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How BAM Expanded Its Audience During The Pandemic

“BAM isn’t just for one audience. We were consistently sold out this season and more often than not had a standby line. That’s because the programming is doing lots of different things. And that diversity of programming allows us to reflect the diversity of this borough.” - Variety

Russia’s Cultural Brain Drain, In The Words Of The Brains Who Have Drained

Actress Renata Litvinova: "I suddenly realized that maybe I'm never going back." Director Kirill Serebrennikov: "I continue to allow myself the illusion that my departure was not a permanent escape." Scientist Ilya Kolmanovsky: "With time, people will come to understand that Putin's invasion was also an attack on Russia." - GQ

What Types Of Conflict Are Good For Democracies?

In order to live together, and to acknowledge each other and engage each other in a democratic society, conflict is necessary. Otherwise, we risk "not just forms of suppression but also extermination, expelling and annihilating those who are viewed as the source of conflict." - Aeon

MAMGA! (Make America’s Malls Great Again)

With Rick Caruso, developer of upscale "lifestyle centers" (that is, malls without roofs), being one of the finalists for mayor of Los Angeles, Carolina A. Miranda considers the history of shopping malls, their purposes, and how the could recover from their widely-noted decline. - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)

Tourists Are Long Gone From Timbuktu. Here’s How Some Tour Guides Are Piecing Together A Living

With a years-long civil war in Mali cutting off access, you simply cannot get to the historic city from abroad.  But you can still send postcards to loved ones from there. - Atlas Obscura

Just Like Its Protagonist, The Story Of Pinocchio Keeps Changing

Joan Acocella reminds us how utterly different the character and narrative in the original novel by Carlo Collodi are from Walt Disney's 1940 movie. The story has been remade and adapted dozens of times since; Hollywood has two more on the way and a third in the works. - The New Yorker

Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage Seems To Be Under Coordinated Attack

Ukraine's Ministry of Culture and Information Policy says that as of June 9, "389 cultural heritage sites have been destroyed or damaged since the invasion began." Is this accident or deliberate targeting? An international effort is underway to find out. - The Art Newspaper

Artists Could Really Use Student Loan Forgiveness Too

Great that some people - including some artists who have been able to eke out a living at qualifying nonprofits or colleges - can get theirs forgiven after 10 years. But what about freelancers and those who cobble together an existence in the service of art? - Hyperallergic

Too Much Good Weather Is Bad For The Arts, Researchers Find

Well, at least in Australia: both researchers and museum execs there report that attendance goes up when it's rainy, and new-ish major arts festivals during the antipodean winter are pulling in crowds, even in chilly Tasmania. - Arts Hub (Australia)

Artists And Arts Organizations Should Consider Therapy

That is, they should consider the benefits of becoming creative therapists. After all, art, performance, and (especially) music-based therapies have a lot of research-based backing as effective. And, importantly, therapy can be a consistent source of income for artists. - ArtsHub

A Wave Of State Legislation Is Trying To Forbid Teaching Critical Race Theory At Colleges

"So far, 70 bills — which PEN America calls 'educational gag orders' — have been introduced in 28 states, with 56 more coming in 2022. The upswing signals an increased effort by lawmakers ... to limit the discussion of certain topics on campuses, according to the group." - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Radical Reimagining? Safer Neighborhoods Begin With The Arts

It is not just a pretty idea. The UPenn Social Impact of the Arts Project studied New York City in 2017. Their data showed that neighborhoods with cultural assets had improved outcomes in education, aging, mental health, public safety and decreased engagement with the criminal justice system. - New York Daily News

What Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Arts Presenters Learned During COVID

Another thing that’s changed “is it turns out we like our neighbors. And there are plenty of communities that are under-represented in our spaces, or are economically unable to participate or have a limited participation. - Cedar Rapids Gazette

The Value Of “Anchor” Artists

We discovered that at the center of the arts in the San Francisco Bay Area is the anchor artist: someone central to their community who inevitably pushes the field forward. - Hyperallergic

Florida’s New Budget Doubles Arts Funding

"The budget signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis allocates slightly more than $59 million for three major grant categories, up from the $26.7 million last year. Once again this year, the budget provides no money for the cultural endowments category" and focuses largely on programming grants. - Sarasota Herald-Tribune

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