6,111 stories by "Artsjournal1"
David Friesen Circle 3 Trio: Interaction (Origin)"From the Portland, Oregon, sinecure in which he thrives when he's not touring the world, bassist Friesen has been performing at home and abr…
"With wall-sized scrolls of coloring-book panels, [RYAN! Feddersen] shares her modern take on traditional Native American Coyote stories. (Coyote is addicted to technology; Coyote gets caugh…
"Much of [Mary Frances] Whitfield's work depicts these stories from the days of slavery] " of picking cotton, singing songs, and other images of life for black Americans in days past. But Wh…
Eddy Torres: "I am honored to have this opportunity to interview Gary Steuer, president and CEO of the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation. Gary is a respected colleague, a member of Grantmakers in t…
"As grantmakers, we often ask our applicants to amplify their impact through collaboration, but what happens when we turn this mandate on ourselves and join forces with other funders to magn…
"The Open Society Foundations announced recently the launch of its Culture and Art program, which 'seeks to advance diverse artistic practices and strengthen locally-led cultural spaces arou…
"Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced the launch of the Asphalt Art Initiative which will assist cities looking to use art and design to improve street safety, revitalize public spaces, …
"'Black Monastic [is] a performance program examining the history of black sound and how it is present in today's contemporary music. 'Black Monastic' was created by celebrated local artist …
"On Friday, October 11th, 2019, the Sphinx Virtuosi string orchestra concluded their annual United States tour at Carnegie Hall with a program entitled 'For Justice and Peace.' Six hours lat…
"'Historically speaking, it's a man on the podium leading an orchestra,' said Lisa Bury, Dallas Opera's chief advancement and strategy officer. 'There have been women, and very successful wo…
Writer Christine Ro gives an overview of the ways the crowdsourced slang dictionary, now 20 years old (ancient in internet terms), is being used by (among others) linguists and sociologists,…
"New or expanded laws mandating sexual harassment training in states like New York and California, as well as a nationwide awakening to a very real problem, have fostered a market for workpl…
This week is the application deadline for the next four-year round (2021-24) of Australia Council for the Arts funding for small-to-medium organizations, a category which includes all groups…
The court that had sentenced Altan, along with his brother and one colleague, to ten years in prison (on a charge of assisting the attempted 2016 coup that many believe was trumped-up) order…
Offstage, she was a dumpy little frump of a Midwestern girl who lived openly with her mother and her female lover. Onstage, she was "la fée éléctricité," who manipulated with sewn-in rod…
"From at least the late 19th century, when David Belasco had actors cook and brew coffee on stage to heighten the realism of domestic scenes, to recent efforts to evoke a piney forest or the…
The Oscar-winning actress and comedienne alleges in her court filing that, in offering her $500,000 as a talent fee for a stand-up comedy special, the company "offered or paid [Chris] Rock, …
The Lena Horne Prize for Artists Creating Social Impact, sponsored by the Town Hall in New York City, "will recognize those who 'promote awareness and create social change.' The inaugural wi…
"Though Italy is gearing up to declare a state of emergency over the flooding that has engulfed Venice in the past two days, many of the city's art institutions have somewhat miraculously re…
"Detroit Harmony, as the project is called, represents a bid to dramatically expand music education throughout the city, one that hopefully will generate demand for an entirely new workforce…
"One or more intruders broke in to Dulwich Picture Gallery in south London late on Wednesday and removed two paintings from the Rembrandt's Light exhibition. Police were called and following…
In younger days, J'Nai Bridges, who's been getting terrific reviews for her house debut as Nefertiti in Philip Glass's Akhnaten, really was a championship-level basketball player back home i…
The Penn Museum (officially, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology) has theoretically been available to visitors since its opening in 1887, but it was actuall…
Lucy Ellmann's Ducks, Newburyport was an obvious choice for the £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize, which honors "fiction at its most novel." Jury chair Erica Wagner said, "In her gripping and hypn…
"Bell is only the second holder of the music director role at the Academy, succeeding the Academy's founder Sir Neville Marriner, who held the post from the orchestra's formation in 1958 unt…
