President Obama Proposes Small Cuts and Consolidations to Arts Programs in FY 2011 Budget
Last week, the Obama Administration released the FY 2011 budget request to Congress, which includes the nation's cultural agencies and programs, including the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Institute for Museums and Library Services (IMLS), and the Department of Education's Arts in Education program.
Arts Wisconsin, in partnership with Americans for the Arts, asks you to write your members of Congress and tell them to support funding for these national cultural agencies.
As Americans for the Arts President & CEO Robert Lynch noted in a press statement, "The Administration's FY 2011 budget request of $161.3 million for the National Endowment for the Arts--while just a fraction of the $6.3 billion of direct expenditures for all arts nonprofits in the United States--is unfortunately a $6 million decrease from what Congress appropriated for FY 2010. Also, the consolidation of the Arts in Education (AIE) program within the Department of Education's new 'Effective Teaching and Learning for Well-Rounded Education' category puts us at unease and could lead to a diminished focus on arts education."
Americans for the Arts and national partners have consistently requested $200 million for the NEA and $53 million for arts education. These requests are just some of the legislative priorities that the nonprofit arts community will be making again during National Arts Advocacy Day 2010 in Washington, DC, April 12-13, 2010.
Next Steps
As you know, the president's budget is the first step in the federal appropriations process. While it serves as an important framework, Congress has the power to set its own priorities and change these funding levels. That's where you come in.
Wisconsin arts advocates can make their voices heard by writing their members of Congress, urging them to support funding for arts and culture through the NEA and to voice concern about the loss of focus for arts in education programs. Americans for the Arts has provided you with customizable letters on both these issues, as well as several talking points to help you craft your message. Please take a few minutes to add your own thoughts and stories about why the arts are important to you and your community.
And...please join your friends, colleagues and fellow Wisconsinites at Wisconsin's Arts Day 2010, on Wednesday, March 3, 2010, at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center and State Capitol in downtown Madison. Click here to learn more and to register today!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Wisconsin Arts News for February 8
A Service of the Wisconsin Arts Board
February 8, 2010
POEM FOR TODAY (Getting ready for Poetry Out Loud)
'Those Winter Sundays'
By Robert Hayden
Sundays too my father got up early
and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold,
then with cracked hands that ached
from labor in the weekday weather made
banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him.
I'd wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking.
When the rooms were warm, he'd call,
and slowly I would rise and dress,
fearing the chronic angers of that house,
Speaking indifferently to him,
who had driven out the cold
and polished my good shoes as well.
What did I know, what did I know
of love's austere and lonely offices?
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The arts are not just a nice thing to have or to do if there is free time or if one can afford it. Rather paintings and poetry, music ... design and dialogue, they all define who we are as a people and provide an account of our history for the next generation.” --First Lady Michelle Obama
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Conversation: Ralph Ellison's Unfinished Novel Gets Some Visibility
Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man", his first novel, is widely-considered one of the great works of modern literature. After it came out in 1952, Ellison wrote and wrote, and readers waited and waited, but a second novel never came. When he died in 1994, Ellison left thousands of pages of material. Written over nearly four decades, now comes "Three Days Before The Shooting...", the unfinished second novel by Ralph Ellison, edited by John Callahan and Adam Bradley. John Callahan, a professor at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore., is the literary executor of Ralph Ellison's estate, and joined me recently to discuss the project.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2010/02/conversation-ralph-ellisons-unfinished-novel-gets-some-visibility.html
FROM THE WISCONSIN ARTS BOARD
NOTIFICATION: The FY11 Creative Communities Program eGRANT application is now available.
The due date is March 22, 2010.
Please go to www.artsboard.wisconsin.gov and click “Program Descriptions” under “WAB Grants” in the black sidebar to locate the program. Note that the applicant to this grant program must be AN ORGANIZATION, not the individual who is writing the grant. The Creative Communities Program page contains the information you need to become familiar with the program. Please review the Creative Communities Program guidelines before working on the application form. Click the eGRANT link when you are ready to begin working on the application. Here are some common eGRANT application mistakes to avoid: Data entered in all upper or lower case: Some applicants enter their name and address info, as well as other data, in all upper or lower case. Please don’t do this. The data is imported directly into our database and used for addressing letters, creating contracts, etc. It takes a great deal of staff time to correct this. Waiting too long to begin the process: START EARLY! Help calls increase dramatically as the due date approaches. We are a small agency and may not be able to assist you with problems if you wait too long to begin your application. Note that the deadline IS 3PM on the due date. The submission time is 3PM so staff can be in the office to assist applicants working up to the deadline. These communications are sent via e-mail only. It is vital that we have your current e-mail address at all times. It is your responsibility to keep the Arts Board informed of changes in your e-mail address. We will not be able to inform you of future grant opportunities without this information.
If you have any questions regarding the CCP Arts Education component, please contact: Anne Pryor via email or phone: anne.pryor@wisconsin.gov or 608/266-8106.
If you have any questions regarding the CCP Local Arts component, please contact:
Karen Goeschko via email or phone: karen.goeschko@wisconsin.gov or 608/267-2026.
If you have any questions regarding the CCP Folk Arts component, please contact:
Anne Pryor via email or phone: anne.pryor@wisconsin.gov or 608/266-8106.
If you have technical questions or problems concerning eGRANT, please contact:
Dale Johnson via email or phone: dale.johnson@wisconsin.gov or 608/261-8217.
Poetry Out Loud State Finals to Take Place
March 13
Wisconsin Arts Board is pleased to announce that the Poetry Out Loud State Finals will take place in the Assembly Chambers of the State Capitol Building at 1:00 PM, Saturday, March 13. The public is invited to attend this competition. Jim Fleming of Wisconsin Public Radio will serve as Emcee. Marilyn Taylor, Poet Laureate of Wisconsin; Fabu Brisco Carter, Poet Laureate of Madison have graciously agreed to serve as Judges for this event. Nine state regional champions will be reciting three memorized poems each. The winner for the State of Wisconsin will receive a check for $200 for personal use, a check for $500 for their school library fund for poetry books, and free trip for them and a chaperone to the National Finals in Washington, DC, April 25-27 where over $50,000 in scholarships will be awarded. Questions may be directed to Jacki Martindale, state coordinator, contact at jmpmartindale@gmail.com. or 608-318-0551.
“Community Development and the Arts”
University of Wisconsin Marathon Campus
February 11
“Community Development and the Arts” is topic of panel discussion at UWMC
In 2008, local arts agencies across the nation administered $858 million in funds for arts programming and organizational support, indicating that not only is the visionary power of the arts of vital importance to human society, but also the economic engine, in terms of building community. How a group of people can envision, articulate and create not just an arts community, but a human community, where all people can live together and prosper through the power of the arts is the topic of a panel discussion to be held at the University of Wisconsin-Marathon County. For further information, contact Jean Greenwood, Program Associate for the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service, (715) 261-6234, jean.greenwood@uwc.edu or Linda Ware, Panel Moderator and Emerita Professor of English, UWMC linda.ware@uwc.edu
ARTS DAY 2010
Arts Wisconsin
March 3
SUPPORT ARTS AND ARTS EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE IN WISCONSIN
Monona Terrace and State Capitol, Madison
Pre-Arts Day workshops on Tuesday, March 2
Contact: Anne Katz, Arts Wisconsin 608 255 8316 or akatz@artswisconsin.org
Obama's budget proposals for arts institutions largely hold flat
Washington Post
“If Monday's White House budget proposal tells us anything, it's this: These are tough fiscal times for an arts-loving president. Should the Obama administration get its way, funding for the nation's major arts and cultural institutions will stay largely flat, although a few organizations -- including the Smithsonian Institution and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting -- will see increases over what the president requested last year.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/01/AR2010020103598.html
The Wisconsin Arts Board will offer four general Question and Answer sessions via conference call for grant applicants.
February 24
Two sessions will be held for Creative Communities program applicants:
1. Wednesday, February 24, 2010 from Noon until 12:45 pm
2. Wednesday, February 24, 2010 from 6:00 until 6:45 pm
Participation on these Q&A conference calls is NOT required, but is offered for those who would find them helpful. We anticipate that the sessions will last no longer than 45 minutes... less if the questions are few and quickly answered. To participate, please contact karen.goeschko@wisconsin.gov or 608-266-0190.
The Wisconsin Arts Board’s Percent for Art program announces a commission opportunity for the new UW-La Crosse Academic Building.
Deadline: March 15
The selection committee is seeking artwork that may be sited in multiple locations throughout the interior and/or the exterior of the new facility; and they are interested in exploring artwork that could reveal itself and change over time along with more traditional approaches. The submission deadline for this project is March 15, 2010. Here is the link to the prospectus: http://artsboard.wisconsin.gov/static/percent/project_05I3O.htm
If you have trouble viewing this prospectus, please cut and paste the link into your browser first. If that is not successful, please contact our IT specialist, Dale Johnson at dale.johnson@wisconsin.gov for assistance. If you have questions about the content of the prospectus, please contact chris.manke@wisconsin.gov .
