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
Around the horn: Sweet Caroline edition
ART AND THE GOVERNMENT The New York Times reports on the state of Rhode Island’s disastrous investment in former Boston Red Sox star pitcher Curt Schilling’s video game company, 38 Studios. Little Rhody gave Schilling a $75 million loan as an incentive to locate in the Ocean State, as part of a new Knowledge District in downtownRead More
Well, well…
Two weeks ago, I noted the increasing pressure on state arts agencies, and in the process took two national arts service organizations (the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies and Americans for the Arts) to task for not providing a single, easy-to-find place on their websites where concerned arts advocates could go to get theRead More
Advocating for the arts in RI
Last Wednesday, I took a couple of hours out of my work day to stop by a hearing at the Rhode Island State House on proposed cuts to the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA). Rhode Island’s Republican Governor, Don Carcieri, proposed the elimination of RISCA’s discretionary grants budget, the provision requiring thatRead More
Around the horn: Snowpocalypse edition
Thanks to all for the gratfiying response to my news from last week. I’m looking forward to new frontiers and really proud of the community that’s started to build up around Createquity. I hope to ensure that the site remains worthy of your time and attention. ‘Tis the time of the season when states startRead More