http://www.artsjournal.com/issues.shtml Copyright 2008 Fri, 16 May 2008 08:12:01 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss "The Government Accountability Office recommended yesterday that the Smithsonian Board of Regents develop ways to critique its own policies and institute a plan to discipline its members if they neglect their duties."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/gao_wants_smith.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/gao_wants_smith.shtml issues Fri, 16 May 2008 07:44:35 -0800 "Can the arts be seen as an extreme form of sport, or sport as an esoteric branch of the arts? They certainly share many attributes. It is a commonplace to use the language of aesthetics to describe the accomplishments of a gymnast, or the balletic movements of a tennis player. The arts and sport equally involve obsessive and exhibitionist elements."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/sports_vs_arts.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/sports_vs_arts.shtml issues Thu, 15 May 2008 18:29:59 -0800 "London's County Hall, the Grade II-listed former home of both the Greater London Council and the Saatchi Gallery, is to become a three-theatre entertainment complex called the Greater London Theatre."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/former_saatchi.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/former_saatchi.shtml issues Thu, 15 May 2008 18:27:18 -0800 The Saratoga Performing Arts Center in upstate New York, which plays home to New York City Ballet and the Philadelphia Orchestra in summer, is getting a $2.5m makeover. SPAC "will replace its 1960s-era brown wood exterior with a wavy, tan-colored facade constructed from recycled paper, sustainable forest products and plastic resins."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/spac_getting_a.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/spac_getting_a.shtml issues Thu, 15 May 2008 06:04:54 -0800 "According to performers, the new legislation, which was introduced in July 2007, is causing clubs and pubs to close, creating a knock-on effect for artists who had previously been booked to perform in them. They claim opportunities for work are dropping by up to 50%."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/uk_performers_l.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/uk_performers_l.shtml issues Wed, 14 May 2008 18:24:32 -0800 "The latest trend in higher education is how many students need five and even six years to arrange four years of college. Half the nation's twenty million college students are in two-year community colleges, with the odds of achieving a four-year degree against them."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/is_the_fouryear.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/is_the_fouryear.shtml issues Wed, 14 May 2008 18:20:07 -0800 The small town of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, has embraced the arts as part of the rebuilding process after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. "Arts mavens and tourists are returning, and homes and businesses are being rebuilt, helping to resurrect the economy and sharpen the community's identity as a cultural hub."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/a_postkatrina_c.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/a_postkatrina_c.shtml issues Wed, 14 May 2008 06:50:43 -0800 Only in showbiz and politics is "smart" a perceived insult.... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/why_is_smart_an.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/why_is_smart_an.shtml issues Tue, 13 May 2008 18:33:40 -0800 "Arts Council England is about to consult on what it believes could be a new model for judging success or failure in the public sector. The problems of the present method of assessing arts companies were exposed last year when the Arts Council cut funding for nearly 200 organisations."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/arts_council_en_6.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/arts_council_en_6.shtml issues Tue, 13 May 2008 17:34:54 -0800 "In The Dumbest Generation, Mark Bauerlein argues that cultural and technological forces, far from opening up an exciting new world of learning and thinking, have conspired to create a level of public ignorance so high as to threaten our democracy."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/is_our_wired_in.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/is_our_wired_in.shtml issues Tue, 13 May 2008 17:21:20 -0800 "Among those taking the recently offered buyouts are Bernard Holland, music critic; Jennifer Dunning, dance critic; Diane Nottle, deputy editor for classical music and dance; Gwen Smith, assignments coordinator for dance and art; and Lawrence Van Gelder, senior editor. That leaves Alastair Macaulay as the only full-time dance critic at the Times."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/nytimes_cuts_fi.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/nytimes_cuts_fi.shtml issues Tue, 13 May 2008 07:59:03 -0800 "From CEOs to struggling artists, in everything from health care to entertainment to education, many of us are being challenged by the problem of others sharing and using our intellectual property without permission. This challenge requires a change of attitude, because sometimes piracy isn't the problem, it's the solution."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/piracy_its_part.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/piracy_its_part.shtml issues Mon, 12 May 2008 19:15:37 -0800 I like the idea of artists debating publicly about the arts - wider cultural questions as well as specific funding decisions - and for these open debates to form a key part of arts council thinking.... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/needed_a_parlia.