Americans for the Arts' Professional Development Fund for Emerging Arts Leaders of Color
Americans for the Arts
Deadline: March 1, 2010
“Americans for the Arts is pleased to announce applications for Americans for the Arts' Professional Development Fund for Emerging Arts Leaders of Color. A total of five Joyce Fellows from the Great Lakes region (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) will be selected to participate in this program in 2010. Fellows will receive stipends of $3,000 to support their attendance at the 2010 Americans for the Arts 50th Anniversary Summit/Annual Convention, 2010 National Arts Marketing Project Conference, and 2011 Arts Advocacy Day. In addition, fellows will have special opportunities to meet field leaders, connect with mentors, and receive individualized career coaching. Support for this program is provided by the Chicago-based Joyce Foundation.”
http://www.americansforthearts.org/networks/emerging_leaders/009.asp
Nominations Invited for Best Companies Supporting the Arts in America
Business Committee for the Arts, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: February 26
“The Business Committee for the Arts is accepting nominations for the BCA Ten: Best Companies Supporting the Arts in America. Announced annually, the BCA Ten is a national list created to recognize businesses of all sizes for their exceptional involvement with the arts. …Award information and nomination forms are available at the BCA Web site.”
http://www.americansforthearts.org/information_services/arts_and_business_partnerships/bca/programs/bca_ten/default.asp
FY11 Creation and Presentation grant program eGRANT application is now open.
Wisconsin Arts Board
Deadline: February 22, 2010, 3 PM CST
Please go to http://artsboard.wisconsin.gov/static/cpp.htm to access the CPP program page on the Arts Board website. Note that the deadline is 3PM on the due date.
Molly Johnson Selected as Premier Exhibiting Artist in the MacArthur Conference Room – Department of Administration Building (In response to a request by Secretary Morgan for Wisconsin artists to exhibit their work)
Through June 30
“Molly Johnson of Denmark, Wisconsin, is a member of both Transparent Watercolor Society of America and the Oil Painters of America. Her formal education included intense study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. The work she has chosen to exhibit represents personal life moments. Whether it’s the people around her, her family, fresh picked Wisconsin produce, or the beauty of Wisconsin countryside and lakefronts, she has been moved to capture memories on canvas or paper. Molly can be contacted at
molly@mollyjohnsonstudio.com
IN THE NEWS
Visual Arts/Museums
Artspeak? It's complicated If an artist's work is difficult, you might think those writing about it would want to make it more accessible. If only
Guardian UK
“On 14 March 1888, Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo about his latest canvas: "It is a drawbridge with a little cart going over it, outlined against a blue sky – the river blue as well, the banks orange coloured with green grass and a group of women washing linen in smocks and multicoloured caps." Dear, oh dear. Little cart, blue sky, green grass, multicoloured caps: simplistic or what? When you go to The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters, currently on show at the Royal Academy, don't bother with His Letters. Vincent, a word in your unbandaged shell-like – this is the way you write about art.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/05/artspeak-its-complicated
Tehran cuts ties with British Museum
Daily Star Agence France Presse
TEHRAN: “Iran cut ties with the British Museum on Sunday in protest at repeated delays in the loan to Tehran of an ancient Persian treasure, the Cyrus Cylinder, a top official said. Hassan Mohseni, a senior official at Iran’s cultural heritage and tourism organization, said relations were annulled after the London museum failed to transfer the artifact to Tehran. “We confirm the cutting of ties and we consider it a closed chapter,” said Mohseni, who heads the state organization’s public relations. Tehran’s decision to break off relations with the museum was revealed earlier by Hamid Baghai, who heads the cultural heritage and tourism organization. “Since the Cyrus Cylinder has not been transferred to Iran, we will lodge a complaint against the British Museum to UNESCO and cut ties,” Baghai was quoted as saying by Iranian media.’
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=111548
The Big Project
Michael Kaiser, President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
“In these difficult economic times, many arts organizations are working hard to develop programs that do not require many resources. Board members are pressing for small operas, small plays, and small ballets. Many executive directors, understandably concerned about balancing the books at a time when contributed income is still in jeopardy, are concurring.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-kaiser/the-big-project_b_453198.html
Arts and Creativity in Education
Glee: coming soon to a school near you - The TV musical has led to a rise in all-singing, all-dancing choirs
The Guardian UK
“The Glee Effect has been well-documented: an episode of the musical comedy is aired, and fans (or Gleeks) rush to iTunes to download their favourite tracks, filling the charts with high-octane choral pop. In the US there has already been a rise in membership of show-choirs like the fictional one that Glee revolves around, and a live tour is planned for the cast.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/feb/08/glee-tv-show-choir-schools
UWM celebrates Black History and Liberation Month
UWM Post
“In celebration of black history month, UW-Milwaukee is offering various events that embrace the rich past, present lives and multi-faceted perspectives of African-Americans. Events run from Feb. 1-26, and are free and open to the public unless noted. An ongoing event throughout the month includes Golda Meir’s exhibit of films and books about African-Americans and African history and culture. Located in the Media Library, the films and books are on display and can be checked out through the end of February.”
http://www.uwmpost.com/2010/02/08/uwm-celebrates-black-history-and-liberation-month/
Community Arts
Downtown History Presents Opportunity in Milwaukee
Urban Milwaukee
“Cities in the Midwest will be competing for residents and tourists over the next century. Unfortunately, it will continue to be difficult for Milwaukee to compete with the likes of Chicago in terms of sheer volume. So Milwaukee needs to continue working to distinguish itself. Urban design and architecture are the most pragmatic way to accomplish this, as demonstrated by the Milwaukee Art Museum and Miller Park a decade ago.”
http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2010/02/04/downtown-history-presents-opportunity-in-milwaukee/
Folk Arts/Folklife
Sucking the Quileute Dry
New York Times
“ALL the world, it seems, has been bitten by “Twilight.” Conservative estimates place revenue generated from Stephenie Meyer’s vampire chronicles — the books, movies and merchandise — in the billion-dollar range. Scarcely mentioned, however, is the effect that “Twilight” has had on the tiny Quileute Nation, situated on a postage stamp of a reservation, just one square mile, in remote La Push, Wash. To millions of “Twilight” fans, the Quileute are Indians whose (fictional) ancient treaty transforms young males of the tribe into vampire-fighting wolves. To the nearly 700 remaining Quileute Indians, “Twilight” is the reason they are suddenly drawing extraordinary attention from the outside — while they themselves remain largely excluded from the vampire series’ vast commercial empire.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/opinion/08riley.html
Literary
No end in sight: Baraboo woman writes cliffhanger novel
Baraboo News Republic
Writing relaxes Sue York, even when she’s penning a tale about a woman frantically searching for her identity and fighting for her life. York works full-time at a Lodi hotel, and spends her off days alone at home, writing. "I like it quiet. Put my music on and go," she said. "It just kind of calms me down and relaxes me." The longtime Baraboo resident became an author last fall with the publication of her mystery novel, "Dividing Tides." It’s about Basil Adair, an architect who by clicking on an e-mail finds herself drawn into a tailspin of mystery that threatens her life and robs her of her identity.”
http://www.wiscnews.com/bnr/news/470542
Read-In recognizes noted black authors
Kenosha News
“Taliyah Harris, 8, walked across the small stage and stopped to pull a step stool behind the podium before ascending to speak at Sunday’s African-American Read-In. In a loud, clear voice she read poet Langston Hughes’ “Mother to Son,” in which he writes of a mother speaking to her son about life experiences. When asked about the poet’s message, Harris got right to the heart of Hughes’ words. “She just keeps on trying, she never gives up, because giving up ain’t an option,” Harris said knowingly. Hughes, Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni and other African-American literary powerhouses were represented at the event at the Kenosha Public Museum Sunday afternoon.”
http://www.kenoshanews.com/news/readin_recognizes_noted_black_authors_7299091.html
'On, Wisconsin' not her tune - Madison author's tale of farm girl in college lacks nuance
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“Author Lorrie Moore’s latest fiction work is a novel, “A Gate at the Stairs.”
Close Madison author Lorrie Moore is usually so good that she makes me want to stop writing and use my laptop for something more suitable to my talents, like watching cute puppy videos. "People Like That Are the Only People Here," the best short story in her terrific collection "Birds of America," careens so wildly yet believably from denial to panic to grief to crazed comedy that it left me slack-jawed with admiration.”
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/83655382.html
Panacea or Poison Pill: Who Gets to Decide About $10 E-Books?
Wired - Epicenter
"The question of whether e-book prices should be significantly lower than their print analogs has become a fundamental divide in a simmering dispute between book publishers and the 800-pound-gorilla that is Amazon.com. In part the issue is about consumer choices but like the other digitization wars which preceded it -- and continue -- in music, television, film and even news, it's also about ensuring that a creative industry survives."
