A “national giving day” is being planned that will acknowledge the biggest donors to major cultural institutions. One aim, according to the manifesto, is to provide greater incentives for donors to give “gifts” of artwork while they are still alive rather than as a bequest after death, in order to bolster the nation’s collection of contemporary artworks.
Tag: 04.26.08
Kenya’s New Music Royalty System Celebrates A Year
Kenya has only had a music licensing system in place for one year. At least now some musicians are being paid for their work. “The problem has been that music users have not been aware of their obligation to get the licence for the use of music. Many people were surprised, but are now more than willing to pay up.”
Interest Rate Crisis For LA Arts Groups Eases Somewhat
“LACMA, OCPAC, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the Colburn School saw their rates leap from the 3% to 4% range through 2007 to highs in February and March as high as 11% for LACMA. Those rates have settled down this month: 3.67% to 4.11% during the last three weeks for the Colburn School’s $133 million in bonds and 4.22% to 5% for OCPAC’s $265 million.”
An Argument Not To Return Artifacts
If antiquities, whether the Diamond Sutra or the Elgin Marbles, form part of “our common heritage,” is it right to treat them as embodiments of some particular modern nationality, whether Chinese or Italian or Turkish?
When Aaron Copland Went To Hollywood
Copland’s part-time career as a film composer is one of the most fascinating chapters in the story of his professional life. Yet few know much about it.
Scene Maestro
“Conductors, star singers and the general manager occupy the limelight at the Met. But it is [the technical director] and his staff who translate the visions of designers and directors into sets, lighting and costumes. They are the ones who move giant sets on and off the stage and in the spaces above and below it, for rehearsals and performances, usually twice a day. It is like continuous puzzle solving.”
How A Play Makes It To Stratford
How does a play make it to the stage of a prominent festival? It’s a combination of personal experience and practical willingness…
Canadian Broadcasters Want To Charge Cable Companies
“CTV and Global are asking for the so-called carriage fees because they say their revenues are plummeting; they have promised the CRTC that the money would go toward local programming, helping pay for the beleaguered local newscasts. Despite the fond hopes of Canadian television creators, they have not suggested the money would go toward Canadian drama, a genre that has shrivelled since a CRTC decision in 1999 expanded the definition of priority programming.”