A document from the University of Oregon, which operates the festival, showed that, when he was fired in August, former director Matthew Halls was the subject of two complaints. One was the widely-reported joke, made to an African-American singer, that someone who overheard it interpreted as racist; the second was that “Halls does not call on [women] during rehearsals and favors the men. … It is the responsibility of those in power not to perpetuate old patriarchal systems.”
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Walker Art Center’s Director Steps Down After Difficult Year And Tensions With Board
“In a surprise announcement Tuesday, the Walker said [Olga] Viso, who has led the internationally known center since 2008” – with a considerable record of achievement, it must be said – “will leave by year end. Four sources close to the board characterized her resignation as the end result of a monthslong process fueled by unusually high turnover among Walker staff and demonstrations against the Scaffold sculpture that delayed the gala opening of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden last spring.”
Lincoln Center Festival To Shut Down; Mostly Mozart, Now Revitalized, To Expand
“When Jane Moss arrived at Lincoln Center 25 years ago to shake up its programming, many people thought that the days of its well-loved but staid Mostly Mozart festival were numbered. The creation of a rival summer festival – the multidisciplinary Lincoln Center Festival, which was run by others – in 1996 only added to the rumors of its pending demise. But in the end Ms. Moss, and Mozart, are the survivors.”
BalletX Is Getting A New Home, And 40 New Works Will Be Created There
The company is breaking ground for its first permanent studio, a former furniture store and auto repair shop in South Philadelphia that will be called the Center for World Premiere Choreography. BalletX director Christine Cox is serious about that name: in addition to space for morning dance class and rehearsal, the Center (which is expected to open over this winter) will provide space for choreographers to work, and Cox promises 40 new ballets over the next ten years.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 11.14.17
External Connections
Fundraising, sales, education, and engagement. All are concerned with making connections between an arts organization and individuals (and groups) outside the organization. The first two have long been focused most on people who … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2017-11-14
Strange Interlude: Al Jazeera Interviews Me About the Berkshire Museum (with video)
I was as surprised as you probably are that Al Jazeera, with its focus on international news (particularly as it relates to the Arab world), was interested in talking to me for a segment about … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2017-11-14
Dreams so real
Regular readers of this blog know that Giorgio Morandi is one of the modern artists whose work I love most … and I’ve long dreamed of … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2017-11-14
Disney’s LA Times Movie Critic Ban Provoked Confrontations Between Journalists And Times Ownership
“During a daily meeting attended by roughly a dozen editors, a staff member proposed publicizing the two-part investigative series that had precipitated the ban. But Lewis D’Vorkin, the recently installed editor in chief of The Times, flatly rejected the idea, according to several employees with knowledge of the discussion. Later, some journalists received messages by email and Slack warning them against retweeting any praise of Times stories.”