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Scottish Government Orders Reassessment Of Embattled Arts Funder

“We continue to see unprecedented levels of demand for the Open Fund for Individuals and will process the high volume of applications we have received. With the budget now confirmed, we will work to re-open this fund. - The Herald

Philly Fringe Begins 2024 Festival By Announcing Its New Director

Nell Bang-Jensen, artistic director of Theatre Horizon in (the Philadelphia suburb of) Norristown, will be (FringeArts') … new CEO, taking over from cofounder Nick Stuccio, who stepped down last year. She will begin her position after the current 2024 festival" — in which she's directing a major production — "wraps in October." - WHYY (Philadelphia)

Ron DeSantis’s Elimination Of Arts Funding Is Wrecking Arts Education In Florida

"Several of the more than 600 organizations that lost state funding (said) that their educational programming is the first thing they will have to cut if they cannot make up the money elsewhere." The problem is especially acute in rural areas where school districts have fewer resources. - The Washington Post (MSN)

Cooper Union Welcomes Back Its Seniors With A Surprise: Free Tuition!

"The incoming class of seniors at New York’s Cooper Union learned at today’s convocation ceremony that they would pay no tuition for their final year. Outgoing president Laura Sparks announced, moreover, that for each of the coming four years, seniors at the school of art, architecture, and engineering would attend tuition-free." - Artnet

How The Taliban Have Changed Afghani Culture After Three Years

While its repressive attitude towards women’s rights has remained consistent, the Taliban's stance on the preservation of historic sites contrasts sharply with its actions in 2001, when the group destroyed the monumental Buddhas of Bamiyan. - The Art Newspaper

Britain’s Public Is More Proud Of Its Arts Than Even Its Sports: Survey

"The UK‘s accomplishments in the arts are something its public prides above all else, according to a new study, while fondness for British history has dropped dramatically. The findings come from the British Social Attitudes Survey, which shows stark changes ... since it was last conducted ten years ago." - The Art Newspaper

More Trouble For Shuttered UArts As Bondholders Demand $51.7 Million Repayment

The Philadelphia school, which closed down without warning on June 7, was notified two weeks later by "successor trustee" UMB Bank that, due to the university's cessation of operations, full payment on the 2017 bond series is due immediately. - Artnet

Stanford Is Laying Off Creative Writing Lecturers. The World Protests

Stanford University’s announcement that 23 creative writing instructors will be pushed out of their jobs and replaced has set off a national backlash in the literary community and among students in the program. - San Francisco Chronicle

University Of The Arts Rescue Plan, A Merger With Temple University, Is Scuttled

"The Hamilton Family Charitable Trust, which contributed about half of UArts’ $62 million endowment, is not in favor of that money going to Temple as part of the deal, which largely appears to be sinking it. … Temple did not want to engage in a legal battle with a charitable trust." - The Philadelphia Inquirer

With $20 Million Deficit, California College Of The Arts Warns Of Layoffs, Considers Merger

"California College of the Arts is facing a $20 million deficit due to a dramatic drop in student enrollment, even as it prepares to open a $123 million expansion to finalize a consolidation of its Oakland and San Francisco campuses." - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)

Here’s A Surprise: At Burning Man, Women Now Outnumber Men

"An estimated 49% of people who went to Black Rock City ... in 2023 identified as female, marginally higher than the 48% of attendees who identified as male. That reflects a stark change from 2013, when 40% of Burners identified as female and 58% identified as male." - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)

Themes From This Year’s Edinburgh Festivals

From climate anxiety to Gaza and the culture wars, here are some of the most talked-about shows and themes from the festival. - The Conversation

Artists Take To Edinburgh Fringe Stages To Protest Scottish Funding Cuts

Protest messages were read out after performances, including at the Traverse, Lyceum, George Square, Summerhall and Church Hill theatres, to loud applause from audiences, as thousands of artists and performers signed an open letter calling for the cuts to be reversed. - The Guardian

Artistic Director Fired At South America’s Leading Opera And Ballet Company, Replaced By Ballet Star

The ministry of culture of Buenos Aires dismissed Jorge Tetelman as director of the Teatro Colón, and the following day hired in his place Julio Bocca, a Buenos Aires native who was a world-famous dancer in the 1980s and '90s and director of Uruguay's national ballet from 2010 to 2017. - OperaWire

Ukrainians Turn To Culture As Russia Attacks

The destruction of so much of their culture has not just pushed Ukrainians farther away from the Russian-dominated cultural space they shared for decades under Soviet rule. It has also awakened a hunger for their own culture, described by one daily newspaper as a “Ukrainian cultural boom”. - BBC

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