|
| |
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
 
July 02, 2009 Mark Rothko and his sense of placeLinda Frye Burnham / 11:17 AM Wonderful article in PORT (a publication on www.portlandart.net "dedicated to catalyzing critical discussion and disseminating information about art as lensed through Portland, Oregon") by Arcy Douglass called "Rothko's Portland" (6/17/09). Here's what Douglass said about it on the Land Arts Listserv: "...it is about Rothko's reaction to the landscape and his attempt to create a sense of place in his work. This starts with his watercolor in the late 1920's and continues on to his mature paintings. "It is revealling that the when Rothko starts out as artist he thinks that the best way to convey the emotion of that sense of place when he looks out from the hills around Portland is literally by depicting the landscape. This is would be following in the footsteps of Cezanne and the Impressionists. As he gets older, his ambitions come more in line with his skill set and he slowly realizes that to create that sense of place in his work he would not need the landscape at all. Maybe even that the sense of place that we feel when we look out into the landscape exists not out there but in ourselves. "I found a couple of things that Rothko had written in high school that have never been published before. There is a short story that he wrote for a local newsletter called Doupon's Bride that is particularly revealing." It has great pictures and a recipe by Rothko for making art. "Rothko's Portland": http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2009/06/rothkos_portlan.html
June 23, 2009 Special opportunity for women at the Bauen CampLinda Frye Burnham / 12:55 PM Forwarded from Jessica Holt, director of the the Bauen Camp, an innovative art-for-change summer camp in Wyoming: We have room to sleep 6 people in the staff lofts very easily - some years we have had 8 in them, housing our interns and fellows and cook. This year we have only two men - Cook Thom Caraway and Counselor-in-Training Nestor Martino Ofrom Bostons AFH) on the male side, with none on the female side. It would be wonderful to make better use of the facility -the lofts- and to share the skills and experience of our staff and the exuberance that is evident with all these wonderful people around.. If you know of female adult(s) who might like to join us for the session, july 30 through august 10, have them contact me. They could participate in all the programming, observe, identify best practices, etc like our fellows do. They could also help me (I am no longer a spring chicken!), help with with programming. Cost to them would be their transportation and camp fee of $350. Bauen would provide room and board. Just a passing thought. We are still seeking two Education Fellows from Johnson Junior High/teachers that their Cheyenne Rotary Club has funded. If we are successful, that would make two less spaces. Whichever comes first is dandy. Jessica Holt jholt@wbaccess.net The Bauen Camp: http://www.thebauencamp.com
June 22, 2009 Online 6/23/09: Navigating the Blogosphere for Effective CommunicationsLinda Frye Burnham / 02:10 PM Forwarded from Keep Arts in Schools.org, "an online community for advocates": What if you could determine where the online conversations are taking place regarding education and arts learning, the ways in which people are talking about the subject and the key phrases that resonate with those who participate in the dialogue? How do ideas move among and between different online audiences? How are messages framed and reframed as they travel online? Join us for a free Webinar to review the findings. When: June 23, 3:00 p.m. EDT, 2 PM CDT, 12 PM PDT. It will be approximately one hour long. Jennifer Hahn, Principal of Douglas Gould and Company and Ken Deutsch, Director of Strategic Services and Partnerships at Morningside Analytics will share the new research findings and a new methodology that will ignite creative thinking for strategic communications to advance arts learning advocacy. A live chat Q&A session will immediately follow the presentation. Register: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=rdmhgp142fmt
June 19, 2009 Deadline 7/10/09: Call for teaching artistsLinda Frye Burnham / 04:05 PM forwarded from The Cloud Foundation, Boston: The Cloud Foundation seeks teaching artists for The Boston 100K ArtScience Innovation Prize, an after-school art and design competition that enables high school students to explore groundbreaking ideas. We are looking for artists working in all media (visual arts, film, theatre, etc.) to develop weekly workshops that enable students to explore ideas through the arts while working with themes at the cutting edge of science. Participation in the ArtScience Prize offers teaching artists a chance to develop new strategies for exploring interdisciplinary work and helping urban teens to discover their passion and creative potential outside a traditional arts education setting. We seek excited, experienced teaching artists in all arts and design disciplines who have an innovative vision of how to incorporate artistic study with skills that will help to prepare teens for the world of tomorrow.
Wanted: Your insights on the recession Linda Frye Burnham / 03:20 PM Forwarded from Simon Fraser U. Centre for Policy Studies on Culture and Communities, Vancouver: June 19, 2009 Newsflash: CPCC looking for news about impact of recession on cultural workers! What is happening in your community? Will the recession kill the “creative economy movement” or provide the right releasing touch? Has your community seen the arts culture and heritage sector fall off of the political agenda or move to the forefront? Economic recovery will need the resourcefulness of new creativity, but never have statistics been less insightful about what is happening on the ground.
Nice story on performing for grant-givers Linda Frye Burnham / 11:17 AM "Charity Takes Center Stage: How nonprofit groups use theatrical presentations to help them understand thorny issues" by Darlene M. Siska is an interesting story in the Chronicle of Philanthropy (June 18, 2009). It's about theater companies like True Story Theater (founded by Anne and Christopher Ellinger) in Arlington, Mass., use Playback Theatre to perform for foundations or charities and their professional advisers. "The groups draw upon advice from psychologists, financial advisers, and other experts as they assemble scenarios to help nonprofit audiences work through difficult issues," writes Siska. Playback is theater in which audience members tell stories from their lives and watch them acted out on the spot. You may not be able to access this article, but give it a try. "Charity Takes Center Stage": http://philanthropy.com/temp/email.php?id=ai4zqf2emaznxx5tmjlqqs8ifrnui9bc
June 10, 2009 NEA funding increase approved in House subcommitteeLinda Frye Burnham / 02:55 PM Forwarded from Americans for the Arts: This morning in Congress, the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, which sets the initial funding level for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), approved a $15 million increase for the NEA in its FY 2010 spending bill, setting it on a path towards final House consideration. Chairman Norm Dicks (D-WA) has once again championed the arts and culture and proposed an increase in funding. AftA Arts Action Fund: http://www.artsactionfund.org/ |
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||
