Funding Is Not an “Issue” Title got your attention, didn’t it? Recently Doug McLennan wrote about ArtsJournal’s survey of readers about issues in the field: We Asked: What’s the Biggest Challenge Facing the Arts? By far the most cited was… …read more
The Arts: By The (National) Numbers
A few years ago, when the National Endowment for the Arts said it would join with the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis to determine how much the arts contributed to the economy, I applauded. When the … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2016-02-16
Bill Evans And Camera Three
Last month’s Rifftides post titled “Evans After LaFaro” included video of the Bill Evans Trio in a 1962 performance that I credited to Italian television because of its imprint RAI DUE, the name of an Italian … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2016-02-15
Maillot’s Botchy Look at American Dance in Choré
Though inspired by and decorated with 20th century American dance styles, Jean-Christophe Maillot’s 2013 work Choré for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, shows integrity only … read more
AJBlog: Fresh Pencil Published 2016-02-16
The “One New Thing” Rule
Adam Grant, in his new book, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World writes about the necessity of anchoring new ideas in familiar things. To generate creative ideas, it’s important to start from an unusual place. But … read more
AJBlog: diacritical/Douglas McLennan Published 2016-02-15