All stories by Artsjournal on BroadwayStars

Friday, August 23, 2019

Faculty " Arts Administration by Artsjournal

Butler University's Jordan College of the Arts (JCA) invites applications for a full-time, 9-month faculty position in the Department of Arts Administration beginning August 2020.

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42PM[SHARE]

Cruising For Art " The Bizarro World Of Cruise Ship Art Auctions by Artsjournal

One gimmick in particular stood out: A pair of works presented turned away from the audience, and sold as one lot, without any idea of what they looked like. "They are going to be two of the…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:03PM[SHARE]

Fascinating Rights Issue: After Dispute, Taylor Swift Says She'll Re-Record Her Early Albums by Artsjournal

The singer reached an impass with her recording label, which owns masters of the original songs. So Swift says she'll simply re-record them all so she has control. Travis Andrews untangles t…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:03PM[SHARE]

How "Sesame Street" Revolutionized Teaching Using Music by Artsjournal

Since its inception in 1969, the public television show has redefined what it means to teach children through TV, with music as its resounding voice. Before "Sesame Street," it wasn't even c…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:03PM[SHARE]

Conductor Leo Driehuys, 87 " He Built The Modern Charlotte Symphony by Artsjournal

"He was a very strong face for the Charlotte Symphony, but he worked his butt off behind the scenes with the power players in Charlotte. He got people to realize that this was something impo…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:03PM[SHARE]

Russian Literature And The Meaning Of Truth by Artsjournal

"We usually assume that literature exists to depict life, but Russians often speak as if life exists to provide material for literature. Russians, of course, excel in ballet, chess, theater,…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:03PM[SHARE]

The New Streaming Reality Is Looking More And More Like The Bad Old Days Of TV by Artsjournal

The rise of digital video is bringing back more than just bloated bundles and bills. Many companies are returning to TV's original business model: selling you anything and everything but the…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:03PM[SHARE]

UK Study: Businesses Are Not Investing In The Arts by Artsjournal

Fewer than one-third of businesses do. "Most individuals surveyed by the funder wanted more cultural opportunities where they live (55%), but businesses were less enthusiastic: they prioriti…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:03PM[SHARE]

The Increasingly Oh-So-Complicated Politics Of The Politics Of Arts Organization Donors by Artsjournal

"You don't want to have either Fox or MSNBC after you. Those are huge distractions of the time of individual board members and senior management." " The New York Times

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:03PM[SHARE]

CEO Exit Interview: A Model That No Longer Works by Artsjournal

Arti Prashar: "We operate in a climate where we have been asked to grow and grow, following a business model that just doesn't work for the arts " of seeking bigger turnover and bigger and w…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:03PM[SHARE]

UK Entertainment Unions Lament Decline In Arts Journalism by Artsjournal

The letter states that recent job losses for arts critics at the Guardian and the Evening Standard highlight this issue. It goes on to quote figures from the List magazine that reveal the nu…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PM[SHARE]

We Are The Stories We Tell Ourselves " And That's Determined By Our Age by Artsjournal

There's a lot of research now that shows that in the teenage years we develop skills from what's called autobiographical reasoning"which is the ability to derive personal meaning from your p…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:12PM[SHARE]
Thursday, August 22, 2019

Alex Ross: Why "Salome" Is My Favorite Opera by Artsjournal

"To say that Richard Strauss's "Salome" is your favorite opera is a bit like saying that "The Shining" is your favorite film or that Edgar Allan Poe is your favorite author: it marks you as …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:33PM[SHARE]

We're Learning How Emotional Intelligence Drives The Brain by Artsjournal

"With the help of neuroscientific and behavioural research, we are beginning to appreciate how the ancestral mammal brain is alive and well inside our higher neocortical systems. Unlike the …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:36PM[SHARE]

Is The World Turning Against Calatrava And His Projects? by Artsjournal

His sleek designs are notoriously high maintenance, over budget, and prone to failure. Here's a short list of his debacles. " D Magazine

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:36PM[SHARE]

Artists Take Over Power Station And Make Art That Generates Power by Artsjournal

The contemporary arts centre E-Werk Luckenwalde will not only open exhibition galleries and studio spaces in a former brown coal power station 65km south of Berlin, it will also begin genera…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:36PM[SHARE]

