“The top court announced Thursday it will not hear an appeal to a ruling made by Ontario’s Court of Appeal made last September that upheld Drabinsky’s 2009 fraud conviction. The Supreme Court also refused to grant Drabinsky a new trial.”
Tag: 03.30.12
More Federal Funding Cuts Proposed For Canadian Arts
“The federal government’s 2012 budget outlined cuts of $9.6 million over three years to Library and Archives Canada and $1.9 million over the same time period for the National Arts Centre. Telefilm, the National Film Board, the National Battlefields Commission and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission also will be cut.”
More Federal Funding Cuts Proposed For Canadian Arts
“The federal government’s 2012 budget outlined cuts of $9.6 million over three years to Library and Archives Canada and $1.9 million over the same time period for the National Arts Centre. Telefilm, the National Film Board, the National Battlefields Commission and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission also will be cut.”
$110 Million Budget Cut Proposed For CBC
“The public broadcaster will see 10 per cent taken from its current $1.1-billion budget as part of a $5.2-billion cut to federal spending over three years.”
Berlin’s Billion-Dollar Arts – Can The City Afford them?
With almost a billion euros in annual arts subsidies, Berlin has transformed itself into one of the world’s major meccas for the arts. But tight budgets and a shrinking number of alternative venues have pitted established institutions against the avant-garde and threaten the city’s lucrative status as Europe’s self-proclaimed “art capital.”
NEA Study: Arts Education Boosts Student Test Scores
“At-risk teenagers or young adults with a history of intensive arts experiences show achievement levels closer to, and in some cases exceeding, the levels shown by the general population studied, These findings suggest that in-school or extracurricular programs offering deep arts involvement may help to narrow the gap in achievement levels among youth.”
The Life And Utter Inconsequence Of Nicky Hathaway
“While Hathaway could be thought of as a composer’s composer, he would be more fairly described as a composer’s manicurist or a composer’s lawnboy. As evidence, let’s consider the composition that is surely Hathaway’s best-loved unheard piece of work…”
Detroit Institute Of Art Proposes County Tax To Help Support It
“The DIA is seeking the millage to cope with debilitating annual operating gaps of roughly $10 million-$12 million. Despite raising hundreds of millions dollars during the last decade, the museum has never been able to adequately replace state funding, which amounted to 70% of its budget until cuts began in the early 1990s. Where the DIA once received $16 million in annual state funding, it received zero this year, while also facing the impact of the recession and increasing fatigue among its donors.”
The Complicated Path To Becoming A Danseur Etoile
“‘Star’ is a word that is frequently used to describe a principal dancer in many countries. But at the Paris Opera, it is an official title, resonant with prestige and conferred only at the mysterious discretion of the director. It is part of a promotional system that differs from most other ballet companies in its almost military formality.”
Why Is It So Hard To Open A New Play On Broadway?
Money, of course. But all that cash isn’t necessarily going where you may think.