Archive of NEA Cultural Workforce Forum now available for viewing

If you visit this site, you’ll be able to watch the entire webcast of last week’s Cultural Workforce Forum at the National Endowment for the Arts, complete with the slides of the presenters. Please note that the video only works with Internet Explorer and Windows, though the slides can be viewed with Firefox (and presumablyRead More

NEA Cultural Workforce Forum wrap

On Friday, I had the privilege to attend the NEA’s Cultural Workforce Forum, a convening of researchers who have recently led efforts to measure and understand the work habits and economic condition of individual artists in the United States. The event, though not open to the public, was simulcast on the Internet so that anyoneRead More

NEA Cultural Workforce Forum live stream tomorrow

Hey kids, the National Endowment for the Arts is webcasting a daylong forum tomorrow from 9am to 4:30pm (EST) on the subject of artists in the cultural workforce. The event is heavily oriented toward research, and features a star-packed lineup of presenters such as Maria Rosario Jackson, Ann Markusen, Holly Sidford, and Steven Tepper, amongRead More

The NEA and hip-hop

So, Lee Rosenbaum (perhaps better known to the world as blogger CultureGrrl) scored an interview with NEA Chair Rocco Landesman and writes about it today in the Wall Street Journal: In a freewheeling conversation we had on the day of his Brooklyn visit, Mr. Landesman was true to form—brashly candid. But his provocative words inRead More

Around the horn: fall back edition

Whose brilliant idea was it to put the end of daylight saving time in the middle of Halloween night? Can we do that every year? NEA Chair Rocco Landesman’s Art Works blog is shaping up to be the must-read of the holiday season. Not just because of what he writes there, but because of theRead More

Live from GIA: Day IV – Brunch with Rocco

(crossposted at the Grantmakers in the Arts Conference Blog) Wednesday morning, a crush of arts funders, news media, and video crew crowded along with your friendly blogger host for the final GIA Conference event: a speech by Rocco Landesman, the recently appointed chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. Other than a talk atRead More

Around the horn: late edition

The orgy of blogging going on at the Grantmakers in the Arts Conference Blog and the Americans for the Arts Emerging Leaders Salon prevented me this week from getting out Around the Horn on its usual Monday schedule (or Tuesday, or Wednesday). Late is better than never, however, and so here is the latest round-upRead More

Ben Davis takes up the banner

Props go to artnet Magazine’s Ben Davis for being the second member of the professional media to actually do his homework on the NEA conference call controversy, joining the Los Angeles Times‘s Mike Boehm. (Hat tip to Anonymous Commenter.) And what marvelous things he uncovers! You should really read the whole thing, but here areRead More

Is it time for the arts to become a partisan issue?

(photo courtesy Flickr user victoriabernal, Creative Commons license) So, in case you haven’t noticed, the arts have become a bit of a hot topic in the political arena lately. Though the brouhaha regarding the NEA’s involvement in the United We Serve conference calls seems to have died down a bit since Yosi Sergant fell onRead More

Meet Me at Barry’s IV: Wrap and Reactions

The last of the panel questions for Week 4 of the Barry’s Blog discussion of the future of the NEA are up, and Barry himself has added some final thoughts to wrap up the week. Check it all out here. To give you a taste and encourage you to visit, once again I’ve cross-posted myRead More