Composer Killed While Collecting Sounds In The Far North By A Bear by Artsjournal

"Julien really wanted to connect with something else. He really wanted to connect with nature, but not only with nature, but with the scientists and the people that actually are studying the…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:36PM[SHARE]

Fascinating To Contemplate What We Define As "World Literature" (We Read So Little Of It) by Artsjournal

"World literature happens when Russian novels remake English literature; when a Turkish writer takes inspiration from a Colombian writer; when Japanese critics review translations of Lebanes…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:36PM[SHARE]

Have We Stopped Opera From Evolving? by Artsjournal

Imagine if Hollywood were to issue shot-for-shot remakes of D.W. Griffith's gauzy history of the Ku Klux Klan, "The Birth of a Nation ," every few years. Imagine Tom Hanks re-creating Mickey…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:06PM[SHARE]

Join the Cincinnati Ballet Team! We are Hiring! by Artsjournal

Cincinnati Ballet is looking to add some great talent to the our administrative team. We are looking for an Institutional Giving Manager and a Director of Education + Community Engagement. P…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:06PM[SHARE]

Blackface Opera Controversy In Verona This Summer by Artsjournal

Tamara Wilson: "Operas like Aïda and Turandot were written for and performed by white European singers in, what was at that time acceptable, theatrical makeup to make them appear African …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:06PM[SHARE]

125 Artists, Gallerists Protest Plans To Sell Off Di Rosa Foundation Collection In Napa by Artsjournal

On Wednesday Robert Sain, the director of the di Rosa center, responded with a letter that repeated claims that the center did not have sufficient funds to maintain the collection. "It would…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PM[SHARE]

In A Parallel Universe, The Onion Imagines Football Programs Jealous Of Funding For Theatre by Artsjournal

"I understand that this is a live-theater town. Parents move to this school district just to get their kids in front of a director to potentially get cast as Meg. The JV boys haven't had new…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:12PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

What The Music Presidential Candidates' Play Says About Them by Artsjournal

The music booms as people enter the rallies, and then candidates take the stage to a "walk-up" song that can become associated with their platforms. The New York Times analyzed playlists use…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48PM[SHARE]

Study: Republicans Are Turning Against Higher Education by Artsjournal

As the Pew Research Center finds in a new survey, there's been a sharp increase in dissatisfaction with America's colleges and universities among Republicans in recent years, and it makes pe…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48PM[SHARE]

Just What Qualifies As A "Millennial Novel"? by Artsjournal

"As any digital marketeer with their crosshairs on millennials will tell you, the way we "consume" culture has fragmented. Put in less depressing terms, we have a greater range of representa…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48PM[SHARE]

Michael Feinstein On Championing Music by Artsjournal

Feinstein has been unique in advocating for this music not only onstage and via albums but also through his books, PBS specials and NPR broadcasts, plus his Great American Songbook Foundatio…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48PM[SHARE]

Kennedy Center's New "Reach" Is Great Counterpoint To The Original Building by Artsjournal

Justin Davidson: "The Kennedy Center's new complex is not just more fluid, usable, and versatile than we had any right to expect " it is also the rare project that improved on its way from c…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:24PM[SHARE]

Can Dance Be Meaningful For People Without Sight? by Artsjournal

"The intangible exchange of energy between moving and witnessing bodies in real time is what makes the art form so impactful. It's a beautiful and grandiose idea that I imagine resonates wit…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:24PM[SHARE]

Study Of Violinists Debunks The 10,000-Hour-To-Mastery Rule by Artsjournal

The work is the latest blow to the 10,000-hour rule, the idea promoted in Malcolm Gladwell's 2008 book, Outliers, which has been taken to mean that enough practice will make an expert of any…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:24PM[SHARE]

Silicon Valley: What If We're Not Making The World A Better Place? by Artsjournal

For a long time, the prevailing posture of the Silicon Valley élite was smugness bordering on hubris. Now the emotional repertoire is expanding to include shame"or, at least, the appearance…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:54PM[SHARE]