Tag: 05.02.17

Top Posts From AJBlogs 05.02.17

Evaluating Engagement
I am developing a training program for people interested in enhancing their skills in guiding organizations toward more effective community engagement. Several small groups have completed or are in the process of helping me … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2017-05-02

NY Historical Society’s Renovation Opens a Debate
Is more always better? Is it better when it comes to seeing art and artifacts? That’s the question I’ve been pondering since last week, when the New-York Historical Society* opened its new fourth floor. … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2017-05-02

So This Horse Came from India …
A production of From the Horse’s Mouth celebrates Indian dance at New York’s 14th Street Y. … read more
AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2017-05-02

The Lou Harrison Centenary
If you asked me who composed the best American violin concerto, and who composed the best American piano concerto, I would answer with the same name: Lou Harrison. … read more
AJBlog: Unanswered Question Published 2017-05-02

NEA By The Numbers – Not So Liberal Or Elite After All

Despite the decades-long attempts on the right to paint the N.E.A. as rarefied snobbery welching off the state, forty per cent of N.E.A. activity happens in high-poverty areas. Thirty-six per cent of its institutional grants help groups working with disadvantaged populations. And a third of grants serve low-income audiences. The N.E.A. also helps military veterans, a decidedly non-urban élite population. The agency recently added four clinical sites to its existing seven; these sites provide “creative-arts therapies for service members, veterans, and families dealing with traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder.”