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/02/panacea-or-poison-pill-who-gets-to-decide-about-the-10-e-book/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29&utm_content=Google+Reader#ixzz0evGQ3OvG
US publishers smile again as Kindle rivals emerge
Yahoo News
NEW YORK (AFP) – “US book publishers are smiling again, after years of watching digital versions of their titles sell for below what they thought they were worth. A host of rivals to the market-dominating Kindle electronic reader has given newfound hope to publishers that they will finally be able to dictate their own terms after being at the mercy of Amazon. Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corp. stable includes publisher Harper-Collins, could hardly contain his glee during an earnings call last week. "Without content, the ever larger and flatter screens, the tablets, the e-readers and the increasingly sophisticated mobile phones would be lifeless," Murdoch said. "Without content these ingenious and wonderful devices would be unloved and unsold."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/bs_afp/usitmediabooksinternetamazongoogleapple
As I start to write my latest book, I fear for the future of publishing Retailing pressure and the emergence of the ebook are threatening the future of authors and their work
The Observer
“Last Monday at 8.30am I began to type the first lines of a new novel. These sentences are unlikely to see the light of day but they're a start – I am out on the pitch swinging my arm in a fashion that convinces me at least, which is certainly an advance on the week spent inside the pavilion whitening my pads and tidying the locker. To begin to write a book these days seems more than the average folly. Publishing appears to have been hit by a storm similar to the one that tore through the music industry a few years ago and is now causing unprecedented pain in newspapers”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/07/henry-porter-publishing-ebooks
Animals come to rescue of biography market - The biography of Casper the commuting cat is just one of a spate of 'animalit' titles being snapped up
Guardian.UK
“A genre with legs ... the life of Casper the commuting cat is the latest in a growing category of 'animalit'. Photograph: Amy Stanford/AP The story of Casper the commuting cat, set to be published this autumn, is the latest in a slew of animal memoirs which are being heralded as the saviours of a beleaguered biography market. The much-loved Casper, who used to ride the Number Three bus around Plymouth, died last month in a road accident - and the publishing world was quick to pounce, with Simon & Schuster snapping up world rights in his story late last week. "His story is unique and [Casper's owner] Susan has received emails and letters from all over the UK and as far away as Argentina and Australia," said Simon & Schuster's Nigel Stoneman, who met her last week.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/05/animals-rescue-biography-market?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
A place in posterity is a bit of a lottery. Just ask Mr Melville Among the strange fates of many great books, the bizarre afterlife of Moby-Dick is a classic example
Observer UK
“The news that Man Booker is to host a "Lost Booker" prize for the class of 1970 (including neglected work by HE Bates, Melvyn Bragg, Muriel Spark, Ruth Rendell and Susan Hill plus Joe Orton's posthumous novel Head To Toe) shows that Booker's publicity department is as full of resource as ever. When it comes to boosting their brand, these people are Olympians of spin. But they might be surprised to discover that the Romans knew all about literary retrospectives.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/07/robert-mccrum-booker-tolstoy-melville
Media Arts
Proliferation of Internet memes makes it difficult to stay current
Washington Post
“Consider this two-part law of how stuff ends up in your inbox: (1) There are people out there who have never seen some moldering viral video, say "JK Wedding Entrance Dance." They were not among the video's 41 million-plus YouTube viewers, they did not see it replayed infinitely on the morning shows, they did not visit the couple's hyped Web site, they missed the "Divorce Entrance" spinoff, and they were oblivious to the tribute on "The Office," which garnered 9 million viewers. When they eventually find it, they assume they have discovered a brand-new thing. (2) They forward it to you. They say, OMG so cute. Have you seen this?”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/04/AR2010020404396.html?wprss=rss_print/style
Two futures of the internet: next cold war or up in the clouds - Will the future be cyber-attacks and an uneasy balance of terror or cultural collaboration hosted by Google's The Observer
"THE FUTURE", WROTE the novelist William Gibson in a justifiably famous aphorism, "is already here: it's just not evenly distributed". The challenge is to spot those unevenly distributed peeks into our future. The Apple iPad launch provoked a storm of peeking: optimists saw it as a sign that the computer industry had finally got the message that most people can't be bothered with the mysteries of operating systems and software updates and want an information appliance that "just works"; pessimists saw it as a glimpse into an authoritarian world dominated either by governments or a few powerful companies; sceptics saw it as just another product launch”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/07/computers-future-cyberattacks-cloud-culture
Performing Arts
Dance
Letters: Community supported 'Nutcracker' at Paine
Oshkosh Northwestern
“The Paine's "Nutcracker in the Castle" welcomed 14,000 people for self-guided and guided tours throughout the 2009 season. In total, 36,000 people have come from Oshkosh, the Fox Valley and state of Wisconsin to see the original production that sets the traditional Nutcracker story within the historic interiors of the Paine mansion. With more surprises in store for 2010, mark your calendar for the fourth season of "Nutcracker in the Castle" on view Nov. 19, 2010, through Jan. 9, 2011.”
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20100206/OSH0603/2060355
Music
Singer’s dreams coming true - Country girl from Wausau creating a buzz in alternative music
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“It's a stage name, a fanciful dream of a middle-school student from Wausau who always knew she wanted to grow up and become a singer. So, she trained diligently for 10 years in classical voice. And she began to experiment, with a keyboard and her voice, then a keyboard and a computer, mixing sounds, drum beats and her own instrument, that soaring, roaring beautiful voice. The style is called lo-fi, a sound that confounds some and incites others. It's sober and powerful singing, a treasure hunt that yields mystery and magic.”
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/musicandnightlife/83736562.html
Present Music mixes it up for party performance
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“Leave it to Present Music to mix and match musical elements one would never think to combine - and to turn it into a party. Playing in the Turner Hall Ballroom, music director Kevin Stalheim and the Present Music Ensemble premiered "Reaction" (2010) by New York-based composer Caroline Mallonee. Written for a winds/strings/percussion/piano octet and commissioned for Present Music, the piece is based on actions and reactions. Vacillating between bubbling rhythms and moody, hazy, random sounds, the piece is both fascinating and engaging, as it bounces ideas from player to player”
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/83759152.html
Jazz concert entertains, educates
Racine Journal Times
RACINE — “Martice Scales watched through the tiny screen of his digital video camera as Jim Sodke traveled back in time. Scales, 22, of Racine, was taking notes digitally Sunday as Sodke worked through some of jazz legend Duke Ellington’s song book. Sodke, a Racine musician and educator, kicked off a new concert series at First United Methodist Church, 745 Main St., in Downtown Racine.”
http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/article_f36d4e9a-1475-11df-94ef-001cc4c03286.html
A night at the museum
UWM Post
“Revisiting the archived tapes of the Grateful Dead’s April 26, 1972 show helped Dark Star Orchestra channel the Dead’s sound with ear-bending accuracy as they recreated their set with remarkable historical accuracy last Thursday night at the Pabst Theater. Seeing several laptops hooked up to the soundboard was nothing new, but the sound quality at the Pabst Theater was superb. The sound was so crisp and clean that it gave the illusion of a commercial live recording, even in the front row; the technicians in the back talked about it all night like overexcited teenagers. There’s no doubt that this show will be passed along in bootleg circles for a while.”
http://www.uwmpost.com/2010/02/08/a-night-at-the-museum/
Hip-hop and Milwaukee
UWM Post
Tarik Moody, local blogger and radio personality for 88.9 Radio Milwaukee, has raised the question: “Is Milwaukee afraid of hip-hop?” Actually, it seems that Milwaukee isn’t afraid of hip-hop at all. Numerous hip-hop acts have performed in venues like the Bradley Center, U.S. Cellular Arena, and the Milwaukee Theatre in recent years, and Milwaukee’s own hip-hop scene is thriving with artists like Prophetic and Ray Nitti. For the past year, local artists have been performing every Monday night at the eastside bar Live on North, as well as on Wednesday nights at El Babulous on the south side. Maybe a more important question is “What is hip-hop?” It seems as though Tarik is limiting hip-hop to rappers like Common, Talib Kweli and Mos Def; the art of hip-hop involves much more, and Milwaukee should give itself more credit for supporting its own artists in recent years.”
http://www.uwmpost.com/2010/02/08/hip-hop-and-milwaukee/
WHEN YOU GO
For more arts and cultural events, please go to www.portalwisconsin.org. Have you entered your events on Portal? Do it today!
Visual Arts/Museums
Neighborhood Perspectives – Two Painters Survey the Familiar
DeRicci Gallery/Edgewood College
Artist Talk – February 8 – 5:00 p.m.
Reception – February 8 – 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Long time residents Cynthia Quinn and John Ribble share recent paintings of Madison’s near west side.
Also: Doug Moe: ‘Easel’ does it for plein air painters
Wisconsin State Journal
“Here's the thing about painting "plein air" - a French expression meaning "open air." It's just you and the elements, and the elements don't care about your good reviews. "It's almost like an athletic pursuit," John Ribble was saying Friday. "Your easel blows away," added Cynthia Quinn, Ribble's wife. "The light changes every 15 minutes." But setting up outside and capturing a scene that is right in front of you can also generate a freshness and immediacy that's hard to duplicate in the studio. It's also not a bad way to meet your neighbors. Now those neighbors who have seen Ribble and Quinn setting up their easels all over the Near West Side - in Vilas Park or near the Lake Wingra boat rental, on the Southwest bike trail or in front of Mallatt's - will have an opportunity to see the finished work.”
