Two of Canada’s top literary magazine editors are out of a job after a call for a “Cultural Appropriation Prize.”
AlphaGo Pulls Off the Impossible (And Other March Stories)
Canada doubles down on the arts while China takes a giant step backward for free expression.
A New Front in the Culture Wars (and other November stories)
November 13 attacks further establish cultural venues as potential terrorist targets.
Around the horn: Slovyansk edition
ART AND THE GOVERNMENT In a reversal, the FCC has drafted new net neutrality rules that critics claim are unworthy of the name: they would allow broadband companies to provide a “fast lane” for content providers willing to pay a “commercially reasonable” fee. The FCC’s public comment period opens on May 15. Related: if theRead More
Cool jobs of the month
Had a little bit of a lull there, but now we’re back in business! Director & CEO, Canada Council for the Arts The Canada Council for the Arts is a federal Crown corporation created by an Act of Parliament in 1957 “to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of worksRead More
Thanksgiving public arts funding update
FEDERAL The biggest news on federal support for the arts is a lack of news. Following the 16-day shutdown in early October, the federal government was reauthorized at last year’s budget levels (post-sequester) until January 15. Which means we get to do this all over again in just a month and a half! Woohoo! Congress hasRead More
Cool jobs of the month
Head, Theatre Section, Canada Council for the Arts Under the direct supervision of the Director of Arts Disciplines Division, the Head of the Theatre Section manages the successful delivery of large and complex programs and activities; leads a staff of twelve employees (includes eight direct reports); develops, administers and monitors the Section’s budget; develops policies, Read More
Late summer public arts funding update
FEDERAL More than nine months after former chair Rocco Landesman announced he was stepping down, the search for a new National Endowment for the Arts chairperson has stalled – just in time for the fall budget debates to ramp up in earnest. Sphinx Organization founder and president Aaron Dworkin confirms in the article that he was one of theRead More
Collective Impact in the Arts
Implementing Collective Impact in any context is harder than it sounds, but in the arts it’s even harder. Here’s why.
Everyone is a Lot of People
(This essay was originally written in my role as an outside consultant to the city of Calgary’s cultural plan. You can read all of my contributions to that process here.) For my second essay responding to the #yycArtsPlan process, I thought I would focus on the last paragraph of the “Summary of Vision Statements fromRead More