Crossposted from the Creative Rights & Artists discussion over at ArtsJournal last week. The prompt for this post was a challenge from ArtsJournal honcho Doug McLennan to nominate “the biggest policy threat or potentially transformative initiative currently facing our culture.” [...] Thanks to all for the stimulating conversation. I think for me, the most exciting [...]
As we’ve mentioned here a few times recently, nonprofit organizations are now required to file a 990-N “postcard” form with the IRS every year. The National Center for Charitable Statistics has helpfully compiled a “doomsday list” of nonprofits who have failed to meet the requirement even after multiple warnings and thus risk losing their tax-exempt [...]
This week, the venerable ArtsJournal is hosting (with Fractured Atlas, Future of Music Coalition, and the National Alliance for Media Arts + Culture) a discussion about artists’ creative rights and arts policy / advocacy more generally. I’m one of 22 featured bloggers, along with my Fractured Atlas colleague Justin Karr and some other great voices [...]
Earlier this year, I wrote some critical words about Chicago-based chamber music ensemble eighth blackbird’s composer competition that offered only a $1000 prize despite an abnormally high $50 entry fee for composers. While steep entry fees for artistic competitions are problematic no matter who is charging them, it struck many in the composition community as [...]
Here’s the audio from my appearance on Rosetta Thurman’s “All Nonprofits Considered” talk show with Colleen Dilenschneider earlier today. It was a lot of fun and we covered considerable ground: the justifications for subsidizing the arts, what counts as “art,” audience demographic trends, how arts organizations are faring in the recession, leadership development and transition [...]
Here’s what’s new with the blogroll: Good Intentions Are Not Enough has a new URL and feed. Still not the most easy-to-type web address, but it’s an improvement over the last one… GiveWell has moved from givewell.net to givewell.org. Feeds should still work for the GiveWell Blog. I’ve removed several apparently inactive blogs from the [...]
I’m going to be on Rosetta Thurman‘s show on BlogTalk Radio next Monday, July 12 at noon EDT with Colleen Dilenschneider, a graduate student who is the author of a previously-unknown-to-me arts blog called Know Your Own Bone. I’ve been an admirer of Rosetta’s for some time and I’m excited to finally be sort-of meeting [...]
Hello Scott, thank you for the question! These issues are addressed several times in the report, mainly in the section...
Hi, Ian! Just curious: did this study address anything regarding geography or age issues?
Thanks for putting this up on the web. I’d like to get the thesis if you don’t mind sending it. I want to...
I am pursuing music full time. all or nothing i guess.
Katherine what an in depth article. Thank you so much for writing this. The arts community needs something like this!