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/doug_moe/article_6480636c-fcaa-11de-9719-001cc4c03286.html
Opening and closing this week
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Here is my rundown of art events that are opening and closing this week.
OPENING:
February 12
“Jon Wilde Revisited” at the Tory Folliard Gallery
CLOSING:
February 12
"Milwaukee Area Teachers of Art Exhibition" at Carroll University
February 13
"Wisconsin Maters Series" work by Emily Groom at the Charles Allis
February 14
MARN Salon III at the Hotel for the Arts
“One from Wisconsin: Mindy Sue Meyers (Green Bay/Appleton)” at the Museum of Wisconsin Art (West Bend)
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/83807607.html
Expert Opinion: Art collecting We talk to gallery owner Elaine Erickson about how to stock our walls
AVClubMKE
February 10
“Elaine Erickson has been a fixture of Milwaukee’s art scene since 1994, when she opened a small and welcoming gallery. Today Elaine Erickson Gallery in the Third Ward’s Marshall Building is home to contemporary works in a variety of media. Paintings and sculptures from both local national artists share space with African pieces. Clearly, Erickson is an expert when it comes to art collecting. Before giving a talk Wednesday at the Humphrey Scottish Rite Center on collecting prints for the Milwaukee Artist Resource Network, Erickson offered her expert opinion to The A.V. Club about how to get started with this potentially expensive hobby.”
http://www.avclub.com/milwaukee/articles/expert-opinion-art-collecting,37802/
Call to Artists “Vermiculture, Artists, and the Tao Te Ching”
Midwest Biennial 2010 Wisconsin Artists Fine Art Exhibition
Deadline: March 13
Midwest Biennial is now accepting entries for the 2010 Wisconsin Artists Juried Exhibition themed Vermiculture, Artists and the Tao Te Ching. This spring exhibition will be held from April 1 through May 30, 2010, in celebration of Earth Day, Arbor Day, and Mother’s Day. The competition is open to all artists, 18 years or older, residing in the State of Wisconsin. A Reception for the Artists and Awards Ceremony will be held in the gallery on from 6-9pm. in conjunction with the “Exhibitour”.
www.MidwestBiennial.org
Arts and Creativity in Education
Acting workshop is free, fun for kids
Baraboo News Republic
February 13, 20, 27
“Local children are experiencing the joy of make believe and participating in a long tradition of Baraboo-area community theater during a free acting workshop that continues into March. Saturday morning a small group of students gathered in the basement of the Masonic Temple on Second Street for "Introduction to Character" with veteran Baraboo Theatre Guild actor and director Scott Kindschi. He said it is one of a series of workshops BTG has sponsored since 2007 to encourage children’s participation. Kindschi began teaching with a series of warm-up exercises, including one called "Captain Coming Aboard."
http://www.wiscnews.com/bnr/news/470550
Community Arts
Let music, theater brighten February
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“Almost as though they were trying to make up for the shortness (and maybe the coldness) of the month through sheer verve, local performing arts groups and producers are filling February with ambitious works and bookings. Small companies are staging big-cast plays, dancers are flinging themselves across genre lines and Duke Ellington will be heard from. Here is a look at 10 promising performances this month, listed in chronological order:’
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/83655192.html
Folk Arts/Folklife
Cedarburg's Winter Festival is a blizzard of fun
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
February 13 - 14
“Brace for Cedarburg's Winter Festival Saturday and Sunday in the city's historic downtown area. There will be enough food, music, activities and other entertainment to take up every waking moment of the weekend. This year's theme - a nod to Valentine's Day - is "Romancing the Snow."
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/83737937.html
A walk that tells a sacred story
Shawano Leader Reporter
June 1
“A very special event is set to take place this summer, honoring the Menominee Tribe. The walk is being coordinated by Richie Plass, whose Menominee name is “Powekonnay.” In the mid 1800s, the Menominee were removed from the “Paygrounds,” located near Lake Poygan in central Wisconsin. The story of the process and walk is one that is very important to Menominee and Wisconsin history. Plass said he’s doing the walk for two key reasons — education and responsibility.”
http://www.shawanoleader.com/articles/2010/02/08/news/news1.txt
Performing Arts
Dance
Motion slickness - Ballet dancers' steps interact with digital partners
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
February 11 - 14
“When ballet dancer Jacqueline Moscicke moves, the digital imagery around her reacts in “Sur_Rendered,” one of the pieces in the Milwaukee Ballet’s “Innovative Motion,” which will be performed Thursday through next Sunday. The concept behind "Sur_Rendered" is a little like playing the Nintendo Wii: the dancers of the Milwaukee Ballet will perform, and digital objects in a virtual environment projected around them will react. "We are adopting 3-D motion for the stage," says choreographer Luc Vanier. "The minute you do this, you are getting feedback on how you are moving."
http://www.jsonline.com/features/technology/83655177.html
Other
OPPORTUNITIES
Become a Fan!
Wisconsin Arts Board is now on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/#/pages/Madison-WI/Wisconsin-Arts-Board/278784932845?ref=nf
Princess Grace Foundation-USA Announces 2010 Princess Grace Awards Applications in Theater, Playwriting, Dance, Choreography, and Film
The Princess Grace Foundation-USA
Various Deadlines
“The Princess Grace Foundation-USA has announced the availability of applications for the 2010 Princess Grace Awards in theater, playwriting, dance performance, choreography, and film. Founded in 1982 in memory of Princess Grace (Kelly) of Monaco, the foundation identifies and assists emerging artists in theater, dance, and film and has awarded grants in excess of $7 million to nearly five hundred individuals nationwide.”
http://www.pgfusa.org/
Nominations Invited for Best Companies Supporting the Arts in America
Business Committee for the Arts, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: February 26
“The Business Committee for the Arts is accepting nominations for the BCA Ten: Best Companies Supporting the Arts in America. Announced annually, the BCA Ten is a national list created to recognize businesses of all sizes for their exceptional involvement with the arts. …Award information and nomination forms are available at the BCA Web site.”
http://www.americansforthearts.org/information_services/arts_and_business_partnerships/bca/programs/bca_ten/default.asp
Americans for the Arts' Professional Development Fund for Emerging Arts Leaders of Color
Americans for the Arts
Deadline: March 1, 2010
“Americans for the Arts is pleased to announce applications for Americans for the Arts' Professional Development Fund for Emerging Arts Leaders of Color. A total of five Joyce Fellows from the Great Lakes region (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) will be selected to participate in this program in 2010. Fellows will receive stipends of $3,000 to support their attendance at the 2010 Americans for the Arts 50th Anniversary Summit/Annual Convention, 2010 National Arts Marketing Project Conference, and 2011 Arts Advocacy Day. In addition, fellows will have special opportunities to meet field leaders, connect with mentors, and receive individualized career coaching. Support for this program is provided by the Chicago-based Joyce Foundation.”
http://www.americansforthearts.org/networks/emerging_leaders/009.asp
Home Box Office and Directors Guild of America Invite Applications for Television Directing Fellowship
Philanthropy News Digest
March 10
“Home Box Office and the Directors Guild of America have announced the second annual rotation of the HBO/DGA Television Directing Fellowship Program. The program is designed to help increase diversity among directors in television and to assist in the professional development of new creative talent, particularly women and minorities. It is anticipated that up to three fellowships will be awarded for 2010.”
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=282800005
NEA Offers $250,000 Grants for U.S. Cities That Enhance Arts Share Business Bloomberg
Deadline: March 15
Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The National Endowment for the Arts said it will grant as much as $250,000 apiece for urban design projects that promote the arts. NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman told the U.S. Conference of Mayors today that the 15 new grants will aid the planning of arts districts and projects that enhance public buildings, libraries and pedestrian bridges -- among other public spaces. “We know and recognize cities by their special architecture and parks and sculpture gardens and neighborhood arts fairs,” he said, according to a text of his speech distributed by the NEA. Cities must apply by March 15 for the grants, which will start at $25,000.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aUh.KAaVssnE
So Your Band Wants to Play Summerfest - Here's how to apply
Deadline March 31
“Summerfest is one of the most coveted gigs for many local bands. Unfortunately, it can also be one of the most elusive, given the festival's preference for familiar faces over newcomers. The festival does accept applications, though. Each year Summerfest selects 60 bands to play through the Web site Sonicbids, where bands can post electronic press kits. Bands can apply through this page: www.sonicbids.com/summerfest . They have until March 31.”
http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/blog-4774-so-your-band-wants-to-play-summerfest.html
Joyce Foundation to Announce Call to Entry for the 2011 Joyce Awards
Joyce Foundation
Deadline: April 6, 2010 (Letter of Inquiry)
“Four grants of $50,000 each will be awarded in 2010 in the areas of dance, music, theater, and visual arts to organizations in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and St. Paul/Minneapolis. Groups must be well established, demonstrate strong organizational capacity, and have a track record of presenting programs of the highest artistic caliber. Additionally, organizations must demonstrate a commitment to serving diverse audiences through evidence of current programming, community-based education, outreach, and other activities.”
http://www.joycefdn.org/pdf/Joyce_Awards_CFE2011.pdf
Announcing the 2010 VSA arts Playwright Discovery Call for Scripts
VSA Arts
Deadline: April 15
The VSA arts Playwright Discovery Program invites middle and high school students to take a closer look at the world around them, examine how disability affects their lives and the lives of others, and express their views through the art of playwriting. Playwrights may write from their own experience or about an experience in the life of another person or fictional character. Scripts can be comedies, dramas, or even musicals—be creative! Young playwrights with and without disabilities are encouraged to submit a script. Entries may be the work of an individual student or a collaboration by a group or class of students. The winning play will be professionally produced or staged at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The winning playwright receives $2,000 and a trip to Washington, D.C., to see his or her play performed. All submissions must be received by April 15, 2010, for consideration. For application materials:
http://www.vsarts.org/x244.xml
Call for Prairie Artists
Tina Didreckson - Stevens County Historical Society & Museum
116 W 6th Street, Morris, MN 56267, 320-589-1719
Deadline: April 23
We have opened the Call for Artists for our 4th Annual Horizontal Grandeur.
