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How To Increase Equity For Blacks In Dance? ‘Ask Different Questions’3h ago ( February 24, 2021 at 3:03 PM ) Choreographer Robert Moses: “The notion of change is sophomoric. The idea is to give people honest opportunity to be part of whatever they’re intending to be a part of. … Should we have more representation? No, we should have more influence. More actual ability to exercise that influence and power. All those things will be happening for the better of everyone.” – San Francisco Classical VoiceTags: Art, San Francisco, Dance, Robert Moses, 02.22.21 5 people like this. Like Why Librarians Have Been Unsuccessful At Fighting Misinformation4h ago ( February 24, 2021 at 2:29 PM ) “This failure has many roots: The low social status of teachers and librarians relative to those in other professions, the lack of consistent instruction about information and media literacy across students’ educational experience, the diminishment of the humanities as a core element of general education, and the difficulty of keeping up with technological change and digital culture have all played a role. So has the fact that information literacy has no specific place in the curriculum.” – The ...Tags: Art, Ideas, 02.22.21 46 people like this. Like Roberto Bedoya Talks About Place-Making4h ago ( February 24, 2021 at 1:31 PM ) I was so surprised how “place-keeping” became such a sticky word across the country. I was offering a strong artist’s point of view about place, one in which artists weren’t being instrumentalized by the architect, or even the city planner, who wants a vibrant cultural district so that they can have sales; generate tax dollars. – Open SpaceTags: Art, Issues, Roberto Bedoya, 02.22.21 16 people like this. Like Critics Say The Prado Broke The Law When It Acquired A 20th-Century Painting5h ago ( February 24, 2021 at 1:04 PM ) “The Prado paid €70,000 (around $85,000) for La Boulonnaise, a 1929 work by the Spanish painter María Blanchard. … But the move has riled some commentators, who point to a 1995 law dictating that any works created after 1881 belong in the collection of the Reina Sofia [Museum].” – ArtnetTags: Art, Prado, Visual, Reina Sofia, 02.22.21, La Boulonnaise, María Blanchard 43 people like this. Like Slate Suspends Podcast Host Mike Pesca After Internal Slack Chat About N-Word7h ago ( February 24, 2021 at 11:05 AM ) Pesca, a public radio veteran who has been hosting Slate‘s daily news podcast, The Gist, since 2012, was suspended indefinitely without pay this week in the wake of a debate among staffers on the company’s Slack channel about whether it is ever acceptable for a white journalist to use the n-word itself in a discussion of the slur’s use or history. While Pesca argued that referential or descriptive use should be allowed under certain circumstances, he did not use the word in that chat; he had, ho...Tags: Art, Media, Slack, Mike Pesca, Pesca, 02.22.21 1 people like this. Like Spotify Is About To Open In 85 More Countries8h ago ( February 24, 2021 at 9:34 AM ) The move adds a billion more potential customers to the market for the audio streaming giant, which will now be available in 178 countries and will support more than 60 languages. – VarietyTags: Art, Music, Audience, 02.22.21 32 people like this. Like After Six Years, Google News May Be Returning To Spain9h ago ( February 24, 2021 at 8:35 AM ) “Google is negotiating individual licensing deals with a divided Spanish news industry that could allow the U.S. tech giant’s news service to resume in the country. … Google News, which links to third party content, closed in Spain in late 2014 in response to legislation which meant it had to pay a mandatory collective licensing fee to re-publish headlines or snippets of news.” – ReutersTags: Google, Art, Spain, Words, Google News, 02.22.21 41 people like this. Like San Diego Cultural Advocate Larry T. Baza, 76, Of COVIDFebruary 23, 2021 at 4:01 PM “For more than four decades, Baza used his voice advocating for San Diego’s artistic and cultural community at the local, state and national levels. He served on countless panels, boards and commissions, including the National Endowment for the Arts, California Association of Local Arts Organizations, Chicano Federation of San Diego County, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, San Diego Community Foundation and Diversionary Theatre.” – San Diego Union-TribuneTags: Art, People, San Diego, Baza, 02.22.21, Larry T Baza 49 people like this. Like How The Smithsonian Is Celebrating Its 150 YearsFebruary 23, 2021 at 3:32 PM “The Smithsonian was always about how it could help the country reimagine itself, understand itself,” said Bunch, a historian and founding director of the popular National Museum of African American History and Culture. “The work we did with early aviation, even the way we collect history, which was always trying to ensure future generations understand how we got where we are. The notion is to help people recognize that they create the future.” – Washington PostTags: Art, Visual, National Museum of African American History, 02.22.21 48 people like this. Like Governor: NYC Movie Theatres Can ReopenFebruary 23, 2021 at 2:27 PM Governor Andrew Cuomo said “cinemas in the city will be permitted to operate at 25% capacity, with no more than 50 people. Moreover, other safety measures such as masks, social distancing and heightened sanitizing measures will be required.” – VarietyTags: Art, Media, Andrew Cuomo, Audience, 02.22.21 15 people like this. Like Charles Hill, Heroic Undercover Art Detective, Dead At 73February 23, 2021 at 2:03 PM “Hill’s willingness to take major risks in order to find some of the world’s greatest stolen artworks” — most famously, Vermeer’s Lady Writing a Letter With Her Maid (in 1993) and Munch’s The Scream (in 1996) — “made him one of the most celebrated art detectives in the world.” – ARTnewsTags: