January 2011
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“…a culture of civic empowerment, which teaches the skills of collaborative...”
– Harry Boyte, Director of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship on why Minneapolis-St. Paul has the highest rate of civic engagement in the country.
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Trend or Tipping Point: Arts & Social Change... →
“This initiative sought to identify and profile existing sources of private- and public-sector funding for arts for change work and, in so doing, to gain insight into the current state of support for this work. The culminating report draws together quantitative and qualitative data from a survey, interviews, and review of grantmaker conducted reports.”
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Oh, Portland. →
Does no other city inspire such helpless feelings of envy and self-projection from the medium-sized cities of America? Bicycles, coffee, literacy, food trucks, streetcars, indie rock, strip clubs, punk-rock doughnut shops. Did you know Andy’s friend moved there after college and got a job as Sleater-Kinney’s babysitter? It’s true. Your friends moved there after college, too, and...
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“The Chautauquas were pushed aside by faster-paced radio, movies and TV, and it...”
– Robert Pirsig in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Which is itself a kind of Chautauqua, and also my first introduction to the concept.
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“House boats for pleasure are not at all uncommon on the Mississippi River, but...”
– Ulysses O. Cox on the conception of the Megalops in House Boats For Biological Work (1899).
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“The Chautauqua is the most American thing in America.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
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Artist Pension Trust →
APT is the first investment opportunity created specifically to provide emerging and mid-career artists with a long-term financial planning program. Eight APTs, comprised of up to 250 artists each, have been formed and developed in major art centers around the world. Each APT is a sum of individual collections within one larger collection. It is our objective to assist the artist in building a...
smART power →
The Bronx Museum is sending 15 artists abroad to create projects in partnership with artists and arts organizations in host countries. Emerging and mid-career artists are encouraged to apply, as well as artists whose work is participatory and public.