A national online survey of 800 adults found that 83% of respondents believe that government funding of orchestras should be maintained or increased, 70% say orchestras are economically significant, and 48% consider classical music an important part of Australian culture. But 80% report not having attended a classical concert in the past 12 months. (Most said that cost is the primary reason for that.) – Limelight (Australia)
Tag: 08.14.19
Umberto Eco’s Outsized Influence On Popular Culture
Few of the newspaper obituarists seemed to know quite what he had done. He had been involved in something that had changed the way texts are interpreted; but it was not really clear why that was so Earth-shattering. – Times Literary Supplement
Twenty-Five Years After Founding Native Voices At The Autry, Randy Reinholz Gets Some Major Recognition
Reinholz, an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, also had a hit as a playwright with Off the Rails (an adaptation of Measure for Measure) at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2017. He “is now the first Native person to receive the Ellen Stewart Career Achievement in Professional Theater Award from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.” – Indian Country Today
How London’s National Theatre Live Changed The Landscape
Broadcasting live theatre changes the audience – and the theatre. But for the better? Directors try to “collaborate with the show’s creative team and company. ‘We’ve got to do it in such a way that the artists are supported, that they trust it.'” – Playbill
Beethoven’s Revolution (But What Kind?)
Beethoven’s political engagement is indisputable, but whether it finds direct expression in his work – aside from dedications and commissions – is a sticky topic. – New Statesman
Detroit Art Is Hot. And With It Come The Challenges
“Artist studios get filled up pretty quickly,” he said. “And people are getting priced out.” – Artsy
Lee Bennett Hopkins, America’s Unknown King Of Children’s Poetry, Dead At 81
“[He] dedicated a lifetime to writing and anthologizing poetry for children, amassing troves of verse” — 120 volumes by the time he died — “to help young people navigate the unknowns of life, from why stink bugs stink to how to survive a divorce.” – The Washington Post
‘I Love Staring At One Spot For Six Hours!’ Life-Drawing Models On The Trials And Joys Of Posing Nude For Art Students
The person who gave that quote actually meant it. Tim Jonze talks to three professional figure models about the worst and best parts of their jobs. – The Guardian
For The First Time, A Telenovela Is Centered On A Gay Couple
El Corazón Nunca Se Equivoca (“The Heart Is Never Wrong”), produced and set in Mexico City, is a spinoff of the popular Mi Marido Tiene Más Familia (“My Husband Has More Family”): two young men in that series have fallen in love and go off to university together — with the full support of one of their families. And with the power of telenovelas in Mexico’s machismo-filled culture, the new series is a major development. – The Washington Post
Abandoned Sketch Found Beneath Leonardo Painting
“Why Leonardo abandoned this first composition still remains a mystery. Handprints resulting from patting down the priming on the panel to create an even layer of more or less uniform thickness can also be seen, probably the work of an assistant – but perhaps even by Leonardo himself.” – The Guardian