We need a significant, stable ongoing source of new funding that is politically insulated and inflation-proof.
Archives for 2020
Five Things to Fix in the Arts
The shutdown has suspended usual rules, positions and behaviors, suggesting there may be opportunities to not just rethink but take action.
How Technology is Shaping Opera
Opera America had asked me to speak at their annual conference this year, but of course the conference was canceled and moved online. So I made this video for the online conference, talking about the influence of technology on opera and how audience expectations evolve as they use technology. We’ve marveled at the speed of […]
Parlez-Vous Screen? (online arts and other considerations)
So your workplace has shut down (your theatre, concert hall museum, stage, whatever). Now what? Moving online is the obvious play. And in the weeks since lockdown there has been a flood of artists going online, making content for the web or repackaging performances that have already taken place. Early efforts were encouraging. The Rotterdam […]
Arts: Rebuild What? And Why?
You can see this as nothing but loss. Or perhaps some of our most intractable debates are now suddenly shaken free of their old moorings.