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In what seemed a cultural coup, Seattle Art Museum officials opened a glistening glass-and- metal-paneled, $86 million addition in January 2007, just months after completing an acclaimed sculpture park. The arrangement with Washington Mutual Inc. even offered the museum space … Continue reading →

“The U.S. Department of Education is seeking recommendations for reviewers for the $4.35 billion Race to the Top Fund competitive grant program. This program presents an unprecedented opportunity to support far-reaching improvement in schools across the country. Therefore, we hope … Continue reading →

Here’s an interesting conversation between Andrew Taylor, Director of the Bolz Center for Arts Administration in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, and choreographer Elizabeth Streb. Streb discusses her work reimagining the ways that performers and audiences interact and … Continue reading →

Barry Hessenius asked me and several others to answer some questions about the role of the National Endowment for the Arts. He's running this multi-week huge series in his blog at WSTAF's site. There are interesting ideas and thoughts by many people lots smarter than me. You can read it at Barry's Blog.

John McCann proposes consolidating the major arts service organizations for efficiency and a single voice. The efficiency part seems reasonable. The single “influential” voice part seems a bit at odds with the healthy growing trend of hearing and valuing the … Continue reading →

“We believe strongly that the arts aren’t somehow an ‘extra’ part of our national life, but instead we feel that the arts are at the heart of our national life. It is through our music, our literature, our art, drama … Continue reading →

The first 11 school districts to join L.A. County’s arts education initiative, Arts for All, have made admirable progress in developing an infrastructure for arts education that carries the potential to be self-sustaining in time, according to case studies released … Continue reading →

Cultural Alliance Releases 10 Key Findings on Cultural Engagement The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance today released a new report on emerging trends in cultural engagement in the region. Entitled Research Into Action: Pathways to New Opportunities, the report is based … Continue reading →

Statement from NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman September 22, 2009 As chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, I would like to clarify the issues concerning an August conference call in which an NEA employee participated. Here are the facts. … Continue reading →

This thoughtful Letter to the Field was posted in August, and just came to GIA’s attention. “Most artists and arts professionals do what we do because we love the work. That is, we did not enter the field of contemporary … Continue reading →