FWSO president and CEO Amy Adkins, with the approval of the nonprofit’s board of directors, proposed cutting the concert season from 46 weeks to 43, decreasing artist fees for the Concerts in the Garden series by 25 percent, and eliminating three weeks of paid time off. The loss in wages would mean a nearly 23 percent loss in salary since 2010 once inflation is accounted for.
Month: October 2015
Report: Al Pacino’s New Broadway Show Is A F****** Disaster
“Friends of the actor say they’ve never seen him so despondent. He sits in his dressing room after the show “totally lost,” one says. And sources say he’s getting no help from Mamet, who saw two dress rehearsals and the first preview and then vamoosed to California.”
Chicago Needs Money. So Where To Get It? Classical Music Of Course!
“In the run-up to the City Council’s budget vote this week, the Progressive Caucus came up with a list of revenue-generating amendments including one intended to add a 9 percent tax to the cost of tickets for two of the city’s major cultural engines—Lyric Opera and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. It would be so easy. All the council would have to do is delete a paragraph of the Municipal Code.”
How To Make Ballet More Diverse
On the stages of American Ballet Theater and New York City Ballet black, Asian, Latino and multiracial dancers are beginning to change the face of ballet where it matters most: Lincoln Center, home base to both companies.
Canada’s National Ballet Posts Its Sixth Straight Surplus
David Binet, Board Chair of The National Ballet of Canada, today reported that company revenues were $30,851,000 with expenses at $30,806,000 resulting in an operating surplus for the year of $45,000 and accumulated surplus of $65,000.
Is Analog Photography Making A Comeback?
“Using film makes people think about what they are photographing. You only get one go, you can’t take 50 pictures and delete them all.”
SXSW Says It Erred In Canceling Panels And Adds Anti-Harrasment Programming
“By canceling two sessions we sent an unintended message that SXSW not only tolerates online harassment but condones it, and for that we are truly sorry,” said Hugh Forrest, director of SXSW Interactive, in a statement.
LACMA’s Michael Govan, A Different Kind Of Museum Director
“The good thing about being the museum director is that you’ll eventually be forgotten. You can take risks. So if you succeed, if you fail, it’s not really a big deal in history. It’s the artists who are going to be remembered.”
UK Arts Pay Survey Shows Gender, Age Equity Gaps
“The overall profile of respondents gives an indication of the fragmented nature of the arts workforce as a whole. Just a third (720) of the 2,183 who completed the survey earned their entire income by working in a full-time salaried position on a permanent contract for a single employer, with the rest working either part-time for one or more employers, on temporary or casual contracts, or as freelance workers.”
Scottish Arts Funding Row Sparks Debate On Definitions For What Gets Funded
“Ironically, arts funding remains one area of government that is especially closed to any suggestions of change. It remains wedded to a post-war conception of elite decision making where those that know make the choices about what the rest of the population will most benefit from having subsidised.”