“Creative Scotland’s study found that almost half of Scotland’s artists were having to take on additional jobs to make ends. Self-employed artists are said to be earning an average of less than £15,000 a year, compared to the average Scottish salary of £26,000, with even those work more than 15 years experience behind them struggling on little more than £20,000 a year on average.”
Tag: 10.19.16
Very Brave Choreographer Creates Dance Starring Art Museum Staffers
“When the French choreographer Jérôme Bel unveils MoMA Dance Company next week at the Museum of Modern Art, the 25 performers will have had just three rehearsals as a group. Mr. Bel is the first to acknowledge that the experiment, as he calls it, might not work.”
Why Aren’t More Top Museums Led By Women? Asks New York Times Op-Ed
Sonnet Stanfill, curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum: “In 2015, the world’s top 12 art museums as based on attendance – what I call the ‘directors’ dozen’ – were all led by men. When Frances Morris became the director of the Tate Modern in April, she became the first woman to join the club. This gender gap extends from Europe to North America, where only five of the 33 directors of the most prominent museums (those with operating budgets of more than $20 million) are women.”
Ted V. Mikels, 87, Film Auteur Of ‘The Corpse Grinders’ And ‘Blood Orgy Of The She-Devils’
“[He] was a flamboyant figure – known for his waxed handlebar mustache and the boar tusk he wore around his neck – who often produced, wrote, directed and edited his films. He relied on outlandish plots, cheesy special effects and curvaceous actresses like Tura Satana … [as he] cranked out an endless stream of bloody shockers, sci-fi thrillers, action films and jiggle-fests.”