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DANCE
IDEAS
- Behind San Francisco Conservatory’s Big Bets On The Future
“At Curtis, it’s just the music, but [at SFCM] we tell you [that] you’ll know something about how the music business works and we think you should know something about risk-taking. … And now we’ve expanded to say you should think about how performance experiences will be successful in the future.” – San Francisco Classical Voice
- How Losing Non-Compete Clauses Will Affect Hollywood
“The new FTC rule shines a klieg light on how best to retain quality employees in the industry — noncompetes are on their way out, so companies need a better solution.” – Hollywood Reporter
- Arts Council England Is Broken. Theatre Leaders Have Some Ideas To Fix It
Leaders from across the theatre sector have outlined their vision for a reformed Arts Council England, warning that an unchanged funding body could stoke competition for cash in its current “binary system of extremes”. – The Stage
- Poet Leslie Sainz
We’re celebrating National Poetry Month with 2021 NEA Literature Fellow and poet Leslie Sainz who discusses her debut poetry collection, “Have You Been Long Enough at Table.” Sainz reads from her collection and talks about its major themes including the ambiguity, displacement, and impact of cultural heritage as a daughter of Cuban immigrants. She discusses the variety of poetic forms used in her collection, allowing form to be guided by the emotional and thematic demands of her work. Sainz also talks about the impact of receiving a 2021 NEA Literature Fellowship for Poetry on her career and the validation it provided and offers advice to other poets and writers, especially regarding the NEA fellowship application process. Sainz also discusses her involvement as a judge in the NEA’s Poetry Out Loud competition and shares her experiences from organizing regional competitions to judging the national semifinals and her appreciation for the performative and memorization components that enhance both the understanding and the emotional experience of poetry. She also gives us a glimpse into her upcoming project, tentatively titled “I Believe in Evil and Evil Believes in You,” exploring new thematic territories and expanding her creative boundaries. And, on April 17, the day after our conversation, Leslie Sainz’s collection , “Have You Been Long Enough at Table” was awarded the 2024 Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry!
For a transcript, click here
- Study: New Zealanders’ Participation In The Arts
Among the encouraging stats, participation in the arts has reached its highest level since the survey began in 2005, up to 54%. Young people, deaf and disabled, Māori and Pacific peoples participate in the arts most frequently. Engagement in the arts has had a bump too, up three per cent from the last survey at 78%. – Big Idea
ISSUES
- There Is “No Evidence” That Our Egon Schiele Was Looted By Nazis, Says Art Institute Of Chicago
“The Art Institute of Chicago contends that decades of investigation and litigation have concluded that a watercolor it now holds was never stolen by the Nazis from a cabaret performer who later died in a concentration camp — but rather was legally sold by the man’s heirs.” – Chicago Sun-Times
- The Pompidou Center’s Business Model Is “Unstable,” Find Auditors
“An audit report conducted by France’s Court of Auditors revealed that the Centre Pompidou‘s economic model is unsustainable. The museum faces financial strain from an ongoing renovation project of its primary institution in Paris and the creation of a new branch in Massy, France.” – ARTnews
- Lost Klimt Painting Sells For $32M
It was commissioned by a family of Jewish industrialists in 1917, a year before Klimt’s death. However, there are many unanswered questions about the painting and debates about who the woman in the portrait is, as well as what happened to the painting during the Nazi era. – BBC
- Four Finalists For This Year’s Turner Prize
The Turner Prize carries a £25,000 purse; shortlisted artists will be awarded £10,000. The Turner Prize exhibition at Tate Britain opens on September 25 and runs through 16 February, 2025. – ARTnews
- Renzo Piano Reveals His Design For Boca Raton’s Planned Arts Center
“The building’s programming will take place across three stories, with one section of the building dedicated to a large multi-purpose event and performance space that will ‘merge seamlessly’ with an outdoor piazza. The remaining space will contain a public lobby, working spaces, creator residences, a startup incubator, food and social areas.” – Dezeen
MEDIA
- Arts Council England Is Broken. Theatre Leaders Have Some Ideas To Fix It
Leaders from across the theatre sector have outlined their vision for a reformed Arts Council England, warning that an unchanged funding body could stoke competition for cash in its current “binary system of extremes”. – The Stage
- Study: New Zealanders’ Participation In The Arts
Among the encouraging stats, participation in the arts has reached its highest level since the survey began in 2005, up to 54%. Young people, deaf and disabled, Māori and Pacific peoples participate in the arts most frequently. Engagement in the arts has had a bump too, up three per cent from the last survey at 78%. – Big Idea
