The Atlantic shares it’s annual “Silicon Valley Insiders Poll” that explores the opinions, views, insights and lifestyles of those living in one the world’s high-tech meccas.
The community-focused DuPage Foundation in Downers Grove, IL has been renewed for accreditation by the National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations, the highest and most rigorous measure of philanthropic excellence in the country.
Shamsia Hassani, creates graffiti art on abandoned buildings in the streets of Kabul to speak to women’s rights. Hassani, who teaches art at Kabul University, earned her masters and is a trained classical artist who works on contemporary mural art.
NYCO Renaissance’s plan to revive the late New York City Opera has been met with questions from the New York State Attorney General’s office about whether or not the new company would feasibly survive beyond a few years.
Oakland’s City Council President Lynette Gibson-McElhaney has developed a resolution to create a Black arts district on 14th Street and neighboring blocks west of Lake Merritt.
In Manhattan, The Shed museum is set to open in 2019, described as “a multi-arts center designed to commission, produce, and present all types of performing arts, visual arts, and popular culture.”
In San Francisco, arts and homeless advocacy groups paired up to collect over 16,000 signatures that will support major increases in funding for both the arts and projects to eliminate homelessness.
Jason Hodges, Executive Director of the Anchorage Concert Association discusses the largest performing arts presenter in Alaska and presenting internationally acclaimed artists from the entire spectrum of the performing arts. This interview was produced in collaboration with Alaska Public Media.
By law, art of “recognized stature” is currently protected against modification or destruction. That only includes traditional art, and excludes newer forms of art, such as tattoos.
Squeaky Wheel Film and Arts Center recently announced that it will join Working Artists and the Greater Economy (W.A.GE.) in its efforts to provide fair wages for artists across the nation, who often work without pay in order to gain exposure.