Doug McLennan on Arts Journal A ridiculous question, sure. The National Endowment for the Arts is the channel through which the federal government invests money in the arts. And though it’s not much money, compared to what other countries invest, … Continue reading
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Posted on March 18, 2009 by Tommer
The job of preserving jobs has fallen in part to a small state agency that normally specializes in promoting the arts: The Wyoming Arts Council. The council has applied for $290,000 in National Endowment for the Arts funding through the … Continue reading
Posted on March 17, 2009 by Tommer
“That was then; this is now.” A blunt expression often used in negotiations when one party wants to make clear to the other that previously reasonable expectations are unlikely to be met because of some adverse and unalterable change in … Continue reading
Posted on March 17, 2009 by Tommer
(Left: Painter Jackson Pollock, artist backed early in his career by New Deal arts funds.) Okay, fine. But what kind of art? After a debate that carried a whiff of the Reagan- and Giuliani-era fights over government arts funding — … Continue reading
Posted on March 16, 2009 by Tommer
PRNewsFoto/R.J. Dale President Barack Obama has established a staff position in the White House to oversee arts and culture in the Office of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs under Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser, a White House official confirmed. Kareem … Continue reading
Posted on March 16, 2009 by Tommer
…It is a shop front in Nassau Street, a couple of blocks away from Wall Street, that would be utterly forgettable were it not for the two words stamped across its glass: Free Store. In the age of postmodern advertising, … Continue reading
Posted on March 16, 2009 by Tommer
The Pittsburgh Foundation says it has found a way to boost charitable giving even during hard times. In October, when nonprofits typically are hurting for money, the foundation will introduce PittsburghGives, an online product designed to encourage openness among nonprofits … Continue reading
Posted on March 16, 2009 by Tommer
Walt Disney World, which announced last week that it made more than $32.5 million worth of charitable contributions last year, says it is aiming to give at the same pace this year, even amid the worst economy in a generation. … Continue reading
Posted on March 16, 2009 by Tommer
…But the first person I ran into at Christie’s was an executive from the Guggenheim, who insisted that not everyone was in trouble. “We were just saying, mid-sized museums are doing just fine,” she said, indicating a colleague from the … Continue reading
Posted on March 15, 2009 by Tommer
Illustration: Rocco Fazzari, The Sydney Morning Herald There is every reason to think that the next few years could be difficult for some of our biggest arts organisations. Stock shocks and corporate collapses mean declining sponsorship, fewer benefactors and shrinking … Continue reading