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Tuesday, 24 May 2022

International arts campuses on the increase

International campuses in the performing and visual arts are increasing, with the long-term benefits outweighing the risks, say John Anderson and Daniel C Kent.

Cultural higher education: A new driver of branch campuses? (University World News)

What is cultural appropriation?

What defines cultural appropriation and why does it matter? asks Bel Jacobs, as she considers the impact it has on artists and designers.

What defines cultural appropriation? (BBC The Collection)

Kyiv’s opera house reopens

Kyiv’s grand opera house has staged its first show since Russia’s invasion three months ago. Shaun Walkers hears from audience and cast members.

Bravo! Music at reopened Kyiv opera replaces noise of Russian artillery (The Observer)

Artists' pandemic stories

The lives and artistic prospects of many artists improved during the pandemic, writes Susan Jones, which offers clues to the shifts needed to sustain the sector.

Telling Tales: Artists’ Pandemic Stories (CAMP)

Artists as problem solvers

Founding director of Artists At Work Rachel Chanoff speaks to the Mellon Foundation about forging a new model for artist-driven community collaborations.

https://mellon.org/shared-experiences-blog/new-deal-artists-21st-century/ (Mellon Foundation)

Tuesday, 17 May 2022

Arts practitioners on inequality

Drawing on interviews with UK-based arts professionals, Kristina Kolbe assesses the impact of austerity politics and privatisation on the sector.

Unequal entanglements: how arts practitioners reflect on the impact of intensifying economic inequality (Taylor & Francis Online)

Are understudies undervalued?

Covid caused chaos in theatre, often leaving understudies to hold shows together. Ruby Ablett says it’s time to do more than applaud them.

Understudies are the undervalued key to change in the theatre industry - let’s make it happen (Evening Standard)

Japan’s first stock-issuing orchestra

A Japanese concert pianist has turned his orchestra into a publicly traded company, fit with a two-tier subscription model. Go Onomitsu and Erica Yokoyama report.

Classical Music Incorporated: The CEO Also Plays Chopin (Bloomberg)

The downside of dynamic pricing

Pricing strategies that saw the West End play Cock charge up to £400 a seat last week risk alienating an entire generation of audiences, writes Carl Woodward.

£400 Tickets For West End Cock? No Thanks. (Mr Carl Woodward's blog)

Ukraine deserved to win Eurovision

Ukraine won the Eurovision Song Contest last weekend. Writing ahead of the event, Catherine Baker said a victory for them would not be just a sympathy vote.

Eurovision: If Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra triumph it won’t be a sympathy vote, says an expert (The Conversation)

Tuesday, 10 May 2022

Curating from behind bars

After organising his first art show from prison, Rahsaan “New York” Thomas says more incarcerated curators should be given the chance to share their creativity.

I Organized My First Art Show From Behind Bars. Here’s How Incarcerated Curators Can Help Us See the World Differently (artnet)

The rising price of music touring

Touring is becoming increasingly expensive and it’s affecting the whole music industry, writes Mick McStarkey, as he outlines ways to help musicians.

The price of touring: How an essential tradition threatens to kill music (Far Out Magazine)

Preserving cultural heritage in exile

Acting Director of Odesa Fine Arts Museum Oleksandra Kovalchuk fled Ukraine in March. She now tries to protect her country’s heritage from abroad. Malcolm Gay reports.

After fleeing to Salem, a Ukrainian museum director leads a global effort to preserve her country’s heritage (MSN)

'Inhumane employment practices'

Summer Strallen, who was due to star in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, only discovered the show had been cancelled online. She says this must not happen again.

I was due to star in Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella. I found out I was sacked via social media (The Guardian)

Anxiety in Scotland

One in five Scots say they will avoid cultural events for the foreseeable future. Brian Ferguson considers the impact on Scotland’s upcoming cultural calendar.

Scottish culture faces mixed picture as country emerges from Covid restrictions into cost of living crisis (The Scotsman)

Wednesday, 04 May 2022

A ‘tone deaf’ appeal

A campaign encouraging Edinburgh locals to house Fringe performers is accused of being 'tone deaf' amid homelessness and a refugee crisis, writes Liam Rudden.

Edinburgh Festival: Amid homelessness and Ukrainian refugees, appeal for Fringe performer rooms is tone deaf (The Falkirk Herald)

Progressive programming in Venice

Critics of the Venice Biennale’s female-dominated programme say the line-up sacrificed quality. Ben Luke thinks this only shows how necessary the focus was.

Venice Biennale has been criticised for sacrificing quality—revealing just how necessary such progressive projects really are (The Art Newspaper)

LGBTQ+ museum opens

Britain’s first LGBTQ+ museum opens this week in London. Owen Jones investigates how it plans to amplify underrepresented voices in the community.

‘This is for everyone!’: inside Britain’s first ever LGBTQ+ museum (The Guardian)

Ukrainians fighting disinformation through dance

A Ukrainian dance troupe in Philadelphia is using its performances to shed light on the disinformation surrounding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Laura Benshoff reports.

A Ukrainian dance troupe in the U.S. fights disinformation, one high kick at a time (NPR)

Improving engagement with museums

How can museums develop a deeper connection with their visitors? Tim Deakin looks at examples of museums improving their audience engagement.

How can museums develop a deeper connection with their visitors? (Museum Next)

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