- How America Got Hooked On Credit Card Culture
By the late 1960s, bankers increasingly saw credit cards, which combined innovative information technology with access to affluent consumer markets, as the road to the future – as the key to innovating around the restrictive financial rules. – Aeon
- Venice’s Day-Tripper Entry Fee Starts Today — And Some Venetians Are Protesting
The €5 charge is meant to discourage overcrowding and pay for extra upkeep costs. Yet, says one activist, “You can’t impose an entrance fee to a city; all they’re doing is transforming it into a theme park. This is a bad image for Venice … I mean, are we joking?” – The Guardian
- Venice’s New Entry Fee For Day-Trippers — An Explainer
Why it was introduced, on what dates will it be charged, who does and doesn’t have to pay, where does and doesn’t the fee apply, how it will be implemented, how to buy a ticket, and what will happen to you if you’re caught sneaking in without paying. – The Guardian
MUSIC
- How Dallas Turned Into A Literary Hot Spot
“Today Dallas is home to one of the most dynamic, international literary scenes in the country, inspired in many ways by the infectious, D.I.Y. energy of Deep Vellum, now one of the country’s largest publishers of translated literature, and (independent bookstore) Wild Detectives.” – The New York Times
- As Florida And Texas Ban Books From Schools And Libraries, Minnesota And Maryland Are Banning Book Bans
“Minnesota is one of several Democratic-leaning states where lawmakers are now pursuing bans on book bans. The Washington and Maryland legislatures have passed them this year; Illinois did so last year. It was a major flashpoint of Oregon’s short session, where legislation passed the Senate but died without a House vote.” – AP
- Denver Art Museum Is Refusing To Return Alaskan Native Artifacts To Alaskan Natives
“Delegates from the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska sought the return of five items, including a 170-year-old clan house partition. … One Tlingit and Haida cultural resource officer (said) that the Denver Art Museum was ‘probably the worst museum’ they had dealt with.” – Alaska Public Media
- On The Influence Of Small Magazines And Big Ideas
Another meaning of the word “magazine” is a store of munitions. My own addition to the arsenal of the free press, Standpoint, was founded in 2008. I was editor for just over a decade, during which we made the magazine essential reading across the political and cultural spectrum. – The Critic
- Publishers Have Found An Interesting Way To Fight Children’s Book Bans
Publishers, writers, and progressive organizations across the children’s book industry aren’t letting the book bans hold them back. Instead, they’re turning the bans into a rallying cry to publish even more diverse characters and points of view. – Fast Company
PEOPLE
- Behind San Francisco Conservatory’s Big Bets On The Future
“At Curtis, it’s just the music, but [at SFCM] we tell you [that] you’ll know something about how the music business works and we think you should know something about risk-taking. … And now we’ve expanded to say you should think about how performance experiences will be successful in the future.” – San Francisco Classical Voice
- How Losing Non-Compete Clauses Will Affect Hollywood
“The new FTC rule shines a klieg light on how best to retain quality employees in the industry — noncompetes are on their way out, so companies need a better solution.” – Hollywood Reporter
- Arts Council England Is Broken. Theatre Leaders Have Some Ideas To Fix It
Leaders from across the theatre sector have outlined their vision for a reformed Arts Council England, warning that an unchanged funding body could stoke competition for cash in its current “binary system of extremes”. – The Stage
- Poet Leslie Sainz
We’re celebrating National Poetry Month with 2021 NEA Literature Fellow and poet Leslie Sainz who discusses her debut poetry collection, “Have You Been Long Enough at Table.” Sainz reads from her collection and talks about its major themes including the ambiguity, displacement, and impact of cultural heritage as a daughter of Cuban immigrants. She discusses the variety of poetic forms used in her collection, allowing form to be guided by the emotional and thematic demands of her work. Sainz also talks about the impact of receiving a 2021 NEA Literature Fellowship for Poetry on her career and the validation it provided and offers advice to other poets and writers, especially regarding the NEA fellowship application process. Sainz also discusses her involvement as a judge in the NEA’s Poetry Out Loud competition and shares her experiences from organizing regional competitions to judging the national semifinals and her appreciation for the performative and memorization components that enhance both the understanding and the emotional experience of poetry. She also gives us a glimpse into her upcoming project, tentatively titled “I Believe in Evil and Evil Believes in You,” exploring new thematic territories and expanding her creative boundaries. And, on April 17, the day after our conversation, Leslie Sainz’s collection , “Have You Been Long Enough at Table” was awarded the 2024 Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry!
