Got a few conferences and such coming up, thought you folks might like to know: Monday, April 29 “GOOD Community Engages the Arts” organized by Think Local First DC and Listen Local First Tropicalia 2001 14th Street NW (under the Subway) Washington, DC 6:30 – 9pm Info and registration (it’s free) (This panel features a whoppingRead More
Cool jobs of the month – special extra/extra special edition
Normally I only have one Cool Jobs posting each month, but I’m invoking Editor’s Prerogative and breaking my own rule today because we’re hiring a Summer Research Fellow at Fractured Atlas and the deadline is less than two weeks away. And since I’m doing that anyway, I let a few other cool jobs of recentRead More
April public arts funding update
FEDERAL After a long lull, we’re starting to see some action on the arts and related topics at the federal level. First, the House and Senate have passed a continuing resolution enshrining the “sequester” cuts in the rest of Fiscal Year 2013, meaning that the National Endowment for the Arts and other federal agencies are sustaining aRead More
Cool job of the month
Assistant Director, Research Services, Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design The Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD) seeks an experienced, highly organized individual to serve as its full-time Assistant Director – Research Services. The ideal candidate will be experienced in collecting, analyzing and presenting a wide range of higher educationRead More
Around the horn: Kim Jong-un edition
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 fundingRead More
Around the horn: Pesach edition
AR T AND THE GOVERNMENT One artist’s activism on immigration and visa reform (he’s banned from entering the USA for 10 years because of a paperwork snafu). The Obama administration has announced three new members of the National Council on the Arts, the body that oversees the NEA. Here are interviews with Maria Rosario Jackson, Emil Kang and Paul Hodes.Read More
March public arts funding update
FEDERAL The internet just got a little less friendly for pirates. A new “Copyright Alert” system, the product of a voluntary agreement between internet service providers such as Comcast and AT&T, Hollywood movie studios, and major record labels, will inconvenience persistent illicit downloaders first with warnings and then stronger measures such as slowed service. TheRead More
Cool jobs of the month
Performing Arts Program Fellow, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation A Hewlett Foundation Fellowship allows an individual to enrich his or her understanding of philanthropy and of specific subject matter by engaging in all phases of grantmaking in the Foundation’s areas of interest. Over a two-year term, Fellows are assigned to one of the Foundation’s fourRead More
Around the horn: Argo edition
ART AND THE GOVERNMENT The dreaded sequester began Friday, affecting all federal accounts including that of the National Endowment for the Arts. The NEA will lose 5% of its budget, which works out to about $7.3 million. Grants and administration will be reduced by the same percentage. The reductions only apply through March 27, however,Read More
Solving the Underpants Gnomes Problem: Towards an Evidence-Based Arts Policy
Arts research is broken. Here’s how to fix it.
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