Inspired by an essay of the same name by Minnesota poet Bill Holm (1943-2009), this fine art exhibition has grown each and every year. Last year we had 93 entries from 11 prairie states for the 50 exhibit spaces in our historic national award winning space. Because of the success, the call has opened up earlier this year. January 15th - April, 23rd, 2010 has been set as the open submission time. To print out a hardcopy of our call brochure, and mail in the entries with a check or money order, you can download a pdf file at this link:
http://www.stevenshistorymuseum.com/Forms/2010Grandeur-call.pdf If you have never read Bill Holm's essay, you can download a pdf file of it by visiting http://www.stevenshistorymuseum.com/grandeur/billgrandeur.pdf
Partners in Performance Accepting Applications
Partners in Performance
Deadline: June 15, 2010
“Partners in Performance is now accepting applications for the program cycle beginning in the 2011/2012 season. Application forms and full eligibility guidelines can be downloaded from www.pipmusic.org. In fifteen venues across America, Partners in Performance concerts have had striking results in the hosting communities. PiP's new Young Artists Program and recitals by violinist Midori have stimulated interest in chamber music, attracted new audiences and new donors and have helped the respective organizations expand their education and performance programs.”
http://www.pipmusic.org
The Art of Applied Design
DHM Digital Gallery
Deadline: July 15, 2010
“The DHM Digital Gallery invites designers working with clay, fiber, glass, plastic, metal and/or wood to participate in The Art of Applied Design, an international juried competition. Deadline: July 15, 2010. All submitted works must be functional objects commonly used within interior spaces, such as furnishings (hard or soft), utensils, fixtures, or containers. Objects that are purely decorative are not eligible. Evaluation will be based upon uniqueness and creativity, craftsmanship, and quality of the submitted digital image. The online exhibit (from Sept. 15 to Dec. 1, 2010) will include e-mail addresses of accepted artists to facilitate independent sales of work. For a prospectus and entry form, visit http://ches.okstate.edu/dhm/gallery.
Michigan is Doing it Again: ArtPrize 2010 Dates Announced
ArtPrize
September 22 – October 10, 2010
“It’s been a little over a month since ArtPrize 2009 ended and we’ve been up to our eyeballs in gathering and analyzing feedback. Although I have nothing to say yet about changes you may see in 2010, you can mark on your calendar when the event will happen.Venues and artists, look for registration to begin in Spring of 2010. Want important announcements emailed to you in the future? Sign up for Announcements in the upper right hand corner of this blog.”
http://blog.artprize.org/2009/11/19/artprize-2010-dates-announced/
IMPORTANT ARTS BOARD RELATED LINKS
http://artsboard.wisconsin.gov
http://portalwisconsin.org
http://www.creative.wisconsin.gov
http://filmwisconsin.net
MARK YOUR CALENDAR 2010
Wisconsin Arts Board Meetings
March 12: WAB Board Meeting, Milwaukee
May 14: WAB Board Meeting, Madison
September 10-11: WAB Board Meeting, Green Bay
December 10: WAB Board Meeting, Madison
Wisconsin Arts Board – Office Closed 2009
February 15: WAB office closed for State furlough
May 28: WAB office closed for State furlough
May 31: WAB office closed for State holiday
Grants Related Deadlines
April 12-13: Creation & Presentation Grants–Multidisciplinary panel meeting, Madison
April 15: Creation & Presentation Grants–Presenting panel meeting, Madison
April 16: Creative Communities Grant–Arts in Education panel meeting, Madison
April 19: Creative Communities Grant– Folk Arts panel meeting, Madison
April 23: Creative Communities Grant– Local Arts panel meeting, Madison
Meetings and Conferences
March 14 - 16, 2010: Governor's Conference on Tourism, Milwaukee
http://industry.travelwisconsin.com/en/Industry+Events.aspx
The less art kids get, the more it shows.
Are yours getting enough?
Art. Ask for More.
http://www.artsusa.org/public_awareness
February 8, 2010
POEM FOR TODAY (Getting ready for Poetry Out Loud)
'Those Winter Sundays'
By Robert Hayden
Sundays too my father got up early
and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold,
then with cracked hands that ached
from labor in the weekday weather made
banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him.
I'd wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking.
When the rooms were warm, he'd call,
and slowly I would rise and dress,
fearing the chronic angers of that house,
Speaking indifferently to him,
who had driven out the cold
and polished my good shoes as well.
What did I know, what did I know
of love's austere and lonely offices?
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The arts are not just a nice thing to have or to do if there is free time or if one can afford it. Rather paintings and poetry, music ... design and dialogue, they all define who we are as a people and provide an account of our history for the next generation.” --First Lady Michelle Obama
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Conversation: Ralph Ellison's Unfinished Novel Gets Some Visibility
Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man", his first novel, is widely-considered one of the great works of modern literature. After it came out in 1952, Ellison wrote and wrote, and readers waited and waited, but a second novel never came. When he died in 1994, Ellison left thousands of pages of material. Written over nearly four decades, now comes "Three Days Before The Shooting...", the unfinished second novel by Ralph Ellison, edited by John Callahan and Adam Bradley. John Callahan, a professor at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore., is the literary executor of Ralph Ellison's estate, and joined me recently to discuss the project.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2010/02/conversation-ralph-ellisons-unfinished-novel-gets-some-visibility.html
FROM THE WISCONSIN ARTS BOARD
NOTIFICATION: The FY11 Creative Communities Program eGRANT application is now available.
The due date is March 22, 2010.
Please go to www.artsboard.wisconsin.gov and click “Program Descriptions” under “WAB Grants” in the black sidebar to locate the program. Note that the applicant to this grant program must be AN ORGANIZATION, not the individual who is writing the grant. The Creative Communities Program page contains the information you need to become familiar with the program. Please review the Creative Communities Program guidelines before working on the application form. Click the eGRANT link when you are ready to begin working on the application. Here are some common eGRANT application mistakes to avoid: Data entered in all upper or lower case: Some applicants enter their name and address info, as well as other data, in all upper or lower case. Please don’t do this. The data is imported directly into our database and used for addressing letters, creating contracts, etc. It takes a great deal of staff time to correct this. Waiting too long to begin the process: START EARLY! Help calls increase dramatically as the due date approaches. We are a small agency and may not be able to assist you with problems if you wait too long to begin your application. Note that the deadline IS 3PM on the due date. The submission time is 3PM so staff can be in the office to assist applicants working up to the deadline. These communications are sent via e-mail only. It is vital that we have your current e-mail address at all times. It is your responsibility to keep the Arts Board informed of changes in your e-mail address. We will not be able to inform you of future grant opportunities without this information.
If you have any questions regarding the CCP Arts Education component, please contact: Anne Pryor via email or phone: anne.pryor@wisconsin.gov or 608/266-8106.
If you have any questions regarding the CCP Local Arts component, please contact:
Karen Goeschko via email or phone: karen.goeschko@wisconsin.gov or 608/267-2026.
If you have any questions regarding the CCP Folk Arts component, please contact:
Anne Pryor via email or phone: anne.pryor@wisconsin.gov or 608/266-8106.
If you have technical questions or problems concerning eGRANT, please contact:
Dale Johnson via email or phone: dale.johnson@wisconsin.gov or 608/261-8217.
Poetry Out Loud State Finals to Take Place
March 13
Wisconsin Arts Board is pleased to announce that the Poetry Out Loud State Finals will take place in the Assembly Chambers of the State Capitol Building at 1:00 PM, Saturday, March 13. The public is invited to attend this competition. Jim Fleming of Wisconsin Public Radio will serve as Emcee. Marilyn Taylor, Poet Laureate of Wisconsin; Fabu Brisco Carter, Poet Laureate of Madison have graciously agreed to serve as Judges for this event. Nine state regional champions will be reciting three memorized poems each. The winner for the State of Wisconsin will receive a check for $200 for personal use, a check for $500 for their school library fund for poetry books, and free trip for them and a chaperone to the National Finals in Washington, DC, April 25-27 where over $50,000 in scholarships will be awarded. Questions may be directed to Jacki Martindale, state coordinator, contact at jmpmartindale@gmail.com. or 608-318-0551.
