Category: Arts Advocacy
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“Palestine is For Everybody” | Theater Workers for a Ceasefire (TW4C) Solidarity Fest Panel
A conversation with Robin D.G. Kelley, Rashid Khalidi, and Ysabella Titi at Solidarity Fest, organized by Theater Workers for a Ceasefire (TW4C) | Galvanizing artists and cultural workers to deepen their commitment to collective liberation and bring about change in their respective creative domains, localities, and workplaces.
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Reflections on We The People: Assembly of New York Artists
Subways that work. Spaces to create. Spaces to live. Healthcare for bodies and minds. Opportunities to come together. Getting paid on time. That is not too much to ask.
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Talia Corren, Gregory Mosher, + Theresa Buchheister in conversation | We The People: Assembly of New York Artists
The Co-Executive Director at A.R.T.-NY., the Executive Director of The Office of the Arts at Hunter College, and an artist who is trying to move back to New York come together to imagine and create a more sustainable environment for New York artists.
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Some Thoughts on Cultural Asset Mapping
Building arts and culture infrastructure? Here are some lessons learned from a community-based cultural asset mapping initiative in South Los Angeles.
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The Theater(s)We Need Now
Okay. I wrote a really long discursive essay about The Theater(s) We Need Now – and I didn’t even dive too deep into the arts admin weeds – but I […]
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Downtown Icons, Non-Consenual Relationships with Ghosts, & Passages
Someday, if the Earth survives this oligarchy’s drive to suck the life out of her and us, historians, archivists, and survivors will share stories of the work being made in “this era.” 1 Panel & 2 shows.
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The Dump (or Dumb, Dumber, Dumbest): He’s Our President, He’s Our Problem at La MaMa
On Presidents Day in The Club at La MaMa, Nicky Paraiso gathered a packed house of artists and audience members for an evening of protest, stories, songs, dances, reveries and resistance as part of “Bad and Nasty” Performance Protests.
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Down on the ground and out on the streets: towards cultural equity
Everyone deserves equal access to a full, vibrant creative life, which is essential to a healthy and democratic society. – from Americans for the Arts: Statement on Cultural Equity […]
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The NEA at 50 and The Death of the Public Good
“When are we artists and when are we everyone?” The answer, of course, is that artists are always everyone, we are members of a greater Public, and it is in acknowledging this that artists can create change.
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Modern Dance Is Not A Pyramid Scheme: Tere O’ Connor Responds
Culturebot on DanceUSA’s e-journal article “Is American Modern Dance a Pyramid Scheme?” Part I
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Theatre Shop Talk Abounds at “Crisis to Creation: A Town Hall on the Future of NYC Performing Arts”
“Theatre is about bringing people together. It’s not easy, it’s not cheap, and it takes a lot of work.”
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Fixing American Arts Philanthropy, Part 3
Aaron Gervais shares some thoughts on arts funding.