Category: issues

God, yes. Wait: Not so much, actually. Finally, adapt or die.

“Before the latest incident, people took to the streets in Libya’s capital city, Tripoli, demanding that the newly elected parliament intervene to protect the country’s vulnerable cultural heritage.”

“Titled Emperor Haute Couture, it shows a smiling, unclothed Harper reclined on a chaise lounge with a dog by his feet and a woman in business attire offering him a Tim Hortons cup on a silver platter.”

“The cliché is true: Everybody’s a critic. However, the cliché’s converse is clearly false: A critic isn’t everybody. Hell, that’s precisely what gives the breed a bad name – we’re snooty elitists not plugged into the vox populi. Yet, ideally, there’s something else that separates the critic from everybody: not merely liking or disliking but offering an informed explanation of why.”

“Within a decade we anticipate that nearly half of public-high-school graduates nationwide will be students of color, and all states will confront this escalating diversification, to varying degrees. Unfortunately, we have struggled to serve such students as well as we serve their white peers, accounting for the achievement gaps that have proved so stubbornly persistent.”

“Blessed by a significant cluster of university, medical, cultural, and transit facilities, [University Circle] is in a fortunate position to generate private sector development (the neighborhood has grown to support around 3 million visitors, 50,000 jobs and 10,000 residents) that many surrounding communities still cannot since losing their industrial base in the last century.”

“In recognition of these significant changes in the way Americans experience art, many institutions — both long established and new — are aggressively rethinking their approach to arts engagement and seeking ways to invite audiences to create, curate, and respond to art.”

“Throughout history, technology has provided artists with new tools for expression. Today, these two seemingly distinct disciplines are interlinked more than ever, with technology being a fundamental force in the development and evolution of art.”

“The National Museum of Bosnia-Herzegovina will close on Thursday after 124 years – the victim of a political funding crisis that is devastating the divided nation’s cultural institutions. Bosnia has already lost its national art gallery this year. And international campaigners say at least five other cultural institutions are at risk. They include the National and University Library, which was attacked and reduced to rubble during the 1992-95 war.”

“This raises a series of questions: how to describe, diagnose and support the full range of cultural endeavour as it intersects with other areas of society, the economy and government. … A useful descriptive and diagnostic tool points to helpful ways of measuring cultural value and impact. Imagine four concentric circles. …”