“Community Development and the Arts”
University of Wisconsin Marathon Campus
February 11
“Community Development and the Arts” is topic of panel discussion at UWMC
In 2008, local arts agencies across the nation administered $858 million in funds for arts programming and organizational support, indicating that not only is the visionary power of the arts of vital importance to human society, but also the economic engine, in terms of building community. How a group of people can envision, articulate and create not just an arts community, but a human community, where all people can live together and prosper through the power of the arts is the topic of a panel discussion to be held at the University of Wisconsin-Marathon County. For further information, contact Jean Greenwood, Program Associate for the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service, (715) 261-6234, jean.greenwood@uwc.edu or Linda Ware, Panel Moderator and Emerita Professor of English, UWMC linda.ware@uwc.edu
ARTS DAY 2010
Arts Wisconsin
March 3
SUPPORT ARTS AND ARTS EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE IN WISCONSIN
Monona Terrace and State Capitol, Madison
Pre-Arts Day workshops on Tuesday, March 2
Contact: Anne Katz, Arts Wisconsin 608 255 8316 or akatz@artswisconsin.org
Obama's budget proposals for arts institutions largely hold flat
Washington Post
“If Monday's White House budget proposal tells us anything, it's this: These are tough fiscal times for an arts-loving president. Should the Obama administration get its way, funding for the nation's major arts and cultural institutions will stay largely flat, although a few organizations -- including the Smithsonian Institution and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting -- will see increases over what the president requested last year.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/01/AR2010020103598.html
The Wisconsin Arts Board will offer four general Question and Answer sessions via conference call for grant applicants.
February 24
Two sessions will be held for Creative Communities program applicants:
1. Wednesday, February 24, 2010 from Noon until 12:45 pm
2. Wednesday, February 24, 2010 from 6:00 until 6:45 pm
Participation on these Q&A conference calls is NOT required, but is offered for those who would find them helpful. We anticipate that the sessions will last no longer than 45 minutes... less if the questions are few and quickly answered. To participate, please contact karen.goeschko@wisconsin.gov or 608-266-0190.
The Wisconsin Arts Board’s Percent for Art program announces a commission opportunity for the new UW-La Crosse Academic Building.
Deadline: March 15
The selection committee is seeking artwork that may be sited in multiple locations throughout the interior and/or the exterior of the new facility; and they are interested in exploring artwork that could reveal itself and change over time along with more traditional approaches. The submission deadline for this project is March 15, 2010. Here is the link to the prospectus: http://artsboard.wisconsin.gov/static/percent/project_05I3O.htm
If you have trouble viewing this prospectus, please cut and paste the link into your browser first. If that is not successful, please contact our IT specialist, Dale Johnson at dale.johnson@wisconsin.gov for assistance. If you have questions about the content of the prospectus, please contact chris.manke@wisconsin.gov .
Americans for the Arts' Professional Development Fund for Emerging Arts Leaders of Color
Americans for the Arts
Deadline: March 1, 2010
“Americans for the Arts is pleased to announce applications for Americans for the Arts' Professional Development Fund for Emerging Arts Leaders of Color. A total of five Joyce Fellows from the Great Lakes region (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) will be selected to participate in this program in 2010. Fellows will receive stipends of $3,000 to support their attendance at the 2010 Americans for the Arts 50th Anniversary Summit/Annual Convention, 2010 National Arts Marketing Project Conference, and 2011 Arts Advocacy Day. In addition, fellows will have special opportunities to meet field leaders, connect with mentors, and receive individualized career coaching. Support for this program is provided by the Chicago-based Joyce Foundation.”
http://www.americansforthearts.org/networks/emerging_leaders/009.asp
Nominations Invited for Best Companies Supporting the Arts in America
Business Committee for the Arts, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: February 26
“The Business Committee for the Arts is accepting nominations for the BCA Ten: Best Companies Supporting the Arts in America. Announced annually, the BCA Ten is a national list created to recognize businesses of all sizes for their exceptional involvement with the arts. …Award information and nomination forms are available at the BCA Web site.”
http://www.americansforthearts.org/information_services/arts_and_business_partnerships/bca/programs/bca_ten/default.asp
FY11 Creation and Presentation grant program eGRANT application is now open.
Wisconsin Arts Board
Deadline: February 22, 2010, 3 PM CST
Please go to http://artsboard.wisconsin.gov/static/cpp.htm to access the CPP program page on the Arts Board website. Note that the deadline is 3PM on the due date.
Molly Johnson Selected as Premier Exhibiting Artist in the MacArthur Conference Room – Department of Administration Building (In response to a request by Secretary Morgan for Wisconsin artists to exhibit their work)
Through June 30
“Molly Johnson of Denmark, Wisconsin, is a member of both Transparent Watercolor Society of America and the Oil Painters of America. Her formal education included intense study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. The work she has chosen to exhibit represents personal life moments. Whether it’s the people around her, her family, fresh picked Wisconsin produce, or the beauty of Wisconsin countryside and lakefronts, she has been moved to capture memories on canvas or paper. Molly can be contacted at
molly@mollyjohnsonstudio.com
IN THE NEWS
Visual Arts/Museums
Artspeak? It's complicated If an artist's work is difficult, you might think those writing about it would want to make it more accessible. If only
Guardian UK
“On 14 March 1888, Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo about his latest canvas: "It is a drawbridge with a little cart going over it, outlined against a blue sky – the river blue as well, the banks orange coloured with green grass and a group of women washing linen in smocks and multicoloured caps." Dear, oh dear. Little cart, blue sky, green grass, multicoloured caps: simplistic or what? When you go to The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters, currently on show at the Royal Academy, don't bother with His Letters. Vincent, a word in your unbandaged shell-like – this is the way you write about art.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/05/artspeak-its-complicated
Tehran cuts ties with British Museum
Daily Star Agence France Presse
TEHRAN: “Iran cut ties with the British Museum on Sunday in protest at repeated delays in the loan to Tehran of an ancient Persian treasure, the Cyrus Cylinder, a top official said. Hassan Mohseni, a senior official at Iran’s cultural heritage and tourism organization, said relations were annulled after the London museum failed to transfer the artifact to Tehran. “We confirm the cutting of ties and we consider it a closed chapter,” said Mohseni, who heads the state organization’s public relations. Tehran’s decision to break off relations with the museum was revealed earlier by Hamid Baghai, who heads the cultural heritage and tourism organization. “Since the Cyrus Cylinder has not been transferred to Iran, we will lodge a complaint against the British Museum to UNESCO and cut ties,” Baghai was quoted as saying by Iranian media.’
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=111548
The Big Project
Michael Kaiser, President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
“In these difficult economic times, many arts organizations are working hard to develop programs that do not require many resources. Board members are pressing for small operas, small plays, and small ballets. Many executive directors, understandably concerned about balancing the books at a time when contributed income is still in jeopardy, are concurring.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-kaiser/the-big-project_b_453198.html
Arts and Creativity in Education
Glee: coming soon to a school near you - The TV musical has led to a rise in all-singing, all-dancing choirs
The Guardian UK
“The Glee Effect has been well-documented: an episode of the musical comedy is aired, and fans (or Gleeks) rush to iTunes to download their favourite tracks, filling the charts with high-octane choral pop. In the US there has already been a rise in membership of show-choirs like the fictional one that Glee revolves around, and a live tour is planned for the cast.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/feb/08/glee-tv-show-choir-schools
UWM celebrates Black History and Liberation Month
UWM Post
“In celebration of black history month, UW-Milwaukee is offering various events that embrace the rich past, present lives and multi-faceted perspectives of African-Americans. Events run from Feb. 1-26, and are free and open to the public unless noted. An ongoing event throughout the month includes Golda Meir’s exhibit of films and books about African-Americans and African history and culture. Located in the Media Library, the films and books are on display and can be checked out through the end of February.”
http://www.uwmpost.com/2010/02/08/uwm-celebrates-black-history-and-liberation-month/
Community Arts
Downtown History Presents Opportunity in Milwaukee
Urban Milwaukee
“Cities in the Midwest will be competing for residents and tourists over the next century. Unfortunately, it will continue to be difficult for Milwaukee to compete with the likes of Chicago in terms of sheer volume. So Milwaukee needs to continue working to distinguish itself. Urban design and architecture are the most pragmatic way to accomplish this, as demonstrated by the Milwaukee Art Museum and Miller Park a decade ago.”