Art, Uncategorized, Munch, Hill, Vermeer, Charles Hill, 02.22.21 15 people like this. Like Cuban Artists Demand Removal Of Culture MinisterFebruary 23, 2021 at 1:28 PM The Cuban activist group 27N submitted a legal request for Alonso’s removal to the National Assembly of People’s Power on February 3 on behalf of nearly 1,300 artists, intellectuals, and activists. – ArtnetTags: Art, Issues, Alonso, 02.22.21, National Assembly of People 's Power 14 people like this. Like Getting At What Truth Really Is (Not That Simple)February 23, 2021 at 12:32 PM “True seems to be that which is in accordance with the facts or reality, the way things simply are. But it is not as simple as that. For there are not only ‘brute facts’ (eg whether Germany invaded Belgium in 1914), but also more complex phenomena, where interpretation and the weighing of evidence apply (eg, the causes of World War One). How we make sense of things has a great deal to do with what truth means.” – 3 Quarks DailyTags: Art, Germany, Ideas, Belgium, 02.22.21 18 people like this. Like Star Soccer Star Touts Ballet Training For PerformanceFebruary 23, 2021 at 11:38 AM The images shared by the ballet company had soccer fans’ heads turning when they emerged. Such a sports star dabbling in ballet may have seemed unheard of, but it wasn’t a new trend. – Irish TimesTags: Art, Dance, 02.22.21 40 people like this. Like How To Design A Memorial For The COVID Pandemic?February 23, 2021 at 11:04 AM Several places in Italy and Great Britain are considering the question, and a few memorials have already gone up. “[They] are not intended as sweeping monuments to the historical moment, but simple places to grieve and reflect.” – The New York TimesTags: Art, Italy, Great Britain, Visual, 02.22.21 19 people like this. Like Why Joffrey Ballet Is Only Now Making Work To StreamFebruary 23, 2021 at 10:31 AM Staging a full-length performance digitally “would break the bank,” says artistic director Ashley Wheater, who doesn’t really like streamed dance much. “I’m embracing it because there’s nothing else, but it wouldn’t be my choice. … [Nevertheless,] if it’s the right content, it can be really powerful.” – Chicago MagazineTags: Art, Dance, Ashley Wheater, 02.22.21 39 people like this. Like Will Upright Citizens Brigade Ever Reopen? ‘I Don’t Know’, Says Amy PoehlerFebruary 23, 2021 at 10:03 AM In a feature interview for The New York Times Magazine, the co-founder of the famed, and now troubled, improv company and school said, “It’s been brutal for us. We’re basically using the fire of COVID to start some new version. We’re changing our school and our theater to not-for-profit.” (She and her co-founders have said they’ll give up leadership of UCB when that happens.) “Whether or not we’ll be able to get there, I don’t know.” – VultureTags: Art, Theatre, Amy Poehler, New York Times Magazine, UCB, 02.22.21 27 people like this. Like Douglas Turner Ward, Pioneering Black Theater Artist, Dead At 90February 23, 2021 at 9:35 AM A writer and director as well as an actor, he wrote a 1966 New York Times Op-Ed titled “American Theater: For Whites Only?” that inspired the Ford Foundation to fund the creation of the Negro Ensemble Company, with Ward as artistic director. Both he and the troupe amassed nominations and awards, and the NEC counts some of the world’s most admired Black actors as alumni. Ward was also a playwright, and just last year published his magnum opus, a trilogy titled The Haitian Chronicles. – The New Yo...Tags: Art, People, NEC, Ford Foundation, Ward, New York Times Op Ed, Negro Ensemble Company, 02.22.21, Douglas Turner Ward Pioneering Black Theater 2 people like this. Like France Is Trying To Raise Millions To Buy De Sade’s Filthiest ManuscriptFebruary 23, 2021 at 9:02 AM “The French government is appealing for corporate help to acquire the manuscript of the Marquis de Sade’s notorious The 120 Days of Sodom, valued at €4.5m (£3.9m), for the National Library of France.” – The GuardianTags: Art, France, Words, Marquis de Sade, de Sade, 02.22.21 31 people like this. Like It’s A 17,300-Year-Old Kangaroo: Australia’s Oldest Rock Art IdentifiedFebruary 23, 2021 at 8:34 AM “A nearly-life-size depiction of a kangaroo — realistic genitalia included — is the oldest known rock painting in Australia. Scientists recently pinpointed its age to 17,300 years ago with a technique that had never been used on Australian ancient art before: measuring radioactive carbon in wasp nests from rocks near the artwork.” – Live ScienceTags: Art, Australia, Visual, 02.22.21 29 people like this. Like Long Beach Opera Hires James Darrah As New ADFebruary 22, 2021 at 5:28 PM During the pandemic, Darrah’s affinity for film allowed him to pivot to digital content with ease. Over the last six months, the director has worked with LA Opera, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Opera Philadelphia, Boston Lyric Opera and others to produce visually compelling screen experiences hailed by the New Yorker as “arresting” and by the Boston Globe as “ambitious and spectacular.” – Los Angeles TimesTags: Art, Music, Boston Globe, Darrah, 02.22.21, Long Beach Opera Hires James Darrah 8 people like this. Like Inside What Makes Tom Stoppard TickFebruary 22, 2021 at 4:14 PM Anthony Lane: “Many folk, less deserving than Stoppard, and with scarcely a whit of his charm, are greeted with godsends. What marks him out is the unusual thoroughness with which he has probed the mechanism of fate, as if it were his moral duty—shaded, perhaps, with a touch of guilt—to understand why he, of all people, should have got the breaks.” – The New YorkerTags: Art, People, Anthony Lane, Stoppard, 02.22.21, Tom Stoppard Tick 14 people like this. Like The Phillips Turns 100February 22, 2021 at 11:00 AM  Tags: Art, Washington Dc, Visual, Duncan, Phillips, Dorothy Kosinski, 02.22.21, Phillips Turns, Marjorie Phillips 123 people like this. Like |
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