"For many working in the arts across (New South Wales), the tone and priorities of the reformed model come as a surprise and sparks deep concern. Among those concerns is the reduction in funding categories under the tagline ‘Simpler’, which heightens the process's competitive nature and disadvantages smaller organisations." - ArtsHub (Australia)
Whatever is going on in the life of the critic is going to show up in her reading; it can’t not. Reading, writing, and thinking have experiential texture. The place and context in which I do those activities shapes them. - Yale Review
"Restored funds include $12.5 million to the Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund and $5 million to the California Arts Council, which in turn provides grants to small arts nonprofits." - Broadway World
“The suit claims that UArts failed to follow the 1988 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, which requires employers with 100 or more employees to give them at least a 60-day notice of a planned closure or mass layoff.” - Hyperallergic
“It’s not just that the ad is a car crash — it’s that the people who poured so much work and money into something so off-putting appear to have thought they were orchestrating a parade.” - The New York Times
On June 3rd, the staff who run the author events program with 120-130 events per year resigned en masse, for the end of the month. Then the board fired them and locked them out. - LitHub
Who could have predicted this was a bad idea? "In the preview versions of Recall, … screenshot data, complete with the user's every bank login, password, and porn site visit would have been indefinitely collected on the user's machine by default.” - Wired
This seems like the reality that these A.I. tools will force us to reckon with: They promise to do for style what the internet did for content, dramatically eroding its value by making it easily portable. - Artnet
The Kingdom "is now marketing itself to two sets of travelers with increasingly divergent — and sometimes contradictory — expectations: luxury tourists at ease with bikinis and cocktails, and pilgrims prepared for modesty and strict religious adherence. It’s hard to know whether the kingdom can satisfy both without antagonizing either." - The New York Times
While students continue to seek and enjoy advanced study of the social sciences and humanities, the question of “What can you do with that?” resonates far too much. - The Conversation
A Creative New Zealand report in 2023 revealed creatives earn considerably less than other wage earners: $37,000 a year compared to a general median of $61,800. This will no doubt get worse. - The Big Idea
"The support (Barry) Diller has pledged to Little Island’s programming, millions of dollars with no end in sight, is the kind most artistic leaders only dream of. (Zack) Winokur does not have to spend his days courting (funders) or securing residencies; instead, he can provide money and space." - The New York Times
Last year, data released by audience research company Patternmakers showed somewhat of a rebounding of audience numbers from COVID levels, which was promising. But it also revealed the stark effect cost of living pressures were having on audiences, the majority of whom identified finances as the biggest factor limiting their ticket purchasing. - The Conversation
The collapse of a major art school, which has operated and invested in Center City since the 1800s, will also put a large real estate portfolio featuring some of downtown Philadelphia’s most recognizable buildings on the market. - Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN
