“It brought culture to the masses and changed how we view our national treasures for ever. So why, asks Joanna Moorhead, was the UK’s biggest ever art show airbrushed out of history?”
Tag: 10.18.07
Toronto Arts Awards Handed Out
“Forty-thousand dollars in prizes, many expressions of warm fuzzy feelings for a city most Canadians profess to hate and an impromptu singing of O Canada marked the second annual Mayor’s Arts Awards lunch in Toronto yesterday… Artists are nominated by the public, and then juries choose the finalists in five categories.”
Affordable Arts To Storm The Beach
The city of Miami Beach, Florida has approved the creation of a housing district offering affordable living and studio space to artists. “Developers will be allowed to construct new buildings or rehabilitate existing ones with smaller units than typically permitted under city zoning laws, as long as they set aside a portion of the property to develop affordable housing… People who qualify for [the] housing must be artists or employees of cultural arts organizations.”
TV Looks Ready To (Finally) Embrace Online Culture
“Everybody knows that fewer people are watching network TV with every passing year. This year, the networks have mounted their first counterattack. In addition to short mini-videos for the short-attention-span generation, they’re putting full-length free on-demand episodes online.”
Weathering The Scottish Storm
The weather in Scotland, let’s face it, is challenging. Some might call it dismal. But is it just possible that hard weather makes for hardier folk, that Scotland’s entire cultural and political heritage is bound up in its legacy of rain, wind, and gloom?