When Artistic Education Matters
“Old World Inspirational Sign,” by Flickr user Nicholas Raymond It’s no secret that embarking on a professional career in the arts requires a degree of boldness in the face of economic uncertainty. The...
View ArticleCreatequity Announces the Winner of Inaugural Arts Research Prize
After months of sifting through more than 500 arts research studies published in 2016, Createquity has selected “Characteristics of Civically Engaged Nonprofit Arts Organizations: The Results of a...
View ArticleNew Tech’s Dance with the Future (and other July stories)
“Dance” illustration by Flickr user Luciana Ruivo Quickly advancing technologies are altering reality in ways that, not long ago, were the stuff of science-fiction movies. Computer scientists have...
View ArticleThe Public Art of the Confederacy (and other August stories)
“Confederate Statue” | by Flickr user Paul Sableman via Creative Commons A deadly protest in Charlottesville, VA on August 12 against the removal of a monument to Robert E. Lee fomented an immediate...
View ArticleWhat Makes Arts Organizations Civically Engaged?
Empty stage in expectation of performance, by Flickr user renewleeds If all the world’s a stage, who can compete with Broadway? While gathering research as a doctoral student at Rutgers University in...
View ArticleOn the Cultural Specificity of Symphony Orchestras
Beginning this year, New York City cultural organizations seeking funding from the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs will need to report on their staff and board demographics, and describe how they...
View ArticleDetroit Attempts to Change its Narrative (and other September stories)
Detroit Skyline, by Flickr user Wigwag Jones (via Creative Commons) The picture of Detroit painted by the media often conveys a city in peril. Its dramatic story – the decline of the auto industry,...
View ArticleAround the horn: Madiba edition
Don’t forget about the Createquity Fellowship deadline coming up this Friday! ART AND THE GOVERNMENT The value of the creative sector to the U.S. economy? Half a trillion dollars. The value of the...
View ArticleAround the horn: Madiba edition
Don’t forget about the Createquity Fellowship deadline coming up this Friday! ART AND THE GOVERNMENT The value of the creative sector to the U.S. economy? Half a trillion dollars. The value of the...
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