Supporters of the arts in British Columbia are in shock following massive cuts. Many of the programs supported by the Province have already been promised money and are now having to assume the debt arising...
opinion by mtippett | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 362 views | 25 recommendations | 1 comment
Across North America, people are beginning the trip downt to the Nevada desert. All is quiet now but that will change next week. "BLACK ROCK CITY, Nevada--It's Thursday night, three days before the gates...
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"The obsession with burqa, face-veil, niqab, hijab, parda has very little to do with religious beliefs and everything to do with the patriarchal, tribal, feudal mindset and value system," says The Ajoka Theatre...
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An Irish round-up on the political value of culture." The value of our culture is incalculable, so the Government should think twice before taking the axe to our biggest asset, argues poet and member of Aosdána PETER SIRR –Tuesday, August 11, 2009– ON ST PATRICK’S DAY...
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"It’s a bit predictable and nothing new, but some of the best things about Quebec have been about the food (cheese, wine and poutine), the architecture and the arts."
For those of you that would like to hear a brief history of Israel by a US Senator D-NJ Bob Menendez on the Senate floor this video is a good start. "United States Senator Menendez (D-NJ) on the floor of the Senate...
One major focus in schools from elementary to post secondary, is what kids are being taught in their classes. Well, the issue that I propose is what is not being taught. The bread and butter of any post secondary enrollment are mathematics and English. Articulation and...
opinion by CMacDady | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 190 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
sculptures by the sea it's an initiative run by the cottesloe city council in western australia involving more than 100 artists who show their work ,it is run until the 24 of march here on cottesloe beach...
opinion by freooguy | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 500 views | 62 recommendations | 5 comments
The BC Government clearly has the same level of sophistication as the Federal Government when it comes to understanding the value of the arts. Last year the Feds systematically tried to stifle the arts...
created by mtippett | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 256 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
The Kennedy Center has launched an initiative to help struggling arts groups. The program, Arts in Crisis: A Kennedy Center Initiative, is an online support service through which arts administrators can have...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 210 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
Eclectic, stylish and sometimes "down-right outrageous," describes what you'll find when you hit Mesa, AZ's "Music On Main" Arts Festival every second Friday of the month. According to festival organizers, the...
created by ShowBizChatty | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 267 views | 17 recommendations | 1 comment
'Kali' The beautiful and deadly Filipino Martial Arts" In the Philippines, one need not become a brown or blackbelt to study the classical weapons... On the contrary, the weapons take precedence over the unarmed...
Baron Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gros (1793-1870), Vue du salon du Baron Gros, vers 1850-1857 As one of the most important private collections of 19th century photography to have ever been assembled, the sale of the...
opinion by artmarketguru | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 325 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The problem with the market for contemporary art is that the perceived value of the work by a contemporary artist (especially emerging artists) is often reliant on someone taking the risk of backing that artist which then adds credibility to their work thus prompting other...
opinion by artmarketguru | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1081 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Regardless of whether you hear that the art market is just undergoing a correction or is experiencing a full blown crash you can take comfort in the fact that the terminology used to describe the current state of the art market really makes no difference. For starters, there...