The new Minister is 36-year-old Mélanie Joly, and – aside from the sheer money that the Trudeau campaign promised during elections – she has grand plans: “I want to make sure that the impact of innovation in arts is part of the process of decision-making in cabinet and in different ministries.”
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Dancing Is The Fastest Way To Make Yourself Happier – It’s Science!
Also, it keeps your brain sharp: “‘If you can’t take classes or go out dancing four times a week, then dance as much as you can,’ recommends Stanford researcher Richard Power. ‘It’s essential to start building your cognitive reserve now. Someday you’ll need as many of those stepping stones across the creek as possible.'”
New Rules For UK Museum Sponsorships
It does not say museums should avoid any specific types of company, but does say museums must find sponsors who share their “ethical values”.
Why Do We Have So Few Words For Smells?
All of our other scent descriptors are really descriptions of sources: We say that things smell like cinnamon, or roses, or teen spirit, or napalm in the morning. The other senses don’t need these linguistic workarounds.
Alex Ross: NY Phil In Search Of Charisma
No matter who is in charge, a cadre of skeptics, including a fair number of the players, will believe that someone else could do better.
Low Rank On Google? Then Change The Name Of Your Museum
“[Given] what pops up on Google as you look for places, the fact we did not have ‘museum’ in the name was not helpful to us,” said W. Richard West Jr.
The Highest-Paid Woman In Music This Year
She grossed more than $2 million per city over the course of 126 shows in our scoring period.
BBC Is Bringing The Proms To Australia
In the first time the festival will be presented outside the UK, “the BBC Proms Australia debuts for a limited season in April. For four days from April 13-16 at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall, what’s been described by the BBC as a ‘taster’ festival will offer a series of back to back concerts featuring some of Australia’s top ensembles and artists.”
Big Changes Coming To The Barnes Foundation: Revamped Teaching And More Outreach
It’s about more than just the new chief curator. Now settled in its new home in Center City Philadelphia, the foundation “is poised to roll out an expansive plan embracing multiple ways of thinking about art, teaching art, and bringing art to the broader community … At the same time, the foundation will be seeking to raise an additional $100 million in endowment funds to help bankroll the new initiatives.”