“All of a sudden, Chicago is filled with new museum projects. American Writers Museum is scheduled to open May 16, and a sports museum, blues museum and presidential library are to follow, if plans succeed, in the next few years. Two words for the people behind the ambitions: Good luck. … Here’s a look at how American Writers Museum succeeded in opening, plus prospects for three projects on the horizon.”
Category: issues
Can TicketMaster Really Win Against The Bots?
“To some extent, the problem we’re solving is a problem of our own making. That problem is that we–both Ticketmaster and the industry–have for as long as we’ve been selling tickets, been selling tickets to consumers based on speed. You have a good that’s perpetually priced under market in a sales environment that rewards speed.”
British Labour Party Promises £1 Billion Fund For The Arts
In the party’s election manifesto, published on May 16, Labour said it would introduce a cultural capital fund, totalling £1 billion, to “upgrade our existing cultural and creative infrastructure to be ready for the digital age”. The fund would also invest in creative clusters across the country, designed to boost economic growth through culture. It would be administered through Arts Council England over a period of five years, and is described by Labour as “among the biggest arts infrastructure funds ever”.
Maybe It’s Time To Quit Talking On And On About ‘Audience Engagement’ – There Are Already Engaged Audiences Out There
In an editorial that concentrates in the dance scene in Philadelphia but could apply to any of the performing arts, Steven Weisz argues that there are plenty of smaller companies and organizations “already firmly entrenched in the communities they service … [and] tend to attract younger and more diverse audiences as a result” – and that, instead of throwing grant money at large organizations for “engagement” programs, funders should send that money their way instead.
West Bank Archaeological Site/Museum Must Deal With All Religions And Cultures, Rules Israeli Supreme Court
“Tourists at Tel Shiloh face ‘dissonance’, [the plaintiffs’ lawyer] says, because labels in Hebrew and English primarily underscore the Jewish biblical history about Israelites and the Tabernacle, while many of the ancient buildings and artefacts on display date from the Muslim and Byzantine periods.”
Are “The Arts” Really A Brand?
“One problem is that all of those organizations that have their own individual brand within our sphere, very few, if any at all, spend any concerted or coordinated effort at pushing for the overall sector brand change. What is needed is consideration by every organization, that in addition to marketing itself as valuable, is the simultaneous marking of the value of the overall arts. And not just in times of defending the arts against specific attacks such as the recent NEA issue. And, of course, countless of our organizations unable to do much about their own brand.”
British Architects Are Starting To Flip Out About Brexit
They’re not happy with the Tories’ discussion of forcing non-British EU members – who make up a considerable number of their coworkers – to leave. “We are appalled that the government should use those who have made considerable personal and professional commitments to this country, and who enrich our culture, as a negotiating chip. This is not the behaviour of a civilised society.”
So Canada Isn’t A Great Place For Journalists Of Color, As This Twitter Pile-On Pledge Shows
Just as a half-hearted apology flew out after an editor wrote an entire piece on how great cultural appropriation was, and the whole thing was dying down “thanks to the vicious half-life of the news cycle, a bunch of high-ranking members of Canadian media — all white — decided to go lose their shit on Twitter.:
Actor Playing Character Highlighting Racism In Britain Is Not So Randomly ‘Approached’ By Police Outside Of Theatre Before Show
Actor Oraine Johnson said, “It’s nothing special that happened to me. It’s something that happens, it’s happened before, it’s happened to my grandfather and my father. Growing up as a black male I know stuff like this happens. It was just ironic it happened before a show about racism.”
Creative Privilege: Cultural Appropriation Is Just Fine
The argument goes that “there’s a vast sea of images, ideas, stories and experiences out there and imaginative voyagers should be encouraged to pluck from it whatever flotsam they please. Beyond the very limited applications of copyrights and trademarks, there are no rules to say they are wrong, just lots of contexts in which those assumptions start to look really dubious. Why? Because they may elbow out people who haven’t had enough time or space to make their own mark.”