Meet Me at Barry’s II

I’m participating in this week’s portion of Barry Hessenius’s and Anthony Radich’s six-week online discussion about the future of the NEA, hosted at the Western States Arts Federation website. Barry has the panel’s answers to the first two questions already up. You can check them out here, or if you’re pressed for time, I’ve repostedRead More

Around the horn: California dreamin’ edition

Rocco Landesman responded slowly and clearly last week to the inquiry into the infamous NEA conference call on the part of GOP Senators, saying “I am unaware of the use of any taxpayer dollars for the…conference call or related activity,” and debunking a number of other myths while striking a conciliatory tone. The Senators’ response?Read More

Watch the National Arts Journalism Summit here @ 12pm ET

Doug McLennan, the founder of the incomparable ArtsJournal.com, has asked bloggers around the web to co-host the live stream of today’s National Arts Journalism Summit in Los Angeles, at which ten new models for arts journalism will be presented. Naturally, I thought this was a cool idea and volunteered to sign up. The action takesRead More

New Blogs!

Here you are with the first post-Blogger batch of new blogroll additions! 99 Seats Mmm, I love me some good anonymous rant blog. Actually, I don’t, usually, but 99 Seats employs his/her undercover status for the greater good, offering incisive commentary on arts management, arts policy, and what 99 sees as the broken model forRead More

Jon Stewart on the NEA flap

Not in absolutely tip-top form, but hilarious even so: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c America: Target America www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Ron Paul Interview

Around the horn: f(e)asting edition

Had a quick trip to NYC for a bona-fide Chinese wedding banquet, complete with a 12-course (!) meal and embarrassing games involving the bride and groom. In other news, I’ll be blogging the Grantmakers in the Arts Conference on October 18-21 in Brooklyn, NY. Let me know if there’s anything you want me to tryRead More

Shocking(ly tame) NEA audio and transcript released

There have been some significant recent developments in the whole NEA conference call “scandal,” so rather than consign them to the next around the horn post, I figured I’d wrap them up for you here. The most important development is that Big Hollywood and Patrick Courrielche have finally released the full transcript and audio fromRead More

Arts & Economic Prosperity: Cliffs Notes version

I know: you’re a busy person. You don’t have a lot of time. You’d like to read my entire 7,000-word tome on Americans for the Arts’s economic impact study, but let’s face it: it’s just not gonna happen. At least not this week. Probably not next week, either. You suppose you could take it onRead More

Arts Policy Library: Arts & Economic Prosperity III

Perhaps no arts-related research study is cited as frequently in the mainstream media these days as Americans for the Arts’s gargantuan economic impact survey, Arts & Economic Prosperity III. Its key message, that the nonprofit arts sector is responsible for $166.2 billion in economic activity nationwide, has been hammered home relentlessly to policymakers, politicians, grantmakers,Read More

Around the horn: term paper edition

Have you been wondering whatever happened to the Arts Policy Library series? It hasn’t gone anywhere–it’s just been in extended hibernation in preparation for the piece that’s about to be unveiled tomorrow: a 7000-word, seminar-paper-length treatise on Americans for the Arts’s landmark economic impact study, Arts & Economic Prosperity III. Well over 60 hours ofRead More