses the largest threat.

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The UAE's Dual Representation at the Venice Biennale

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Arts, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Venice-Biennale, Dubai, Uae, United Arab Emirates, Venice Biennale, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Unlike every other country that took part, the UAE was the only one that was officially represented in two separate pavilions across a canal from each other.

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Third Screen: Entertainment vs. Recession Porn

Vickie Karp | Posted 07.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Arts, David Lynch, The Economy, Poverty, Barbara Ehrenreich, Rich and Poor, The New York Times, Entertainment News
Vickie Karp

Who is rich and powerful? Who is poor and weak? Artists and journalists always write about these things, but how they do so is telling. During th...

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Where Poverty and Culture Intersect: Embracing Local Traditions to Better Fight Poverty

Ivonne A-Baki | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: United National Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, Poverty, Unesco, World Poverty, Arts, Global Poverty, Culture, Millennium Challenge Corporation, World News
Ivonne A-Baki

If the world's poor are to pull themselves out of extreme poverty and onto the path of development, culture is both a means and ends for doing so.

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Arts Education in America

Quincy Jones | Posted 06.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jfk Jr, Arts, Globalization, Cultural History, Celebrities Talk Politics, Music, Jazz, George Magazine, Arts Education, Entertainment News
Quincy Jones

Can we really run the risk of becoming a culturally bankrupt nation because we have not inserted a curriculum into our educational institutions that will teach and nurture creativity in our children?

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Meltdown: The Year Jazz Threw Out the Rules

Matthew Kohut | Posted 06.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Charlie Haden, John Coltrane, Jazz, Jack Kerouac, Dave Brubeck, Arts, Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, Music, Miles Davis, Culture, Entertainment News
Matthew Kohut

How does a music festival remain edgy and relevant? The British fest Meltdown 09 made news recently by tapping Ornette Coleman as director of this year's event.

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New York Times CorrectionWatch: Style Wars

Melissa Kirsch | Posted 05.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Blunders, Melissa Kirsch, Corrections, Elements of Style, Arts, New York Times, Correctionwatch, Media, Maira Kalman, Journalism, Nyt, Media News
Melissa Kirsch

A minor blunder in the New York Times produces minor hilarity and profound self-flagellation.

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Part I - Why Arts Education is a Matter of Social Justice and Why it will Save the World

Lucia Brawley | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Education, Arne Duncan, Children, Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Wynton Marsalis, Barack Obama, Arts Education, Politics News
Lucia Brawley

Inspired by countless examples of the vital importance of the arts in shaping young lives, I have made my way into rooms with some of the country's foremost arts educators and arts education advocates.

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Palestinians Angry About Portrayal of Prisoners' Wife by Palestinian Filmmaker

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Arts, Movie, Richard Gere, Sundance, Prisoners, Palestinians, Berlin Festival, Filmmaker, Palestine, Entertainment News
Daoud Kuttab

Pomegranates and Myrrh is a sensitive film by one Palestinian filmmaker about one Palestinian point of view. However, some in the Arab world are calling for the movie to be banned.

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Gustavo Dudamel and the Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra: A Musical Sensation from Venezuela

TEDTalks | Posted 03.22.2009 | World

Read More: Arts, Culture, Children, Entertainment, Education, Music, El Sistema, Teresa Carreno, Orchestra, World News
TEDTalks

The Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra contains the best high school musicians from Venezuela's life-changing music program, El Sistema.

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Last Night's Fantasy

Brian Dickie | Posted 03.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Arts, Senator Coburn, Stimulus Bill, Opera, Andrew Davis, Coburn Stimulus Amendment, Stimulus Package, Stimulus Bill Arts Funding, Chicago Opera, Chicago News
Brian Dickie

There is some irony in Senator Coburn's stimulus bill amendment. His daughter is a fine opera singer and though she is unlikely to suffer, many of her colleagues will as opera companies cut back.

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Stimulate the Arts and Keep American Strong

Robin Bronk | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arts, Economic Stimulus Package, Nea, Wpa, National Endowment for the Arts, Works Progress Administration, Politics News
Robin Bronk

Why is it so hard for some to realize that jobs in the arts support millions of Americans and are no less worthy than any other job that puts food on the table?

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Culture Zohn: Getting Creative in '09

Patricia Zohn | Posted 02.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Arts, Secretary of the Arts, Nea, National Endowment for the Arts, Arts Funding, Entertainment News
Patricia Zohn

2009-01-09-zohnpull.jpg Artists and arts institutions are scrappy and resourceful, generally uncomplaining and used to being valued less than bureaucrats, bankers or engineers.

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Stimulate the Arts

John Feffer | Posted 01.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Arts, Economic Stimulus Package, Economy, Barack Obama, Wpa, Economic Crisis, Great Depression, Entertainment News
John Feffer

At this time of economic crisis, we need to think creatively. And to support creative thinkers. We need to devote a portion of the economic stimulus package to the arts -- an Arts Stimulus Plan.

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Let the Arts Help Rebuild the Economy

Randall Bourscheidt | Posted 01.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Creativity, Art, The Arts Rebuild New York, Economy, Arts, The Arts Rebuild America, Museum of Modern Art, Moma, Brooklyn Children's Museum, Economic Stimulation, Living News
Randall Bourscheidt

The Obama administration should devote a portion of the new jobs program to matching this local investment in the arts infrastructure. The immediate gain in jobs will lead to the long-term benefit of stronger communities.

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Arts Community to Obama: Here's What We're Fighting For

Randall Bourscheidt | Posted 01.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Art, Nonprofits, Arts, Americans for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Barack Obama, Arts Education, National Endowment for the Humanities, Obama Arts, Living News
Randall Bourscheidt

We are fighting now to recover our prosperity but also our sense of purpose and pride as a nation. Like all other nations in history, our culture stands at the center of our identity.

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Online Video Contest Aims To Inspire Lawmakers On Warming

Dot Earth | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 11.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Politics, Environmental Policy, Carbon Offsets, Environment, Arts, Congress, Global Warming, Film, Climate Change, Green News

Winners have been chosen in an online video contest aimed at inspiring the next president, Congress and the public to take meaningful action on human-...

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Is This The End Of The Jews? An Interview With Adam Mansbach

Scott Thill | Posted 09.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Religion, Arts, Christianity, Jews, Interviews, Hip-Hop, Judaism, Books, Entertainment News
Scott Thill

Adam Mansbach is a dude of many hats. A hip-hop poet that can recite histories old-school and new without missing a beat, especially in his acid satire Angry Black White Boy.

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