They go back a long way to the 1970s in New York, most notably to their participation in, and leadership of, The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church on Manhattan's Lower East Side.
We wanted to celebrate our nation, because 2026 is our 250th birthday, and also, it feels necessary in this moment. But how would we do it in a moment when celebrating living in the USA feels political, feels fraught with potential pitfalls? What could we do to bring people together across perceived differences? What would
Marquise Lindsey-Bradley, Marketing & Engagement Director of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, shares their strategic approach to engaging young audiences.
Last week I learned that Arizona State University had launched a new degree program, a Bachelor of Arts in Content Creation, which can be taken either online or in-person:
Do you dream of monetizing your video channel or making social media your career? Arizona State University’s online Bachelor of Arts in content creation prepares you to become a strategic storyteller who...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=PocpiBx3hfk&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent Beginning with my “New York Times” piece on July 4, this is the fifth in a series of
Jova Lynne, Co-Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, shares the benefits of the co-directorship model and immersion in the artist creative process.
Isaac Butler has written a history of the controversies – dubbed the “culture wars” – that arose in the United States around the arts and arts-adjacent fields from the mid-1980s to around 2000. These were fights over state censorship of art, and the separate issue of restrictions on the content of art that could be available for government funding,...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=R5Av5BdT_iM&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent As readers of this blog must be aware – perhaps with interest, perhaps with mounting annoyance – I
