“This tragedy will bring a wellspring of creativity in spoken word, dance, film, and stage. I hope to see more workshops of this kind come to St. Louis with more frequency. Workshops like this should be done on a regular basis to keep artists in touch with the community at large, our artistic counterparts, and colleagues.”
Tag: 09.05.14
The Idea Of The Ideal Bust
“The bust, in short, is really a form of sculptural shorthand. A bust hints to the body, gestures to the existence of a full person without considering the rest necessary. The bust suggests that, in essence, human beings are heads with just enough fleshy stuff underneath to do the dirty work.”
Placido Domingo Extends Contract At L.A. Opera Through 2019
“I don’t know if I will be singing… who knows how long I will be singing,” he said. But “I think the public likes it and the board likes it. So we will see.”
Garth Brooks, One Of Country’s Big Stars, Launches His Own Brand Of iTunes
“Other artists, he said, can choose from among a variety of options, such as selling individual tracks, albums only, streaming only or downloading only. ‘The difference is,’ Brooks said, ‘is that the copyright owner gets to make that decision.'”
Actors’ Equity Adds An Audition Space In Los Angeles
“The plush space is meant to host auditions for Broadway touring productions, which the union has been working to get moved from New York to its regional centers in Chicago and Los Angeles.”
One Last Monet Found In Suitcase Art Hoarder Left At Hospital
“The task force handling the art trove say the latest find is a light-blue landscape painted on paper, which may have been produced in 1864. It appears to have similarities to Monet’s piece View at Sainte-Adresse, dated 1867.”
Robert Spano Pleads For Musicians In Letter To Atlanta Symphony
“Mr. Spano took a step that music directors rarely take, and weighed in on the negotiations. He and Donald Runnicles, the orchestra’s principal guest conductor, wrote a letter in which they said, ‘We ask the board and management to acknowledge the sacrifice the musicians have already made, and to examine other ways and areas to establish sustainability.'”
So You’re Having An Artistic Crisis …
“Now is not the time to compare yourself to others. Personally, I have found that spending too much time reading about the fantastic lives and careers of my friends and colleagues, as presented on Facebook, makes me feel boring and inadequate. If it makes you feel similar, take a break from it.”
Remember The (Extremely Slow) Travels Of L.A.’s Most Famous Art Boulder?
Now there’s a movie: “Pray’s doc is at its grooviest when you can simply watch the surreal sight of a giant shrink-wrapped boulder moving through the streets of L.A. at night, like the world’s most ginormous frozen turkey.”
Whatever Happened To The Poets Of Protest?
“Could it be that modern poetry has lost its vibrancy? I ask: has poetry ceased to penetrate our national consciousness because we are no longer stirred by what’s being said? When was the last time a poet made enough noise to be threatened with censorship?”