For a hefty fee, these companies will fabricate forged portfolios, with fake images of work and forged review clips, for applications for the Global Talent visa, which can lead to permanent residency in three to five years and is one of a very few UK visas which doesn’t require demonstrated fluency in English. - BBC
For decades, the Kennedy Center has used a not-for-profit platform called Tessitura to handle its ticketing. But the Kennedy Center plans to partner with the ticketing behemoth Ticketmaster. - NPR
These discussions, championed by at least one economics research and advisory firm in partnership with a major Australian arts festival, are instead thinking about the arts activities as powerful economic ‘enablers’ and strategic assets which help facilitate wider cultural, economic and social objectives. - ArtsHub
Encompassing history, literature, philosophy, art, and more, the humanities provide a lens through which one can view one’s personal experiences—making the universal personal and the personal universal. - Jstor
Laws passed in various regions of the country are requiring state-funded employers such as schools, universities, and performing arts institutions to hire veterans of the “special military operation” as instructors ranging from kindergarten to college-level, ballet dancers, choristers, and piano accompanists. (And they’re forbidden to ask about PTSD.) - Meduza
Universities should go back to traditional exams and in-person presentations to grade students after lecturers complained that AI has made it “close to impossible” to assess coursework, according to an investigation by England’s higher education regulator. - The Guardian
“Former Michigan state representative Donna Lasinski was announced Wednesday as the initiative’s inaugural president. … The project has been discussed in abstract for years but is now moving from idea to reality with the appointment of Lasinski, who has served as the Cultural Stadium’s senior adviser since April.” - WBEZ (Chicago)
“Art is the great democrat,” wrote Kennedy, “calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color.” He saw art as a means of transcending difference, as both a product of democracy and a contributor to its flourishing. - San Francisco Classical Voice
To understand where—and what—Aquaterra is, you have to think about how sea levels fall and rise during an ice age. As the planet cools, ocean water becomes locked up in continental ice sheets, and sea levels fall by hundreds of feet. - The Atlantic
It's not 100 percent clear who, exactly, will benefit. "There's little to no way to know whether, for example, a violin teacher or a filmmaker is more likely to be approved." - CBC
The rap artist wrote that after Ed Sheeran removed him from the Sheeran tour, his team reached out to arenas with available dates. "But once they found out these were my benefit shows for Palestine, ... those dates were suddenly off the table.” - The New York Times
"Next year’s massive reconfiguration of power ... brings with it a number of elected officials with creative backgrounds, some of whom even incorporated music, dance and art into their campaigns and promises to constituents." - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
However: "Tony Lyons, the publisher at Skyhorse, which published Brand’s How to Become a Christian in 7 Days under its new Tucker Carlson Books imprint this year, said in an email that the company 'had no plans to withdraw Russell Brand’s books.'” - The New York Times
Sexism, basically. Yet: "Critics of Gerwig’s casting of Streep forget that many of us heard tales of Narnia first in our mother’s voice. ... This powerful, unknowable god first spoke to us in a loving voice which guided and comforted us, even when we might be afraid." - Reactor
In other words, the key sell for engaging with art in this case is that there is science – a real expertise! – backing it up, to reassure those on the fence that it’s not all a clanging, nebulous waste of time. - The Guardian
