Category: Points of View
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Why Should We Pay Artists More?
A modest response to the fake economization of discussions of arts funding issues
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The Digest: Jan. 27, 2011 [Special Arts Economy Doom Edition]
More news: American arts vitality hits new low, Rocco Landesman et al. on improving American theater at #Newplay Fest, and Sam Brownback aims to make Kansas the first art-free state in the union.
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Artists’ Bodies: How Not to Talk About How Performers Look
Yes, Mr. Macaulay, it is appropriate sometimes to discuss a performer’s body, but not just so you can make fat jokes.
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Dance by Neil Greenberg: (like a vase)
Culturebot discusses Neil Greenberg’s abstract new work about art and the ways we perceive it.
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Seeing What No One Else Did: Dance from Bucharest and Berlin
Culturebot’s Aaron Mattocks recounts his unique experience of seeing Cosmin Manolescu and Sasha Waltz last week.
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Diane Ragsdale on Surviving the Culture Change
Video of Diane Ragsdale’s keynote at the Arts Alliance Illinois 2010 Members’ Meeting and Reception on June 21 at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
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Malcolm Gladwell, Social Media and the Arts
In a recent New Yorker article on social media, Malcolm Gladwell argues against the conventional wisdom that social media have reinvented social activism. What does that mean for the arts?
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Creative Placemaking
On September 14, the NEA held a live webcast on the subject of Creative Placemaking, which included a panel discussion on the role of the arts in creating livable, sustainable communities. Video after the jump.
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Ask Andy!
We’ve decided to start a new feature here on Culturebot – an advice column called ASK ANDY which is a chance to get your questions answered. Do you have questions about art, life, love, anything whatsoever? Ask Andy!
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The Silly Consensus
In Alastair Macaulay’s review of Ann Liv Young’s CINDERELLA he refers to the “silly consensus” of an audience complicit with the antics of the performer. Culturebot editor Andy Horwitz expands on this idea.