Right after I launched this blog I delved into a major redesign of the ArtsJournal website. It's been four years since the last redesign and not only has the look of the site become a little creaky, but the backend has needed some major work as well. The new ArtsJournal will have some new features and the blogs will play more of a role. So I'll be back blogging later this week after I finish the last of the coding and the new site launches. … [Read more...]

Our culture is undergoing profound changes. Our expectations for what culture can (or should) do for us are changing. Relationships between those who make and distribute culture and those who consume it are changing. And our definitions of what artists are, how they work, and how we access them and their work are changing. So... 
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Mark Gerth on The Party of Can’t And Won’t (So Let’s Change The Conversation)
And before we get to far off into the weeds targeting "the party of can't and won't". It was in...Katrina S. Axelrod on The Party of Can’t And Won’t (So Let’s Change The Conversation)
Got 'em all done-even the candidates for office. KSAKatrina S. Axelrod on The Party of Can’t And Won’t (So Let’s Change The Conversation)
And here is my first letter: January 12, 2012 Dear Congressman Murphy, I hope all is well with you, congratulations to...Katrina S. Axelrod on The Party of Can’t And Won’t (So Let’s Change The Conversation)
Great idea- I'm going to contact my legislators and ask them what cultural institutions they have visited in the past...Margy Waller on The Party of Can’t And Won’t (So Let’s Change The Conversation)
Starting a New Conversation to Build Broad, Shared Support for the Arts - The Ripple Effects Report Doug is right! We...John Perreault on The Party of Can’t And Won’t (So Let’s Change The Conversation)
The arts make our lives better, a little less mean and nasty. The arts are pursued for human development ---...Suzanne Ishee on The Party of Can’t And Won’t (So Let’s Change The Conversation)
Great article, Doug, and further valid argument for changing the conversation. This is, I believe, exactly what Chairman Landesman...Steven Miller on The Party of Can’t And Won’t (So Let’s Change The Conversation)
Doug has written and easy piece - what's his suggestion to change the stupid argument from the right against the...william osborneq on The Party of Can’t And Won’t (So Let’s Change The Conversation)
Wrong box. I meant the link Mark Gerth gave.william osborneq on The Party of Can’t And Won’t (So Let’s Change The Conversation)
The link is about the financial troubles of the San Francisco Opera. A few comparisons help contextualize the situation....