03.26.17 – ArtsJournal Wayback

Signs Of Conservative Support For Funding The NEA

“The fact is that the arts agencies are garnering more support today than they enjoyed in the past. Today the NEA gives grants to every Congressional district in the country. Advocates argue, that although the grants are small, they should be looked at as investments that have a multiplier effect given the requirement for recipients to raise matching funds from other donors. Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ), co-chairman of the Congressional Arts Caucus, focuses on that when he lobbies his colleagues to continue supporting them, telling them that the agencies create jobs in tourism, restaurants, and hotels.”

My Life With Oliver Sacks

“Not long after I moved to New York, Michael Jackson died. O had no idea who Michael Jackson was. ‘What is Michael Jackson?’ he asked me the day after the news – not who but what – which seemed both a very odd and a very apt way of putting it, given how much the brilliant singer had transmuted from a human into an alien being. O often said he had no knowledge of popular culture after 1955, and this was not an exaggeration. He did not know popular music, rarely watched anything on TV but the news, did not enjoy contemporary fiction, and had zero interest in celebrities or fame (including his own). He didn’t possess a computer, had never used email or texted; he wrote with a fountain pen. This wasn’t pretentiousness; he wasn’t proud of it; indeed, this feeling of “not being with it” contributed to his extreme shyness. But there was no denying that his tastes, his habits, his ways – all were irreversibly, fixedly, not of our time.”

Ford Foundation Prez: The Arts Aren’t Frill – Why We Need To Fund The NEA

Darren Walker: “The fact is, America’s economy depends on the arts. As of 2014, the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis estimates, our nation’s creative sector contributes nearly $730 billion to our GDP—a larger share than 44 states. It supports 4.8 million jobs, from schools to galleries, theaters, and beyond. And it supplies an enormous trade surplus that continues to grow year after year; America’s culture remains among our proudest exports. Moreover, the arts catalyze all of this benefit with relatively small public and philanthropic investment.”

Why Do People Try To Destroy Art In Museums?

Basically, it boils down to three reasons (minus the random disturbed person with a screwdriver): It’s famous; it’s politically charged; it’s sexually explicit.

The Public Memorial For Carrie Fisher And Debbie Reynolds Became A Musical Revue And Dancefest, And Here’s How

“Emotion flowed openly once the memorial got underway, particularly when the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles rose from seats in the audience and began singing Cyndi Lauper’s ‘True Colors’ en masse. Troupes of dancers from the Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio — she founded the North Hollywood venue in 1979 — performed with umbrellas and yellow raincoats to honor the star.”

Conducting John Adams’ ‘The Gospel According To The Other Mary’

Conductor David Robertson: “For example, I love the way in which he sets the line ‘A new sepulcher.’ In the background he has this slow tintinnabulation of cowbells and plate gongs, which seem to invade the whole space with an otherworldly, numinous visionary quality, as if already pregnant in this scene is the possibility of rebirth — even though we’re talking about a sepulcher.”

They’ve Found The Oldest Suriving Oil Paintings In Australia, And You’ll Never Guess What They Depict

Do we even need to say it? Yes, it’s kangaroos.

Ai Wei Wei Has A New Public Artwork For New York

His work – gates and fences in the city itself – will serve as a comment on the new American mindset. He says, “We are witnessing a rise in nationalism, an increase in the closure of borders, and an exclusionary attitude towards migrants and refugees, the victims of war and the casualties of globalization.”

Why Is Hollywood Leadership In Such Flux Right Now?

Because the business model is changing. “You could bring in genius people to run these studios, … and I don’t think the overall problems are going to change.”

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