Is This A Portrait If I Say So? A Gutsy Exhibition
But enough about the Met, for the time being at least. Let’s let a little dust settle there. Can we talk about art for a day? Specifically, … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2016-07-19
Community Engagement Training? – Request for Assistance
I have also observed that significant numbers of young professionals and pre-professionals in the arts are individually passionate about making the arts meaningful to their communities. They sometimes feel frustrated by the nature of their organization’s commitment to community engagement. … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2016-07-19
Why I’m talking about publicists (first take)
What’s in this post: Classical music press releases have to bring the music vividly alive, because they’re going to be read — crucially read — by many people who aren’t classical music specialists. … read more
AJBlog: Sandow Published 2016-07-19
From Chicago to Massachusetts
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago appears at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. … read more
AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2016-07-19
Why the arts?
How do the arts fit into the many definitions of community? … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2016-07-19
Arts as Ends, Means, and Everything In Between
In this article, Lyz Crane, Deputy Director of ArtPlace America, dives into the field of arts-based community development – from the practitioner and researcher point of view. … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2016-07-19
Choosing the path
The question of whether the arts can truly contribute to community building is still widely debated. Diane Ragsdale concludes that the path between the two does not have to split, and that arts organizations have long worked to use arts and culture to bring people together. What are your thoughts? … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2016-07-19
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Author: Matthew Westphal
The 12th-Century Author-Composer-Herbalist-Sex Advisor-Abbess Who Fought The Patriarchy And Won
St. Hildegard of Bingen was even cooler than you knew.
David Parsons Is Choreographing For Drones
“‘The drones also become personalities,’ he explained. ‘They become alive. They make decisions in front of your eyes, and so do the [human] performers onstage. So you get the feeling that they have artificial intelligence, that they are thinking. It’s spooky.'”
Dante Was A Great Poet – And A Hot-Tempered, Self-Aggrandizing Social Climber
“He was ambitious, had the highest possible opinion of himself and aspired to the life of a noble, or at least to a noble life, a life dedicated to writing. … Dante’s self-image … dominated his writings and conditioned his every move.”
Is The Word ‘Queer’ Expanding Its Meaning, Or Losing It? When Everyone Can Be ‘Queer’, Is Anyone?
Jenna Wortham: “Facebook, which can be seen as a kind of social census, now offers nearly 60 different gender options … Plainly, we are in the midst of a profoundly exhilarating revolution. And ‘queer’ has come to serve as a linguistic catchall for this broadening spectrum of identities, so much so that people who consider themselves straight, but reject heteronormativity, might even call themselves queer. But when everyone can be queer, is anyone?”
There’s A New $100,000 Art Prize Coming Out Of Austin
“The [museum] Contemporary Austin announced Thursday that it will be host to the Suzanne Deal Booth Art Prize, a $100,000 unrestricted biennial award given to an artist of any age, any nationality and working in any medium. In addition, the Booth Prize will finance a solo exhibit for the winning artist that will be accompanied by a major publication.”
The Trump ‘Make America Great Again’ Hat Is Actually An Effective Piece Of Design
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“It’s infuriatingly good,” says famous New York ad man George Lois. “And at this point,” writes Carolina Miranda, “it’s unforgettable. The hat has become the ‘I Like Ike’ button and Obama ‘Hope’ poster of our time – the official objet d’art of an election that has turned into one long, bad-hair-day episode of reality TV.”
What Every Presidential Campaign Ad Ever Really Says
“This Is A Generic Presidential Campaign Ad,” assembled entirely from stock footage by the stock-footage company Dissolve, lays out all the messaging elements for (the generic) Candidate (slogan: “For an American America”). (video)
‘Barry Lyndon’ – Stanley Kubrick’s Period Piece May Not Be Action-Packed, But ‘It Puts A Spell On People’
“The director’s 18th-century epic is legendary for the hardships imposed upon its cast, with 150 takes for a single shot not uncommon. But, four decades on, the film’s stars remain united in praise of this beautiful, slow-burning masterpiece.”
Arizona Theatre Company Saved In Last-Minute Fundraising Rally
“Arizona Theatre Company has raised the $2 million necessary to keep the organization on stage, the group announced Monday. … Last week, the board decided to give notices to employees on Monday. Soon after, many donors began to open pocketbooks rather than just give verbal support.”