Rocco Landesman, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts
If you liked the first Rocco Show—the online webcast of the meeting of the National Council on the Arts (advisory body for the National Endowment for the Arts)—you won’t want to miss the return engagement, tomorrow (Friday) from 9-11 a.m., viewable here. On the agenda: a report on how technology influences arts participation, as well as the announcement of the latest round of NEA lifetime honors (already named here).
Speaking of online CultureChats and the influence of technology, my first attempt to have an online exchange with CultureGrrl readers went well, once my technological cluelessness finally got solved. I managed to sabotage my audience by announcing that the software wasn’t working, only to discover that it was functioning after all and we could proceed. If you missed it in real time, you can replay it here (scroll down). Our next live chat should go more smoothly. I’ll announce the time and the hot-button topic soon.
I was very impressed with and gratified by the quality of the comments and questions of those who did participate this afternoon. I like the idea of getting closer to CultureGrrl readers in this way.
It made me think that museum curators and directors should also do this—talk with their audience in real time about exhibitions and scholarship. It’s not all that difficult or time consuming, and it could be rewarding and fun for both sides!
Then again, maybe some of your are doing this already: I’m just catching up!