“Criticism of Alan Fletcher bubbled over this summer when he began cutting the budget. A small percentage of faculty were told they wouldn’t be back in 2010, he shaved a week off the festival schedule, and he cut the number of students at the school next year from 750 to 625. While the moves were controversial, they were supported by many board and faculty members. It was the manner in which they were done that ruffled feathers.”
Tag: 10.24.09
New Toronto Conservatory Hall A “Triumph”
“The facility, which opened two weeks ago at the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Bloor St. complex, is one of the best things to happen to Toronto architecture in some time. The designer, Marianne McKenna of KPMB, one of the city’s most accomplished practices, has pulled off a triumph.”
Dallas’ New Heart At The “Epicenter Of the Generic”
“The $354m Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre and the neighbouring Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House by Foster + Partners are the latest instalments in the stuttering history of Dallas’s Arts District, a long-running project that is rather ambitiously trying to surpass New York’s Lincoln Center as the nation’s premier arts centre.”
Remember Everything. Really?
“Total recall may be beneficial for businesses and courts, clinics and insurance agencies, even possibly in settling occasional disputes with significant others, but rarely would it be deeply rewarding for the humble self.”
Was Arts Council Nominee Veto Political?
London mayor Boris Johnson has said a decision to reject his nominee as the capital’s chair on the Arts Council was “purely political”.