“The $2.5 million in combined annual fellowships, first awarded in 2006, dwarfs all of the nation’s annual arts prizes except the MacArthur Fellowship, which currently antes up nearly $4 million a year for artists.”
Tag: 12.08.10
The New Arena Stage: Theatre As Neighborhood Catalyst
Local urban planners and developers are “counting on the $135 million expansion of the Arena Stage to be the catalyst for an ambitious, approximately $2 billion makeover of the Southwest waterfront and surrounding blocks.”
Audubon’s “Birds of America” Sells For Record $11.5 Million
“Michael Tollemache, a London fine art dealer and bird enthusiast, bought the four-volume illustrated work for $11.5 million.”
Should Journalistic Theater Meet Journalistic Standards?
“If [a theater] company uses tools of journalism and benefits from the authority of real reporting, does it have an increased responsibility to journalistic standards? Is it enough to aim for the essence of truth, or should its artists also be concerned about conflicts of interest or that famously elusive virtue, balance?”
Foreign Governments Begin Sponsoring Literary Translations for US Market
“[H]oping to increase their minuscule share of the American book market – about 3 percent – foreign governments and foundations, especially those on the margins of Europe, are taking matters into their own hands and plunging into the publishing fray in the United States.”