http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2010/02/04/downtown-history-presents-opportunity-in-milwaukee/
Folk Arts/Folklife
Sucking the Quileute Dry
New York Times
“ALL the world, it seems, has been bitten by “Twilight.” Conservative estimates place revenue generated from Stephenie Meyer’s vampire chronicles — the books, movies and merchandise — in the billion-dollar range. Scarcely mentioned, however, is the effect that “Twilight” has had on the tiny Quileute Nation, situated on a postage stamp of a reservation, just one square mile, in remote La Push, Wash. To millions of “Twilight” fans, the Quileute are Indians whose (fictional) ancient treaty transforms young males of the tribe into vampire-fighting wolves. To the nearly 700 remaining Quileute Indians, “Twilight” is the reason they are suddenly drawing extraordinary attention from the outside — while they themselves remain largely excluded from the vampire series’ vast commercial empire.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/opinion/08riley.html
Literary
No end in sight: Baraboo woman writes cliffhanger novel
Baraboo News Republic
Writing relaxes Sue York, even when she’s penning a tale about a woman frantically searching for her identity and fighting for her life. York works full-time at a Lodi hotel, and spends her off days alone at home, writing. "I like it quiet. Put my music on and go," she said. "It just kind of calms me down and relaxes me." The longtime Baraboo resident became an author last fall with the publication of her mystery novel, "Dividing Tides." It’s about Basil Adair, an architect who by clicking on an e-mail finds herself drawn into a tailspin of mystery that threatens her life and robs her of her identity.”
http://www.wiscnews.com/bnr/news/470542
Read-In recognizes noted black authors
Kenosha News
“Taliyah Harris, 8, walked across the small stage and stopped to pull a step stool behind the podium before ascending to speak at Sunday’s African-American Read-In. In a loud, clear voice she read poet Langston Hughes’ “Mother to Son,” in which he writes of a mother speaking to her son about life experiences. When asked about the poet’s message, Harris got right to the heart of Hughes’ words. “She just keeps on trying, she never gives up, because giving up ain’t an option,” Harris said knowingly. Hughes, Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni and other African-American literary powerhouses were represented at the event at the Kenosha Public Museum Sunday afternoon.”
http://www.kenoshanews.com/news/readin_recognizes_noted_black_authors_7299091.html
'On, Wisconsin' not her tune - Madison author's tale of farm girl in college lacks nuance
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“Author Lorrie Moore’s latest fiction work is a novel, “A Gate at the Stairs.”
Close Madison author Lorrie Moore is usually so good that she makes me want to stop writing and use my laptop for something more suitable to my talents, like watching cute puppy videos. "People Like That Are the Only People Here," the best short story in her terrific collection "Birds of America," careens so wildly yet believably from denial to panic to grief to crazed comedy that it left me slack-jawed with admiration.”
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/83655382.html
Panacea or Poison Pill: Who Gets to Decide About $10 E-Books?
Wired - Epicenter
"The question of whether e-book prices should be significantly lower than their print analogs has become a fundamental divide in a simmering dispute between book publishers and the 800-pound-gorilla that is Amazon.com. In part the issue is about consumer choices but like the other digitization wars which preceded it -- and continue -- in music, television, film and even news, it's also about ensuring that a creative industry survives."
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/02/panacea-or-poison-pill-who-gets-to-decide-about-the-10-e-book/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29&utm_content=Google+Reader#ixzz0evGQ3OvG
US publishers smile again as Kindle rivals emerge
Yahoo News
NEW YORK (AFP) – “US book publishers are smiling again, after years of watching digital versions of their titles sell for below what they thought they were worth. A host of rivals to the market-dominating Kindle electronic reader has given newfound hope to publishers that they will finally be able to dictate their own terms after being at the mercy of Amazon. Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corp. stable includes publisher Harper-Collins, could hardly contain his glee during an earnings call last week. "Without content, the ever larger and flatter screens, the tablets, the e-readers and the increasingly sophisticated mobile phones would be lifeless," Murdoch said. "Without content these ingenious and wonderful devices would be unloved and unsold."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/bs_afp/usitmediabooksinternetamazongoogleapple
As I start to write my latest book, I fear for the future of publishing Retailing pressure and the emergence of the ebook are threatening the future of authors and their work
The Observer
“Last Monday at 8.30am I began to type the first lines of a new novel. These sentences are unlikely to see the light of day but they're a start – I am out on the pitch swinging my arm in a fashion that convinces me at least, which is certainly an advance on the week spent inside the pavilion whitening my pads and tidying the locker. To begin to write a book these days seems more than the average folly. Publishing appears to have been hit by a storm similar to the one that tore through the music industry a few years ago and is now causing unprecedented pain in newspapers”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/07/henry-porter-publishing-ebooks
Animals come to rescue of biography market - The biography of Casper the commuting cat is just one of a spate of 'animalit' titles being snapped up
Guardian.UK
“A genre with legs ... the life of Casper the commuting cat is the latest in a growing category of 'animalit'. Photograph: Amy Stanford/AP The story of Casper the commuting cat, set to be published this autumn, is the latest in a slew of animal memoirs which are being heralded as the saviours of a beleaguered biography market. The much-loved Casper, who used to ride the Number Three bus around Plymouth, died last month in a road accident - and the publishing world was quick to pounce, with Simon & Schuster snapping up world rights in his story late last week. "His story is unique and [Casper's owner] Susan has received emails and letters from all over the UK and as far away as Argentina and Australia," said Simon & Schuster's Nigel Stoneman, who met her last week.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/05/animals-rescue-biography-market?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
A place in posterity is a bit of a lottery. Just ask Mr Melville Among the strange fates of many great books, the bizarre afterlife of Moby-Dick is a classic example
Observer UK
“The news that Man Booker is to host a "Lost Booker" prize for the class of 1970 (including neglected work by HE Bates, Melvyn Bragg, Muriel Spark, Ruth Rendell and Susan Hill plus Joe Orton's posthumous novel Head To Toe) shows that Booker's publicity department is as full of resource as ever. When it comes to boosting their brand, these people are Olympians of spin. But they might be surprised to discover that the Romans knew all about literary retrospectives.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/07/robert-mccrum-booker-tolstoy-melville
Media Arts
Proliferation of Internet memes makes it difficult to stay current
Washington Post
“Consider this two-part law of how stuff ends up in your inbox: (1) There are people out there who have never seen some moldering viral video, say "JK Wedding Entrance Dance." They were not among the video's 41 million-plus YouTube viewers, they did not see it replayed infinitely on the morning shows, they did not visit the couple's hyped Web site, they missed the "Divorce Entrance" spinoff, and they were oblivious to the tribute on "The Office," which garnered 9 million viewers. When they eventually find it, they assume they have discovered a brand-new thing. (2) They forward it to you. They say, OMG so cute. Have you seen this?”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/04/AR2010020404396.html?wprss=rss_print/style
Two futures of the internet: next cold war or up in the clouds - Will the future be cyber-attacks and an uneasy balance of terror or cultural collaboration hosted by Google's The Observer
"THE FUTURE", WROTE the novelist William Gibson in a justifiably famous aphorism, "is already here: it's just not evenly distributed". The challenge is to spot those unevenly distributed peeks into our future. The Apple iPad launch provoked a storm of peeking: optimists saw it as a sign that the computer industry had finally got the message that most people can't be bothered with the mysteries of operating systems and software updates and want an information appliance that "just works"; pessimists saw it as a glimpse into an authoritarian world dominated either by governments or a few powerful companies; sceptics saw it as just another product launch”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/07/computers-future-cyberattacks-cloud-culture
Performing Arts
Dance
Letters: Community supported 'Nutcracker' at Paine
Oshkosh Northwestern
“The Paine's "Nutcracker in the Castle" welcomed 14,000 people for self-guided and guided tours throughout the 2009 season. In total, 36,000 people have come from Oshkosh, the Fox Valley and state of Wisconsin to see the original production that sets the traditional Nutcracker story within the historic interiors of the Paine mansion. With more surprises in store for 2010, mark your calendar for the fourth season of "Nutcracker in the Castle" on view Nov. 19, 2010, through Jan. 9, 2011.”
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20100206/OSH0603/2060355
Music
Singer’s dreams coming true - Country girl from Wausau creating a buzz in alternative music
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“It's a stage name, a fanciful dream of a middle-school student from Wausau who always knew she wanted to grow up and become a singer. So, she trained diligently for 10 years in classical voice. And she began to experiment, with a keyboard and her voice, then a keyboard and a computer, mixing sounds, drum beats and her own instrument, that soaring, roaring beautiful voice. The style is called lo-fi, a sound that confounds some and incites others. It's sober and powerful singing, a treasure hunt that yields mystery and magic.”
