I've been posting lately at the National Arts Journalism Program's new Articles blog. Today I enumerated the business reasons why newspapers are laying off staff, cutting content and scaling back their businesses. Does it really have to be this way? … [Read more...]
A New Blog At NAJP
February 4, 2008 by 1 Comment
In my other life (what other life?) I'm the acting director of the National Arts Journalism Program (NAJP). NAJP started out as a project of the Pew Charitable Trusts in an attempt to help improve the state of arts journalism. I was an NAJP fellow at Columbia University in 1996-97. The program offered fellowships, did some of the first research on arts journalism, and convened numerous conferences … [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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I can't understand why this kind of probleme often occur... Arts and politics have to be separated. An art isn't art anymore...Georgios Tzioumaris on Are Arts Leaders “Cultural” Leaders?
First of all i have to express my discomfortness with expressions like arts "leaders" or cultural "leaders". Towards which hierarchical...Hjordis Linn-Blanford on Are Arts Leaders “Cultural” Leaders?
Lets hope more leaders of arts & culture emerge from the ranks of arts & culture practitioners. Arts exists within...Michele Bauer on Are Arts Leaders “Cultural” Leaders?
This is a very interesting article and discussion. I agree that the Met appears to have demonstrated it's values without...Ed McKeon on Are Arts Leaders “Cultural” Leaders?
On the other side of the equation, arts organisations - in this case the BBC - really shouldn't get involved...Nancy Wolter on Are Arts Leaders “Cultural” Leaders?
Years ago, a poetry magazine called Ironwood, published in Tucson, Arizona, was the receipient of large National Endowment for the...ajohnny on Are Arts Leaders “Cultural” Leaders?
Exactly what I was thinking as I read this post. But if we take that position, we'll have to broaden...