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The Arts & Education Exchange is a new online directory for arts providers to post details, pictures, audio, and video about their programs. These can range from learning about Abraham Lincoln through song to finding out about recycling through dance.

Educators can tap into this user-friendly Exchange to search for arts programming that helps them encourage student success.

Elizabeth Kramer explores local issues relating to the NCRP Report “Fusing Arts, Culture and Social Change” in an article for the Louisville Courier-Journal:

Hoong Yee, Richard, Janet & Barry Blogging for a better world At this year’s conference, I was joined by two other bloggers to capture in words the spirit and essence of this universe we call grantmakers in the arts – Richard … Continue reading →

Famed New York painter Chuck Close and other artists are suing Sotheby’s, Christie’s and eBay, contending the auctioneers willfully violated a California law requiring royalty payments on sales of their works.

The three federal suits filed Tuesday seek class-action status to represent many other artists and demand unspecified royalties and damages — which could total hundreds of thousands of dollars given current art prices.

The Surdna Foundation announced Judilee Reed as the new Director of its Thriving Cultures Program. Ms. Reed will join the Foundation in mid-November, and succeeds Ellen B. Rudolph who served the Foundation for nearly 18 years.

Arts participation is being redefined as people increasingly choose to engage with art in new, more active and expressive ways. This compelling trend carries profound implications, and fresh opportunities, for a nonprofit arts sector exploring how to adapt to demographic and technological changes.

Mason Bates What do you think of when you hear the word – symphony? I am sure these are a few that may come to mind: Classical Full Concert Beethoven Crowd management What? Try hiding your surprise without choking on … Continue reading →

Michael Edwards writes for The Guardian UK:

The Doris Duke Performing Artists Initiative is a special initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF), providing pioneering support to individual artists while adding $50 million to the Foundation’s substantial existing commitment to contemporary dance, jazz, theatre and related interdisciplinary work.

Alyce Myatt They say the fastest growing population of video game players are women over 60. “Oh my God I’ll never get there!” a woman in the back of the room was clearly overwhelmed by the though of disappointing her … Continue reading →