{"id":68,"date":"2009-03-31T08:09:46","date_gmt":"2009-03-31T08:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/diacritical\/wp\/2009\/03\/dog_days_a_new_artsjournal_blo\/"},"modified":"2009-03-31T08:09:46","modified_gmt":"2009-03-31T08:09:46","slug":"dog_days_a_new_artsjournal_blo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/diacritical\/2009\/03\/dog_days_a_new_artsjournal_blo.html","title":{"rendered":"Dog Days, A new ArtsJournal Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we’re happy to launch Dalouge Smith’s new blog on arts advocacy. It’s called Dog Days<\/a>. Dalouge runs the San Diego Youth Symphony<\/a>, and we met last summer in Chicago while I was writing a story on new thinking in how to run orchestras. Why a blog on arts advocacy? There’s an awful lot of talking about the state of the arts, about the survival of the arts, and about the place of the arts in the broader culture. I’ve been looking for someone to focus not just on the issues that affect the arts, but in how we argue those issues, both inside and outside of the arts. Check him out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today we’re happy to launch Dalouge Smith’s new blog on arts advocacy. It’s called Dog Days. Dalouge runs the San Diego Youth Symphony, and we met last summer in Chicago while I was writing a story on new thinking in how to run orchestras. Why a blog on arts advocacy? 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