2,235 stories by "Joe Patti"
Another entry in the "What is art" debate" A bakery owner in NH allowed students to paint a mural on his building. Because the mural depicted a sun rising over mountains made of donuts and m…
Earlier this month, the Albany Times-Union reported that there won't be much theatre occurring at the storied Willamstown Theatre Festival. The reason is based on the staff walkouts and …
Bloomberg recently had a piece about how the Girls Scouts of Colorado recently opened a space in Denver known as DreamLab, envisioned to be a third space for girls. As spaces for young peopl…
By now most people have probably heard about the brawl between audience members at a Manchester, England performance of The Bodyguard because people were singing along to "I Will Always Love…
Thanks to Barry Hessenius for providing my post topic today. He sent a link to an Inc magazine piece titled "Want to Raise Kind, Generous Kids? Take Them to an Art Museum." Readers will know…
When I saw a notice about MAD Magazine artist Al Jaffee's death at 102 yesterday, it was tucked in the corner of a website so I didn't think there would be a lot of notice. But this morning …
A Guardian article on classical music in Iceland caught my eye last week. The story basically suggested that because the country got a late start with classical music, (first major tour by H…
You may have seen a rise in backlash against Ticketmaster fees coming from performing artists. Neil Young recently posted that exploitative ticketing fees were taking the fun out of touring.…
The blog for Master of Management in International Arts Management had a case study post by Donna S. Finley and Vijay Sathe examining how the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) and Alberta…
This morning I saw Artsjournal had linked to a story about the seizure of a statue at the Metropolitan Museum of Art which had apparently been stolen from Turkey. More and more frequently th…
Via Artsjournal.com is a story on Fast Company about the return of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus which ceased operations in 2017. Feld Entertainment, which owns the circus is…
Being customer focused rather than internally focused is the name of the game these days. Drew McManus provided a great example of customer focused design in an interview on Dave Wakeman's B…
Hyperallergic had an article about how artists can get a public/private art commission. Paddy Johnson responds saying "…there are so many ways to get commissions, yet so few shared resourc…
Back in February, Bloomberg had a story about a housing project proposed in an old police station in Silver Springs, MD where the desire for affordable housing and artist housing was bridged…
Last week, Sunil Iyengar, Director of Research and Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) was on the NEA's Quick Study podcast (transcript) talking about the state of the …
Busy into the evening tonight so I thought these brief thoughts from New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael, shared by Isaac Butler might be a good subject to ponder. The no-talent has as much …
While it has only been about six months since I shared a story about the Philadelphia based project DanceLogic which teaches girls to code through choreography, I saw another piece recently …
Rainer Glaap recently posted a story about Deutsche Oper am Rhein's (German Opera on the Rhein) partnership with Vodaphone to offer augmented information about the opera's production of "Die…
About six months ago I drew attention to Vu Le's humorous recasting of Greek myths with non-profit themes. I was delighted when he released his next installment this week adapting six more m…
A couple months back, Arts Professional had an article by Jonathan Vaughan, Principal of Guildhall School of Music & Drama, asking if "artistic citizenship" could be taught. Defining art…
Interesting article on Slate today written by Patrick Vala-Haynes, who teaches stage combat to middle and high school age students. If you aren't familiar with the practice, stage combat tra…
Last month CNBC had a profile of an assistant company manager working on the Broadway show "& Juliet."Â Â If you don't know what a company manager on a theatrical production does, i…
I was listening to an episode of the Code Switch podcast this weekend while I was out walking. The topic was about how merengue was the basis for a culture war in Puerto Rico. What, at f…
In a case of "not something I had imagined", the Birmingham Royal Ballet recently decided to create a ballet set to the music of Black Sabbath, who got their start in the city. Lead guitaris…
This Facebook post about the Failure Award Scholarship immediately caught my eye this morning. Museum of Contemporary Art Denver is looking for creative Colorado seniors to apply to thei…