For a transcript, click here
- Study: New Zealanders’ Participation In The Arts
Among the encouraging stats, participation in the arts has reached its highest level since the survey began in 2005, up to 54%. Young people, deaf and disabled, Māori and Pacific peoples participate in the arts most frequently. Engagement in the arts has had a bump too, up three per cent from the last survey at 78%. – Big Idea
PEOPLE
- Behind San Francisco Conservatory’s Big Bets On The Future
“At Curtis, it’s just the music, but [at SFCM] we tell you [that] you’ll know something about how the music business works and we think you should know something about risk-taking. … And now we’ve expanded to say you should think about how performance experiences will be successful in the future.” – San Francisco Classical Voice
- How Losing Non-Compete Clauses Will Affect Hollywood
“The new FTC rule shines a klieg light on how best to retain quality employees in the industry — noncompetes are on their way out, so companies need a better solution.” – Hollywood Reporter
- Arts Council England Is Broken. Theatre Leaders Have Some Ideas To Fix It
Leaders from across the theatre sector have outlined their vision for a reformed Arts Council England, warning that an unchanged funding body could stoke competition for cash in its current “binary system of extremes”. – The Stage
- Poet Leslie Sainz
We’re celebrating National Poetry Month with 2021 NEA Literature Fellow and poet Leslie Sainz who discusses her debut poetry collection, “Have You Been Long Enough at Table.” Sainz reads from her collection and talks about its major themes including the ambiguity, displacement, and impact of cultural heritage as a daughter of Cuban immigrants. She discusses the variety of poetic forms used in her collection, allowing form to be guided by the emotional and thematic demands of her work. Sainz also talks about the impact of receiving a 2021 NEA Literature Fellowship for Poetry on her career and the validation it provided and offers advice to other poets and writers, especially regarding the NEA fellowship application process. Sainz also discusses her involvement as a judge in the NEA’s Poetry Out Loud competition and shares her experiences from organizing regional competitions to judging the national semifinals and her appreciation for the performative and memorization components that enhance both the understanding and the emotional experience of poetry. She also gives us a glimpse into her upcoming project, tentatively titled “I Believe in Evil and Evil Believes in You,” exploring new thematic territories and expanding her creative boundaries. And, on April 17, the day after our conversation, Leslie Sainz’s collection , “Have You Been Long Enough at Table” was awarded the 2024 Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry!
For a transcript, click here
- Study: New Zealanders’ Participation In The Arts
Among the encouraging stats, participation in the arts has reached its highest level since the survey began in 2005, up to 54%. Young people, deaf and disabled, Māori and Pacific peoples participate in the arts most frequently. Engagement in the arts has had a bump too, up three per cent from the last survey at 78%. – Big Idea
THEATRE
VISUAL
- Study: Our Perception Of Time Is Influenced By What We Experience
When viewing larger or less-cluttered scenes, participants were more likely to experience time dilation; thinking that they had viewed the picture for longer than they actually did. The opposite effect — time constriction — occurred when viewing smaller-scale, more cluttered images. – Nature
- How AI Will Be (Is) Wrecking The Internet
LLMs have begun to disrupt the traditional relationship between writer and reader. Type how to fix broken headlight into a search engine, and it returns a list of links to websites and videos that explain the process. Ask an LLM the same thing and it will just tell you how to do it. – The Atlantic
- Why Did Oxford University Shutter Its Future Of Humanity Institute?
Nick Bostrom – who popularized the theory that humanity may be living in a simulation, one that Musk often repeats – spoke about the closure of the institute in a lengthy final report published on its website this week. – The Guardian
- Why Many Of Us Are Going Back To Pre-Digital Analog Tools
From vinyl records to film cameras, all manner of apparently written-off technologies have been making a comeback, including modular synthesizers – one of the earliest types of this now-ubiquitous electronic instrument. – The Conversation
- The Toll That Questioning Someone’s Authority Takes
Growing research shows regular exposure to even relatively subtle prejudice and discrimination degrades physical and mental health, leading to outcomes like high blood pressure, chronic stress and depression.” – Phys