Diane Ragsdale"Transformation or Bust
Diane Ragsdale joined Center Theatre Group at the Mark Taper Forum on January 9, 2017 to deliver a keynote exploring concerns over lack of engagement with the arts, which she relates to a growing market ethos in the arts and culture sector that treats communities like markets, citizens like consumers, and culture as an exploitable product. She argues that a market ethos is particularly troubling in the arts and cultu…