Economic Turmoil and Change

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter. Photo: Matt Rourke Arts and cultural organizations are often dismissed as a frivolity, the first to go when the budget ax swings even as supporters tout them as powerful economic engines that employ workers and support … Continue reading →

Brad Howe, “Canaries in the Sunset,” 2009, aluminum, stainless steel and polyurethane Selling fine art to fund a good cause isn’t new. A local art sale initiative, however, is giving the concept an unusual and highly profitable spin. How about … Continue reading →

Seeking clout in numbers, Battery Dance Company and 11 other Downtown-based small- and medium-size arts organizations recently banded together. Calling themselves the Lower Manhattan Arts Leadership Group, they are sharing their financial and audience numbers for the first time, hoping … Continue reading →

The Art Institute of Chicago raises admission by 50% to $18. The Seattle Art Museum is promoting a “Pay What You Can” admission.

Senate investigators estimate that Americans who hide assets in offshore bank accounts are failing to pay about $100 billion a year in taxes. In good times, that’s grossly unfair and bad for the country. In times like these, it should … Continue reading →

Photographs by Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre.

With the economy in free- fall and unemployment taking off, it’s no wonder college students these days are clamoring to study … music? Yes, music. As in symphony, opera and jazz. Applications are soaring at music schools across the country, … Continue reading →

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya6_EKPrMVI&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0] Williamsburg artist James Kalm pays tribute to the Williamsburg arts community and take on the current recession at the same time. James and Kate came up with this conceptual performance piece titled The James Kalm Artists Economic Stimulus Grant.

Last week, Slate launched “Shoot the Recession,” a project in which readers were asked what the economic crisis looked like to them. The responses are available on the photo-sharing site Flickr. As of this writing, the Flickr pool is home … Continue reading →

By all accounts but one, Fred Cray is a successful, thriving multimedia artist. He studied at Yale University’s prestigious graduate school and has several solo exhibitions under his belt. He is the recipient of the Pollock-Krasner grant, and in 2003, … Continue reading →