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/needed_a_parlia.shtml issues Mon, 12 May 2008 17:45:40 -0800 "The legislation requires Internet service providers to interconnect with the facilities of other network providers on a reasonable and nondiscriminatory basis. It also requires them to operate their networks in a reasonable and nondiscriminatory manner so that all content, applications and services are treated the same and have an equal opportunity to reach consumers."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/new_legislation.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/new_legislation.shtml issues Sun, 11 May 2008 20:13:30 -0800 "Iraqi singers, actors and artists are fleeing the country after dozens have been killed by Islamic radicals determined to eradicate all culture associated with the West. Cinemas, art galleries, theatres, and concert halls are being destroyed in grenade and mortar attacks in Basra and Baghdad."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/cultural_exodus.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/cultural_exodus.shtml issues Sun, 11 May 2008 10:06:39 -0800 "Just in time for another Olympics, and another debate about the permeable boundary between Olympic sport and international politics, the Holocaust Museum is reprising its 1996 exhibition devoted to the infamous Games of '36. The powerful show, which has traveled extensively since it opened more than a decade ago, has been reinstalled, with the addition of new artifacts."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/remembering_the_5.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/remembering_the_5.shtml issues Sun, 11 May 2008 08:50:59 -0800 "For the LSD era there was something mythic about this initiation. Epic heroes have always descended into the underworld to emerge, however scarred, bearing new forms of wisdom. That was also the LSD archetype: descend into madness and emerge enlightened, seeing the world anew."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/lsd_as_a_cultur.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/lsd_as_a_cultur.shtml issues Thu, 08 May 2008 19:02:05 -0800 "The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance believes it can help double audience participation at area arts events over the next 12 years. And the Pew Charitable Trusts has put up $5 million to help finance an elaborate marketing effort - called Engage 2020 - to push for that goal, officials intend to announce today."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/boosting_arts_a.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/boosting_arts_a.shtml issues Thu, 08 May 2008 06:35:45 -0800 "Foreign actors and musicians will not need to obtain a visa when coming to the UK for less than three months, the Home Office has announced. Instead, temporary visitors, including performers, will only need a certificate of sponsorship from a UK-based employer when new visa rules are enforced this autumn."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/uk_waives_visas.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/uk_waives_visas.shtml issues Wed, 07 May 2008 18:11:32 -0800 "Most Seattle companies contribute a lot of money--a lot of money--to the Seattle arts scene. It's considered being a good neighbor. It's not mandatory, but it is, at the very least, polite." But giant internet retailer Amazon.com, born and based in Seattle, is MIA when it comes to donating to the arts.... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/why_doesnt_amaz.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/why_doesnt_amaz.shtml issues Wed, 07 May 2008 17:05:43 -0800 The United States "must abandon its exclusive short-range, 9/11-sparked, tactical emphasis on just-in-time, emergency-responsive study of specific languages to meet economic challenges and security crises. In its place, the U.S. needs to establish a longer-range strategic emphasis on the study of cultures, and widespread educational use of languages, to prevent such crises from occurring in the first place."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/needed_a_rethin.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/needed_a_rethin.shtml issues Tue, 06 May 2008 16:07:45 -0800 "The rush to tear down the hated landmark in the 1990s was understandable, but Berlin's government has realized that the city may have been overzealous in ridding itself of what remains its biggest tourist attraction. It has launched an information drive to help keep memories of the Wall alive among Germans and to raise awareness of Cold War division among younger generations who have only known a united Germany."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/nostalgia_for_t.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/nostalgia_for_t.shtml issues Tue, 06 May 2008 15:56:51 -0800 "When Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center reopens in February after a $159 million, 22-month renovation, it will have a gleaming, three-story glass lobby; custom-made seats; and a mechanized stage extension that will allow musicians to get closer to the audience."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/lincoln_center_16.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/lincoln_center_16.shtml issues Tue, 06 May 2008 06:05:31 -0800 "Conventional wisdom has it that the Internet can withstand anything. Attempts to censor it are about as futile as trying to nail Jell-O to a wall. Experts have claimed that if blocked, the flow of information will simply reroute to reach its target. Too bad China isn't listening to the experts."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/censor_to_the_w.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/censor_to_the_w.shtml issues Mon, 05 May 2008 18:12:00 -0800 "Why not? Tories don't like the arts? They don't like the Governor-General? They want to be back in their ridings campaigning, fearing a snap election? They don't want to pay for their own tickets? It seems that it's all that, and more."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/canadian_govern_7.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/canadian_govern_7.shtml issues Sun, 04 May 2008 19:46:54 -0800