In this post on the DC Youth Orchestra Program blog, arts funding, arts advocacy day, and the value of music programs for children is discussed. An excerpt: "Sometimes we forget that non-profit businesses are just businesses, subject to the same forces that drive expansion and contraction in the rest of the economy. The DC Chamber of Commerce 2011 Policy Agenda states,  'The past year has proven to be a tes ...

In his post "Art Seeks Its Own Market Level," Winkleman analyzes the attempts some artists make to control - or halt - the commodification and selling of their work and how those attempts alter the rest of the art world. An excerpt: "Go to the artists' page on Marian Goodman Gallery's website and scroll down to the section for Tino Sehgal. There is no image, of course. There wasn't one on the gallery's page ...

“I am not fragmented. It is just that the world is so compartmentalized that in order for me to be whole, I have to cross many borders.” ...

In this post, Jeffry Cudlin comments on a recent court ruling which stated that artist Richard Prince's Canal Zone show drew too closely on themes in photographer Patrick Cariou's book Yes, Rasta. The ruling, Cudlin shows, brings about many questions with regards to what is or is not fair use in the art world, as well as touching on the high art vs. low art debate. An excerpt: "Reactions have been all over ...

“The way you string a concert together, especially a repertory company concert, dramatically affects the entire way a show is seen, and can alter totally the success of failure of a concert as a whole, and individual dances as works in and of themselves.” ...

“So don’t tell me the internet and the folks you meet there are less valuable than face to face interactions. When you work alone in your home all day, the internet can be a critical social connection.” ...

"What’s better than performing at the Kennedy Center? How about starting and ending that same week by seeing your dance idols perform and then meeting them?" ...