“Combined with consistent public relations failures, crippling and unnecessary staff cuts, and a board seemingly unaware of the gravity of the situation, will the IMA be back in the news receiving more accolades anytime soon?”
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L.A. MoCA Raises $50 Million For Endowment In A Month
“Trustees of the Museum of Contemporary Art announced Wednesday that they have raised more than $50 million since the middle of March for the museum’s endowment. A larger endowment is widely seen as the first step to turning around the troubled institution.”
Meet The First All-Digital Generation – What They Like (And Don’t)
“On one hand, millennials consume so much media they can’t concentrate, torn as they are between texting, posting on Facebook, and watching YouTube. And yet they also have an astonishing ability to focus on elaborate videogame play for six-hour stretches or to watch complex, multistranded television dramas in binge sessions that can swallow a weekend.”
Obama Budget Suggests Big Increase In Arts Funding
“President Obama’s budget proposal for the coming fiscal year would boost federal arts spending 10% above where it stands at the moment, lifting it to $1.58 billion for the 2013-14 budget year that begins Oct. 1 and more than compensating for cuts from the “budget sequestration” bill that went into effect last month.”
Adam Johnson’s The Orphan Master’s Son Wins Pulitzer For Fiction
“The Pulitzer Prize in fiction, announced Monday, has been awarded to Adam Johnson for his book set in North Korea, The Orphan Master’s Son. … Sharon Olds won the poetry award for her collection Stag’s Leap.”
Maria Tallchief, 88, Brilliant Ballerina And Muse Of Balanchine
Choreographer Jacques d’Amboise: “For American ballet, it was Tallchief. She was grand in the grandest way.”
Arts and Humanities Endowments Would Edge Up Under Obama’s Budget
“Mr. Obama’s budget proposal, released on Wednesday, would raise each endowment’s budgets by roughly $200,000, to $154.5-million … Under the federal spending cuts that took effect on March 1, known as the sequester, both endowments took budget reductions of $7-million, though Mr. Obama’s proposal does not reflect those cuts.”
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Ends Musician Lockout
“After six months of a lockout, musicians and management of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra have a tentative contract deal.”
Leonard Lauder’s Awesome Cubist Collection Goes To Met Museum
The cosmetics baron and philanthropist has promised the Metropolitan Museum of Art “his collection of 78 Cubist paintings, drawings and sculptures. The trove of signature works, which includes 33 Picassos, 17 Braques, 14 Légers and 14 works by Gris, is valued at more than $1 billion.”
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Musicians Reject Mayor’s Deal
“Management did not fully explain many of the important details of the proposal to the mayor, and in some cases, they omitted significant specifics all together,” said the chair of the musicians’ negotiating committee.