(Please enjoy this guest post from Yvonne Lee, a recent UCLA MLIS graduate and information professional specializing in cultural data research. -IDM) In late July, the National Endowment for the Arts quietly issued a request for proposals for a national arts data repository to serve as a clearing house for “high-quality datasets with arts variables.”Read More
Archives for December 2013
Uncomfortable Thoughts: Are We Missing the Point of Effective Altruism?
People who want to do the most amount of good possible with the resources available don’t tend to take the arts very seriously. What if they’re right?
Around the horn: healthcare.gov edition
ART AND THE GOVERNMENT A consortium of City of Detroit creditors have made the first legal move towards pressuring the Detroit Institute of Arts to sell city-owned artworks to help pay for debts owed. Executive Vice President Annemarie Erickson defends the museum against Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr’s demand that the museum find one way orRead More
Applications are open for the Spring 2014 Createquity Fellowship!
Are you interested in joining the national conversation on arts policy? Looking for a free, structured setting to hone your writing chops while sharing your ideas with a large and highly engaged audience? Want to spend a few months working alongside the Createquity editorial team while positioning yourself for fabulous professional opportunities? The Createquity Fellowship,Read More