A Keats Revival?
In the span of a few of days, I read a review of a recent biography of the English poet John Keats and heard about the Cannes premier of director Jane Campion’s new film called Bright Star, a biopic...
View ArticleExploring New Ideas for Arts Journalism
With cultural coverage rapidly disappearing from the nation’s shrinking newspapers, new forums for arts journalism need to be found. Otherwise, as Miller-McCune.com reported in an in-depth piece in...
View ArticleArts Education Promotes Emotional Intelligence
Arts education, which tends to be something of an afterthought in many American school districts, is facing an even tougher time than usual. Twin threats — budget cuts necessitated by dwindling tax...
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PBS Chief to Put Arts Front and Center
Over the decades, the Public Broadcasting Service has distinguished itself as American television’s showcase of the arts. Culture-centric cable channels have come and gone, but PBS has “kept the flame...
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Young Artists, Scientists Think Logically, Creatively
Do scientists and artists think differently? Fifty years ago, novelist/physicist C.P. Snow famously fretted that the two disciplines were drifting apart, and subsequent research suggested he was onto...
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Perilous State of the Arts Agencies
The Arizona Commission on the Arts recently inaugurated a campaign to raise awareness about the importance of arts education. Fittingly, it features imagery that is imaginative, provocative and...
View ArticleSurprise Sector for Job Growth: The Arts
Is your heart set on a career in the arts while your head points you in a more practical direction? If so, a newly published research report by the National Endowment for the Arts should help get those...
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Cultural Divide Persists as Musical Tastes Shift
In cultural circles, the highbrow/lowbrow distinction has gone out of fashion in recent years, as attention has turned to omnivores. These concert- and gallery-goers enjoy a wide range of cultural...
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Far West, Northeast Lead in Jobs for Artists
When you ask someone at a party, “What do you do for a living?” what are the odds he or she will respond “I’m an artist”? The answer varies considerably from state to state, according to a new National...
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Are the Arts Irrelevant to the Next Generation?
Are you concerned about the future of the fine arts? New research from Norway suggests you have every right to fret. A study just published in the journal Poetics suggests art forms such as literature...
View ArticleArts Involvement Narrows Student Achievement Gap
Students from the lower end of the socioeconomic ladder tend to do less well in school than those from more upscale families. But newly published research identifies one sub-group of these youngsters...
View ArticleState Arts Agencies Refuse to Die
Last year, as they grappled with falling tax revenues, a number of governors proposed eliminating their state’s arts agency. As we reported, arts advocates responded with alarm, fearing the loss of a...
View ArticleArts-Heavy Preschool Helps Children Grow Emotionally
How do children learn how to learn? One essential skill is mastering their emotions – learning how to stay positive as much as possible, and how to deal with those inevitable interludes of sadness,...
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Do the Arts Open Hearts?
Would you like to meet people who are engaged in their communities, tolerant of others’ differences, and more willing than most to help out those in need? Try a concert hall, theater lobby, or art...
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The Practical Effect of Making Arts Education a National Priority
Back in the 1990s, advocates for arts education were thrilled by the final wording of the “Goals 2000: Educate America Act.” According to those federal education guidelines, which were signed into law...
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What's the Economic Value of an Arts Education?
Last summer, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences issued a report stating that the humanities are in trouble. Parents are spending less time reading to their children, K-12 history teachers are...
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Report Paints Grim Picture of Arts, Culture Economy
Pretty much every sector of the economy was battered during the great recession, but the artistic and creative community suffered more than most. And, at least as of two years ago, there was little...
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