These drawings, which appear in "di Umbria," a dossier of Gerard Bellaart drawings just published by Moloko, were not intended as commentary on current events. But I can't shake the sensation that they are.
When I was a child we had some really old Peanuts paperbacks, now long lost, and for reasons unknown – some spirit knew I would end up in cultural policy? – this one stuck in my head, practically verbatim. Anyway, from April 6, 1958, thank you Mr. Schulz.
The Bible gave us the Ten Commandments. The Constitution gave us the first 10 amendments, our Bill of Rights. Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave us the 'Four Freedoms,' chiseled in stone at the tip of Roosevelt Island as a monumental reminder of his legacy. Will the monument be all that's left of his legacy?
Jérémy Jolley, Senior Director of Education & Community Engagement at the Seattle Symphony, shares how providing access to performance space impacts their partners and community.
Pre-internet, the lines were pretty clear about the binary relationship between artist and audience. Artists created and audience consumed. In today’s digital world, the landscape is fluid—we create and express our identities by what we choose to share online. Sharing, or curating what we encounter both online and in the real world, is perceived as a creative act. In the online world, art doesn’t become activated until people decide to “do” something measurable with it.
Sally Blandón, Early Childhood and General Music Program Director at the Merit School of Music, shares the impact of their Music For All approach to programming.
Among minor casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic—at least in my neighborhood— were troops of parents and young children going door to door for Halloween, wearing costumes with masks that were not N95s. In those years, leaving a bucket of candy out on the stoop with a “Have at it!” sign became an enduring option.
Back then, the diminution of trick-or-treaters...
