The challenges vary between access to the consumption of art and access to making and platforming it. In this multimedia age, these have to an extent blurred. However, a hierarchy remains. – Ken Taylor
Tag: 06.22.19
Septime Webre Is Starting To Do For Hong Kong Ballet What He Did For Washington Ballet
In the two years he’s been artistic director of Hong Kong Ballet (where he arrived one year after leaving the same job in DC), Webre has added to the company’s repertoire, brought in high-profile guest artists, and seen subscriptions more than double. – Pointe Magazine
Soprano Measha Brueggergosman Comes Through Emergency Double-Bypass Surgery
“[She] wrote a Facebook post late Friday … ‘Just 30 teensy hours after a five-hour open-heart surgery (10 years after my OTHER open-heart surgery to repair a dissected aorta), I am tube- and oxygen-free and have even walked around the nurse’s station three times!'” – CBC
Work Is Like Water – It Can Fill Up Your Life
The 18th-century poet and philosopher Friedrich Schiller warned against being driven purely by work in his “On the Aesthetic Education of Man.” He wrote, “Man only plays when he is in the fullest sense of the word a human being, and he is only fully a human being when he plays.” – The New York Times
Harlem Is Being Radically Remade And History Is Being Wiped Away
The gentrification of Harlem has been blamed on the disregard and greed of white people. The truth is much more complex. – The Guardian
Report: Radio Still Rules As Most Ubiquitous Medium, Millennials Listen To The Most Music
Across the board, the Ipsos-iHeartRadio survey found that radio reaches more consumers than any other audio channel, with 85 percent of consumers listening to a radio broadcast at least once per week, outpacing social media at 68 percent and live television at 56 percent. On a daily basis, radio has more than twice the listenership of audio streaming services, with 69 percent of consumers tuning in to the radio at least once a day compared to streaming’s 34 percent. – Ad Age
The Long Life And Artistic Legacy Of An Indonesian Art Collective
Taring Padi have been inspiring change in Indonesia since the late 1990, and they’re not stopping yet. Why? Well, governmental corruption turns out to be not only the province of one overthrown general, but of much of the new governments as well. – Hyperallergic
Animators On The Popular Netflix Series ‘Bojack Horseman’ Join A Union
Now it’s rare for animated shows on Netflix not to be unionized. “The last few months have seen the show’s team organize protests, a 10-minute walk-out, and solicitation of support from both fans, and the show’s cast, in order to have their desire for a union contract recognized. ” – A.V. Club
How Can Anyone Afford Quitting A Job To Become A Full-Time Artist?
That seems a little impractical, no? Well, marry someone who makes a good income, stop taking massive holiday trips, and focus on small things in the present, says one artist. – The Guardian (UK)
The Director Of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Says The Young Don’t Have Self-Hatred Baggage
Jon Chu, on Asian and Asian American actors in Hollywood: “What’s great about this whole movement is that instead of getting one shot at this next time, maybe we get five. I just hope we get the opportunity to fail and keep going. It makes me so hopeful when I talk to actors and directors and audience members who don’t have the same baggage I was taught coming up in the business, that heavy weight of feeling so out of place that you develop self-hatred. I think they see beyond that now.” – The New York Times