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.
From the Americans for the Arts website/newsletter: Animating Democracy, a program of Americans for the Arts, has launched an initiative to map and highlight the spectrum of ways the arts are being activated to engage and make change. A centralized online resource will make this
#13.) Is contemporary art too sterile and safe? #5.) Dream up an interesting collaboration. #19.) Why invite an audience? #44.) How do you decide when it’s time to shift from brainstorming about a new work to actually creating something in the studio? #45.) How can
In 1999, Eric S. Raymond published the essay “The Cathedral and the Bazaar” championing open source software development. The essay contrasts two different free software development models, the Cathedral model, where source code is available with each release but the code developed between releases remains
Okay – seriously. Most of my readers are artists, arts workers and aficionados. What would you do to fix things? What would your perfect arts and culture world look like? How would you get more people excited about arts and culture and attending the arts?
From August 13-16, 2009, a committed group of artists, presenters, dance departments, residency and retreat centers, and funders from across the country met at the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography at Florida State University to advance the national dialogue about how to make research
So I just got back from the Project Audience Assembly at the Eaglewood Resort in lovely Itasca, IL. For those of you who haven’t been following too closely, Project Audience is a Mellon Foundation-funded “planning process” to identify next generation technological solutions – and ideas
big thanks to Claudia La Rocco for mentioning PRELUDE this morning and on her post on the art of citizenship over at the WNYC blog. its a big conversation – go over there and read what she has to say!
I’ve been thinking about this a lot and thinking about the ideas I laid out in some of my previous essays here. After going to the ERPA presentations and also reflecting on my work with various innovation projects I am inspired to reiterate what seems to
I just got back from The Field‘s presentation of its ERPA projects, A Public Display of Invention. Very interesting stuff and a wide range of ideas. Of all the projects, though, I was particularly intrigued by this new barter site for artists called OurGoods.org. According to
In addition to the Field’s ERPA project – here’s another example of artists responding ot the new economy: NURTUREart Non-Profit, Inc. presents PLAN B September 11 – October 24, 2009 OPENING Reception: Friday, September 11, 7-9 PM NURTUREart Non-Profit, Inc. is pleased to presentPLAN B,
Monday, September 21, 7:30pm WNYC’s The Greene Space 44 CHARLTON STREET NEW YORK, NY 10014 This fall, after nine months of entrepreneurial investigations, seven artists present their models for economic and financial sustainability. Join us to witness the fruits of their labor and hear how