Before she started curating architecture shows and taking on clients, she had jobs that supported artists in a variety of major ways: “In Peterborough, N.H., she was director of the MacDowell Colony, a prestigious artists’ retreat, and in Madison, Me., she directed the Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture. Back in New York City, she was a board member and chairman of the composer, singer and interdisciplinary artist Meredith Monk’s House Foundation for the Arts.”
Tag: 02.11.18
The New York Attorney General Files An Order To Stop The Sale Of The Weinstein Company
Eric Schneiderman, in a press release, said, “Any sale of the Weinstein Company must ensure that victims will be compensated, employees will be protected going forward, and that neither perpetrators nor enablers will be unjustly enriched.”
Radio Theatre, Coming To An Audiobook App Near You (And Giving Playwrights A Boost)
Audible, the massive audiobook company that’s owned by Amazon, just announced a “first round” of commissions for playwrights including Lauren Gunderson and Leah Winkler. But the plays won’t just be recorded and downloadable: “Audible intends to stage live productions of these plays. Katz likes the idea of limited runs that will allow producers to recruit big-name actors.”
Top Stores From AJBlogs For The Weekend Of 02.11.18
Three Women Meet and Make a World
Dana Reitz premieres Latitude at New York Live Arts Dana Reitz in her Latitude. Photo: Kate Enman “Exquisite.” That was what a colleague whispered to me as he emerged from New York Live Arts’ theater … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2018-02-11
Weekend Listening (And Viewing) Tip: Brent Jensen
Bassist Bren Plummer’s live radio broadcast a couple of days ago (scroll down two items) prompted me to check out the KNKX-FM website. There, I found a post about another Pacific Northwest … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2018-02-11
Wesla Whitfield, RIP
Wesla Whitfield, a singer of uncommon talent, taste, musicianship and courage, died yesterday in St. Helena, California. Her husband and accompanist of more than three decades, the pianist Mike Greensill, announced her … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2018-02-10
Berkshire Debacle: The Attorney General Caves
Read it and weep. The Massachusetts Attorney General has acceded to a plan for the Berkshire Museum to sell as many of its 40 deaccessioned worksas necessary to come up with the $55 million … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2018-02-09
Southern Literature and the Drive-By Truckers
CELEBRATED Yale historian C. Vann Woodward used to talk about the irony of Southern history, and the burden of Southern history, both phrases drawn in part from the novels of Faulkner. Patterson Hood, a … read more
AJBlog: CultureCrashPublished 2018-02-09