ART AND THE GOVERNMENT The NEA has unveiled a new four-point plan for its arts education program, and Kristen Engebretsen has the details. Yo-Yo Ma gave this year’s Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy at Arts Advocacy Day, and you can watch the video here. Fascinating account of the Norwegian jazz scene and how government funding [...]
ART AND THE GOVERNMENT As you know, there was an election last week, and Barack Obama won it. Thankfully this means that Barry Hessenius’s worst fears about the NEA likely won’t be realized, but Barry does have some useful advocacy advice that is worth a read regardless of the outcome. Ted Johnson has a helpful pre-election [...]
ART AND THE GOVERNMENT Two bills under consideration by Congress would adjust the music licensing rates paid by internet streaming radio services like Rdio, MOG, and Spotify to match what cable and satellite providers pay. IN THE FIELD Artists often neglect to realize that crowdfunding campaign money isn’t free – in addition to the fees you [...]
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And now for the final part of my series examining some related sites you may wish to check out. These are all blogs that I added to the list last fall, bringing the “Blogroll Revealed” feature up to date with all of the sites that currently enjoy a spot there. (I’ve since discovered like 20 [...]
Super-interesting, Dan. This is something we grapple with A LOT at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. We have...
Tegan, very provocative piece, and nice to be reminded that arts have a role in the world beyond creative placemaking ;...
Tyler Cowen is a neo-liberal economist and pop-economics author. He isn’t a art historian or a playwright . He...
Thank you very much for the reply, and yes, your explanation does help a lot for me to further understand these two...
Interesting question! I think of rules as the parameters that define what someone can do. These are either set by a...