According to The Business Journal of Milwaukee, these arts and culture critics have taken the latest buyout proposed by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: broadcast media columnist Tim Cuprisin, theater critic Damien Jaques, books editor Geeta Sharma-Jensen, education reporter Alan Borsuk, pop music writer Dave Tianen, and music/dance writer Tom Strini.
The Business Journal says, “Monday night was [...]

This Friday, July 31, is the early registration deadline for the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts’ 72nd annual Conference for Community Arts Education, to be presented November 11-14 in Minneapolis.
Presented annually, the conference provides essential professional development and networking opportunities for staff, teaching artists and trustees in community arts education. This year’s [...]

On Friday, July 24, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the FY 2010 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill, setting the initial appropriation level for both the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and Arts in Education programs (AIE) at the U.S. Department of Education for fiscal year 2010. The Senate Appropriations Committee is preparing [...]

A recent New York Times article on Rocco Landesman, nominated to be Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, noted the tumultuous years for the National Endowment for the Arts when the “national conversation” about the arts in our society focused more on defining art than on ensuring access to the arts for all [...]

Read all about it!  How’s this for a morale-booster – our country’s First Lady speaking up for the arts!  This kind of support is priceless.  The Obama administration – and the Obamas themselves – really “get it” about the importance of the arts.
First Lady:  Exposure to the arts is essential
San Francisco Chronicle
By JOCELYN NOVECK,
AP National [...]

People much smarter than me (than I?) have written reams on the meaning, purpose and use of FaceBook and Twitter in our lives, at work and at play.  People like me tend to say, “Why, six months ago I didn’t even know what FaceBook was and now I use it all the time!” and that’s [...]

Michael Kaiser, director of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, is making a 50-state tour this year to speak on the “Arts in Crisis” – what’s happening to the arts sector in these difficult economic times, and recommendations for action.
Mr. Kaiser will be in Madison on Monday, August 24, 2-5 pm, [...]