Neill Roan flags a re-emerging public conversation about the costs and benefits of charitable giving, particularly to seemingly wealthy nonprofit arts organizations. Says he: ”Shouldn’t charitable gifts go to the less fortunate?” is a policy question that those of us in the cultural sector can expect to hear asked more often and more urgently. This […]
Archives for October 2007
Virtual dishes are more fun to clean
So I finally got around to trying my kids’ recent video game purchase — The Sims 2 Pets. In the game, you build a home and life for your virtual self, attending to your various life needs (hunger, fatigue, companionship, and so on) by directing your character’s actions. In this version, you can also adopt […]
A mini manifesto (addendum)
At the beginning of the new school year in the MBA program I direct, I posted my own mini manifesto about the goals of our degree program, and the qualities we hope to foster in our students. The gist of it was this: I believe that our degree program is in the business of finding […]
I think the alien gives it away
I’m sure it’s disrespectful and heretical in a thousand different ways, but I’m still rather fond of this counterfeit art competition with the following rules: You will take any famous painting or artwork (any period is fine) and alter it in such a way that it is obviously a forgery, as in the themepost. As […]
It’s the invisible structures that get you
Last month, I was invited to speak to a group of science outreach folks on my campus about cultural facility development, and the many sandtraps and surprises we’ve discovered in the arts. There is a ”new constellation” of science facilities currently opening or under construction at UW-Madison, and this group is working to understand how […]