While Trump recently signed two bills to encourage women to pursue careers in STEM, there are no arts-and-humanities equivalents. And Trump’s budget proposes doing away with the National Endowment for the Arts entirely. Madeleine Johnson, for one, believes “women in the arts are in the shadow of STEM, because it is a field with more power, more sway, and more funding.” Other female artists agree. Has the push toward STEM inadvertently stymied women in the arts and humanities?
Tag: 04.13.17
‘S-Town’ – What Was Put In, What Was Left Out, And How That Was Decided
Pacific Standard‘s Katie Kilkenny talks with S-Town producer and narrator Brian Reed “about structuring his story, gaining subjects’ trust, and choosing what to include.”
‘Chocolate-Covered Broccoli’ – The Problem With 1990s ‘Edutainment’ Games
“In the infancy of computers, educators quickly figured out that computer games could be a great vessel for both education and entertainment. Problem was, the educators were always better at the teaching part than the game part. Today’s Tedium, in the midst of practicing its home-row keys, ponders why that was. (Includes the story of “the tutor who became a multi-millionaire edutainment innovator because she went to the wrong restaurant”)
Founder/Director Of Detroit’s Opera Company Diagnosed With Cancer
“Dr. David DiChiera, founder and artistic director of Michigan Opera Theatre and the man responsible for saving and restoring the Detroit Opera House, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.”
The Famous Concert Pianist Who Has No Idea What To Do With Chopin
Steven Osborne: “The only thing I’ve played in the last 20 years by Chopin is the Cello Sonata. I enjoyed doing it, but it was hard work finding my way into the style: I worked out what gestures were going to work and did my best to make it organic. With the music I love playing I don’t have to think in those terms because the gestures come immediately from the feeling I have about the piece. Some day I might suddenly fall in love with Chopin – but the world doesn’t really need another Chopin pianist.” (He doesn’t have much use for Haydn, either.)
Trinity Church Wall Street Sued By Artist For Moving His 9/11 Sculpture
Steve Tobin’s The Trinity Root was made to commemorate a sycamore tree in the churchyard of Trinity’s St. Paul’s Chapel that took the brunt of debris from the Twin Towers (which were across the street) and saved the historic chapel from serious damage. He gave it to Trinity for free in exchange for the promise that the church would keep it in its courtyard permanently. Then, two years ago, a new rector packed the sculpture off to Connecticut.
Baltimore’s Theater Scene Is Putting Down Roots – Brick-And-Mortar Roots
Nelson Pressley looks at the growth taking place at Charm City’s flagship theater company, Baltimore Center Stage, and smaller companies that are feeling secure enough to invest in actual real estate.
Museum For Female Pioneer Of Abstract Art Held Up By Battle Between Her Heirs And ‘Anthroposophists’
Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) painted geometric compositions even before Kandinsky and Malevich did. She was also a mystic, and her planned museum south of Stockholm is being planned by a group of “anthroposophists.” But Klint’s family claims that the group is exaggerating her connection to the movement and is refusing to lend any of her art to the project.
Joan See, Who Created A School For TV Acting, Dead At 83
When she found success in television commercials in the 1960s (Oxydol, Tide, Ivory Snow, Thomas’s English Muffins, American Express), she said that “I had to learn to act all over again for TV.” So she created a school to teach Sanford Meisner technique adapted for the requirements of the small screen – a school that grew, changed names twice, and is here today.
How Ashley Wheater Keeps The Joffrey Ballet’s Dancers Content And Creative
“In the ballet world, ‘shut up and learn the steps,’ I think is an archaic sentence.” Reporter Kate MacArthur does a Q&A with the Joffrey’s artistic director.