Monthly Archives: October 2009

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Five Questions for Kevin Cunningham

Name: Kevin Cunningham Title/Occupation: Director/Writer/Designer—Executive Artistic Director Organization/Company: 3-Legged Dog Media and Theater Group/3LD Art & Technology Center URL: www.3leggeddog.org/www.3ldnyc.org 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in Colorado and moved to Texas

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beautiful destruction

Watching Neal Medlyn’s …Her’s A Queen at DTW on Friday night, I had that rare sensation of witnessing an artist truly evolve into the next phase of their career. I had that startling and wonderful sensation of discovery that comes when an artist takes you

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NEA CHAIRMAN at GIA Conference

If you’re interested – and it is pretty interesting – you can download Rocco Landesman’s speech to the GIA conference here. In his remarks, Chairman Landesman laid out the guiding principle that will inform his work at the agency, which can be summed up in

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Radiohole Babies!!

This is the cutest thing ever in the history of downtown – little Baby Radioholes!!: Starring: NOW GIVE THEM MONEY BY CLICKING HERE!!! Seriously. they’re taking the kids on tour and need $$$.

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PEN Prison Writing Program Benefit

Year and years and years ago, back when Culturebot was a poet living in Seattle, he volunteered for a “Poetry in Prisons” project. It was a mind-altering experience. I was in my early 20s at the time and was amazed just to meet people in

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New Electric Ballroom

I’m VERY MUCH looking forward to Enda Walsh’s The New Electric Ballroom at St. Ann’s Warehouse. Here’s the official trailer: If you saw last year’s The Walworth Farce you know you’re in for some good theater.

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Brooklyn Art:Work BRIC Contemporary Art 2009 Gala

On Tuesday, October 20, 2009, BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn celebrated the achievements of 16 Brooklyn-based contemporary artists from various neighborhoods who are emblematic of Brooklyn’s status as a global creative capital at Stage 6 at Steiner Studios. Co-chaired by Leslie Alexander and Kerry

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Where the Wild Things Are

Just saw Where the Wild Things Are which is a dark, moody, psychologically adroit and incredibly moving film. Not really for kids – though it speaks directly to your inner child in an archetypal, Jungian way. I was deeply moved and almost as deeply troubled

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Cultural Spaces for New Audiences

Join Lord Cultural Resources for the third Cultural Forum Workshop at the Center for Architecture! They will have a lively discussion on how new audiences are informing cultural building projects, and how design can support an ever-evolving range of institutional goals.  Amy Kaufman of Lord Cultural Resources will present shifts

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Mountain Shouting at OHT

We’ve been following Jennie MaryTai Liu for awhile and we’re looking forward to this one. Mountain Shouting is a trio of dances made in Virginia, North Carolina and Hong Kong, that deal with longing for our native selves and the spaces we may have inhabited. Unfolding

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Five Questions for Adam Huttler

Name: Adam Huttler Title/Occupation: Executive Director Organization/Company: Fractured Atlas URL: www.fracturedatlas.org 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in Maryland right outside of DC. After graduating college in 1998 I moved to New York and started Fractured

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Grantmakers in the Arts Conference

For those of you who are staying up to date on this – today is the final day of the Grantmakers In the Arts Conference. You can follow along at http://gia2009.wordpress.com/, where Ian David Moss from Createquity is blogging the proceedings.