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Thursday, August 13, 2020

Is Singing Together During COVID Safe? by Artsjournal

“Singing in a room for an extended period of time, in close contact with lots of people and no ventilation — that’s a recipe for disaster,” says Shelly Miller, a professor at the Uni…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:12PM

NY’s High Line Asks For Public Help In Choosing Next Sculpture by Artsjournal

The non-profit organisation High Line Art, which commissions public art projects on and around the elevated park in Chelsea, launched a platform of artist proposals this week, and says that …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:12PM

Hollywood Movie Production Restarts (But Not In Hollywood) by Artsjournal

Hollywood has been unable to restart production on its own soundstages in California because of surging infections in the state, plodding negotiations with unions over protocols and the time…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:12PM

Life In The Fast Lane? It Comes With A Cost by Artsjournal

“There’s a cost to living; there’s a cost to doing everything. That cost depends on the speed at which we’re living, to some degree. If we are living our lives at a very fast rate, w…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PM

Report: Racism At Canadian Museum Of Human Rights by Artsjournal

“I served as an external adviser and peer reviewer for the museum over several years. The current crisis may be shocking, but it’s a predictable consequence of the museum’s history of …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PM

AMC Says It Will Open Its Movie Theatres Next Week by Artsjournal

Starting August 20th, AMC plans to have more than 100 theaters open, and it says it will continue opening locations “such that about two-thirds of our theatres across the country should be…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:54PM

Staff At Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Say Director’s Firing Was Justified by Artsjournal

Nathalie Bondil was ousted on 13 July by the museum’s board of directors, which cited “disturbing” reports from staff members about a “toxic” workplace atmosphere. The dismissal fo…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:48PM

Berliners Worry About The Health Of The City’s Visual Arts by Artsjournal

More than 5,000 visual artists from around the world are based here, according to statistics compiled by city authorities. Despite high-profile closures, there are still more than 300 galler…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:48PM

How Swedish Culture Explains Its Response To COVID by Artsjournal

It also helps explain the Swedish policy response to Covid-19 — banning gatherings over 50, encouraging home working and social distancing, shielding of vulnerable groups, while keeping so…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:42PM

Why Exams Continue To Be The Gold Standard For Education by Artsjournal

Many of the criticisms levelled at exams as a framework for learning and a means of assessment have validity. There have been valiant attempts over the years to provide a balance between for…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PM
Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Singer Trini Lopez, 83, Of COVID by Artsjournal

At the peak of his popularity he was asked by guitar manufacturer Gibson to design two models, the Trini Lopez Standard and the Lopez Deluxe, owners of which include Dave Grohl and Noel Gall…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:03PM

How The Internet Turned People Into Users by Artsjournal

Google is, as Joanne McNeil writes, “the intermediary between my ideas and action forward, the glue between my questions and answers, a placeholder for thoughts and a way to sort my desire…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:03PM

The End Of Second-Hand Bookstores? by Artsjournal

Decades, even centuries, of history and tradition are disappearing because of market forces, and the pandemic that we are all suffering through has sped matters up. – The Critic

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:03PM

The Museum Problem – Is It More A Relevance Problem? by Artsjournal

In reality, museums merely reflect the massive inequalities in society at large. After the pandemic, museums may represent an even greater concentration of wealth in fewer hands. The America…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:48PM

In Malawi Theatre Artists Debate: Low Ticket Prices Or Making A Living… by Artsjournal

On one side of the debate, there were those who said the low prices were a way of coping with the prevailing circumstances in our economy. On the other were those who want art to claim its v…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:48PM

How Non-Profit Arts Organizations Measure Their Impact by Artsjournal

“The important idea here is this – there is a sharp difference between the meaning of the concept of art (which certainly doesn’t need you to be indispensable) and the meaning of the p…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:42PM

Charlie Parker at 100 by Artsjournal

In his too short, too fast, too hard, too brilliant 34 years, Parker transformed an art form, no less than Mozart or Chopin or Gershwin did in their similarly brief time among us. Like those…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:42PM

What’s Needed To Defeat COVID: Morality Pills? by Artsjournal

When someone chooses not to follow public health guidelines around the coronavirus, they’re defecting from the public good. It’s the moral equivalent of the tragedy of the commons: If ev…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:42PM

Trump’s TikTok Ban: National Security Or Freedom Of Speech? by Artsjournal

The company — which operates its U.S. headquarters out of Los Angeles and hired Disney veteran Kevin Mayer as its CEO this spring — said it has been working with the government for nearl…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:42PM

Canadian Artists Lead Drive For Basic Income by Artsjournal

“We can all agree that systemic racism should be eradicated at all levels on all fronts (in every employment sector and other areas), but the arts presents a particularly challenging arena…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:24PM
Tuesday, August 11, 2020

How Data Fueled The Progressive Era by Artsjournal

Statistics in the Progressive Era were more than mere signs of a managerial government’s early efforts to sort and categorize its citizens. The emergence of statistical selves was not simp…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:06PM

WarnerMedia Lays Off Hundreds by Artsjournal

Impacted staffers begun being informed about the cuts at roughly 10:30 a.m. PT. Approximately 650 people at Warner Bros. are expected to be let go, according to people familiar with the matt…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PM

The Wellness Trap by Artsjournal

Once we realize that we cannot find lasting happiness through relying on outer things, we might turn to meditation, but now a new problem can arise. Many people today are drawn to meditation…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PM

Rudy Giuliani Being Sued By His Art Advisor by Artsjournal

In November 2019, Miller Gaffney invoiced a total of $27,300 for her services appraising the estranged couple’s fine and decorative art collections in order to determine their market value…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54PM

Great – Time To Practice! But A Musician Gets Restless… by Artsjournal

“Some days, I think this glut of time is an offering. More often, however, it’s a force-feeding. To have ideas, you need constraints, which for us were the auditions, rehearsals and perf…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54PM

Chicago Jazz Impresario Joe Segal, 94 by Artsjournal

For more than 70 years, starting in 1947 as a student at Roosevelt University, Segal presented the world’s greatest jazz musicians in rented hovels, rundown showrooms, dilapidated hotels a…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48PM

Major Layoffs At DC Comics by Artsjournal

Roughly one third of DC’s editorial ranks are being laid off, according to sources. Insiders also say the majority of the staff of the streaming service DC Universe has been laid off, a mo…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48PM

Five Musicians Talk About Diversity In Chicago Orchestras by Artsjournal

One solution that all five instrumentalists opposed was changing the orchestral world’s blind audition process in which candidates try out behind curtains or screens. In a July article in …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:32PM

LA Dance Project’s App Has Turned Into A Source Of Revenue by Artsjournal

The LADP app takes this experience of live-streamed classes to a new level by packaging this professional-grade instruction with a sneak peek into the company’s rehearsals and performances…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:32PM

In Denver: Without Live Music, Who Are We? by Artsjournal

More than halfway through Denver’s bizarre, unprecedented Summer of No Music, an increasing amount of people — artists and fans alike — are wondering: Without live music, who are we? �…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:32PM

Earn your Certification in Creative Placemaking this Fall by Artsjournal

NJIT's (New Jersey Institute of Technology) groundbreaking and highly respected Professional Certificate in Creative Placemaking will be conducted in virtual classroom format in Fall, 2020. …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:32AM

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