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/musicandnightlife/83736562.html
Present Music mixes it up for party performance
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“Leave it to Present Music to mix and match musical elements one would never think to combine - and to turn it into a party. Playing in the Turner Hall Ballroom, music director Kevin Stalheim and the Present Music Ensemble premiered "Reaction" (2010) by New York-based composer Caroline Mallonee. Written for a winds/strings/percussion/piano octet and commissioned for Present Music, the piece is based on actions and reactions. Vacillating between bubbling rhythms and moody, hazy, random sounds, the piece is both fascinating and engaging, as it bounces ideas from player to player”
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/83759152.html
Jazz concert entertains, educates
Racine Journal Times
RACINE — “Martice Scales watched through the tiny screen of his digital video camera as Jim Sodke traveled back in time. Scales, 22, of Racine, was taking notes digitally Sunday as Sodke worked through some of jazz legend Duke Ellington’s song book. Sodke, a Racine musician and educator, kicked off a new concert series at First United Methodist Church, 745 Main St., in Downtown Racine.”
http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/article_f36d4e9a-1475-11df-94ef-001cc4c03286.html
A night at the museum
UWM Post
“Revisiting the archived tapes of the Grateful Dead’s April 26, 1972 show helped Dark Star Orchestra channel the Dead’s sound with ear-bending accuracy as they recreated their set with remarkable historical accuracy last Thursday night at the Pabst Theater. Seeing several laptops hooked up to the soundboard was nothing new, but the sound quality at the Pabst Theater was superb. The sound was so crisp and clean that it gave the illusion of a commercial live recording, even in the front row; the technicians in the back talked about it all night like overexcited teenagers. There’s no doubt that this show will be passed along in bootleg circles for a while.”
http://www.uwmpost.com/2010/02/08/a-night-at-the-museum/
Hip-hop and Milwaukee
UWM Post
Tarik Moody, local blogger and radio personality for 88.9 Radio Milwaukee, has raised the question: “Is Milwaukee afraid of hip-hop?” Actually, it seems that Milwaukee isn’t afraid of hip-hop at all. Numerous hip-hop acts have performed in venues like the Bradley Center, U.S. Cellular Arena, and the Milwaukee Theatre in recent years, and Milwaukee’s own hip-hop scene is thriving with artists like Prophetic and Ray Nitti. For the past year, local artists have been performing every Monday night at the eastside bar Live on North, as well as on Wednesday nights at El Babulous on the south side. Maybe a more important question is “What is hip-hop?” It seems as though Tarik is limiting hip-hop to rappers like Common, Talib Kweli and Mos Def; the art of hip-hop involves much more, and Milwaukee should give itself more credit for supporting its own artists in recent years.”
http://www.uwmpost.com/2010/02/08/hip-hop-and-milwaukee/
WHEN YOU GO
For more arts and cultural events, please go to www.portalwisconsin.org. Have you entered your events on Portal? Do it today!
Visual Arts/Museums
Neighborhood Perspectives – Two Painters Survey the Familiar
DeRicci Gallery/Edgewood College
Artist Talk – February 8 – 5:00 p.m.
Reception – February 8 – 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Long time residents Cynthia Quinn and John Ribble share recent paintings of Madison’s near west side.
Also: Doug Moe: ‘Easel’ does it for plein air painters
Wisconsin State Journal
“Here's the thing about painting "plein air" - a French expression meaning "open air." It's just you and the elements, and the elements don't care about your good reviews. "It's almost like an athletic pursuit," John Ribble was saying Friday. "Your easel blows away," added Cynthia Quinn, Ribble's wife. "The light changes every 15 minutes." But setting up outside and capturing a scene that is right in front of you can also generate a freshness and immediacy that's hard to duplicate in the studio. It's also not a bad way to meet your neighbors. Now those neighbors who have seen Ribble and Quinn setting up their easels all over the Near West Side - in Vilas Park or near the Lake Wingra boat rental, on the Southwest bike trail or in front of Mallatt's - will have an opportunity to see the finished work.”
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/doug_moe/article_6480636c-fcaa-11de-9719-001cc4c03286.html
Opening and closing this week
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Here is my rundown of art events that are opening and closing this week.
OPENING:
February 12
“Jon Wilde Revisited” at the Tory Folliard Gallery
CLOSING:
February 12
"Milwaukee Area Teachers of Art Exhibition" at Carroll University
February 13
"Wisconsin Maters Series" work by Emily Groom at the Charles Allis
February 14
MARN Salon III at the Hotel for the Arts
“One from Wisconsin: Mindy Sue Meyers (Green Bay/Appleton)” at the Museum of Wisconsin Art (West Bend)
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/83807607.html
Expert Opinion: Art collecting We talk to gallery owner Elaine Erickson about how to stock our walls
AVClubMKE
February 10
“Elaine Erickson has been a fixture of Milwaukee’s art scene since 1994, when she opened a small and welcoming gallery. Today Elaine Erickson Gallery in the Third Ward’s Marshall Building is home to contemporary works in a variety of media. Paintings and sculptures from both local national artists share space with African pieces. Clearly, Erickson is an expert when it comes to art collecting. Before giving a talk Wednesday at the Humphrey Scottish Rite Center on collecting prints for the Milwaukee Artist Resource Network, Erickson offered her expert opinion to The A.V. Club about how to get started with this potentially expensive hobby.”
http://www.avclub.com/milwaukee/articles/expert-opinion-art-collecting,37802/
Call to Artists “Vermiculture, Artists, and the Tao Te Ching”
Midwest Biennial 2010 Wisconsin Artists Fine Art Exhibition
Deadline: March 13
Midwest Biennial is now accepting entries for the 2010 Wisconsin Artists Juried Exhibition themed Vermiculture, Artists and the Tao Te Ching. This spring exhibition will be held from April 1 through May 30, 2010, in celebration of Earth Day, Arbor Day, and Mother’s Day. The competition is open to all artists, 18 years or older, residing in the State of Wisconsin. A Reception for the Artists and Awards Ceremony will be held in the gallery on from 6-9pm. in conjunction with the “Exhibitour”.
www.MidwestBiennial.org
Arts and Creativity in Education
Acting workshop is free, fun for kids
Baraboo News Republic
February 13, 20, 27
“Local children are experiencing the joy of make believe and participating in a long tradition of Baraboo-area community theater during a free acting workshop that continues into March. Saturday morning a small group of students gathered in the basement of the Masonic Temple on Second Street for "Introduction to Character" with veteran Baraboo Theatre Guild actor and director Scott Kindschi. He said it is one of a series of workshops BTG has sponsored since 2007 to encourage children’s participation. Kindschi began teaching with a series of warm-up exercises, including one called "Captain Coming Aboard."
http://www.wiscnews.com/bnr/news/470550
Community Arts
Let music, theater brighten February
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“Almost as though they were trying to make up for the shortness (and maybe the coldness) of the month through sheer verve, local performing arts groups and producers are filling February with ambitious works and bookings. Small companies are staging big-cast plays, dancers are flinging themselves across genre lines and Duke Ellington will be heard from. Here is a look at 10 promising performances this month, listed in chronological order:’
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/83655192.html
Folk Arts/Folklife
Cedarburg's Winter Festival is a blizzard of fun
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
February 13 - 14
“Brace for Cedarburg's Winter Festival Saturday and Sunday in the city's historic downtown area. There will be enough food, music, activities and other entertainment to take up every waking moment of the weekend. This year's theme - a nod to Valentine's Day - is "Romancing the Snow."
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/83737937.html
A walk that tells a sacred story
Shawano Leader Reporter
June 1
“A very special event is set to take place this summer, honoring the Menominee Tribe. The walk is being coordinated by Richie Plass, whose Menominee name is “Powekonnay.” In the mid 1800s, the Menominee were removed from the “Paygrounds,” located near Lake Poygan in central Wisconsin. The story of the process and walk is one that is very important to Menominee and Wisconsin history. Plass said he’s doing the walk for two key reasons — education and responsibility.”
http://www.shawanoleader.com/articles/2010/02/08/news/news1.txt
Performing Arts
Dance
Motion slickness - Ballet dancers' steps interact with digital partners
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
February 11 - 14
“When ballet dancer Jacqueline Moscicke moves, the digital imagery around her reacts in “Sur_Rendered,” one of the pieces in the Milwaukee Ballet’s “Innovative Motion,” which will be performed Thursday through next Sunday. The concept behind "Sur_Rendered" is a little like playing the Nintendo Wii: the dancers of the Milwaukee Ballet will perform, and digital objects in a virtual environment projected around them will react. "We are adopting 3-D motion for the stage," says choreographer Luc Vanier. "The minute you do this, you are getting feedback on how you are moving."
http://www.jsonline.com/features/technology/83655177.html
Other
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http://www.facebook.com/#/pages/Madison-WI/Wisconsin-Arts-Board/278784932845?ref=nf
Princess Grace Foundation-USA Announces 2010 Princess Grace Awards Applications in Theater, Playwriting, Dance, Choreography, and Film
The Princess Grace Foundation-USA
Various Deadlines
“The Princess Grace Foundation-USA has announced the availability of applications for the 2010 Princess Grace Awards in theater, playwriting, dance performance, choreography, and film. Founded in 1982 in memory of Princess Grace (Kelly) of Monaco, the foundation identifies and assists emerging artists in theater, dance, and film and has awarded grants in excess of $7 million to nearly five hundred individuals nationwide.”
http://www.pgfusa.org/
Nominations Invited for Best Companies Supporting the Arts in America
Business Committee for the Arts, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: February 26
“The Business Committee for the Arts is accepting nominations for the BCA Ten: Best Companies Supporting the Arts in America. Announced annually, the BCA Ten is a national list created to recognize businesses of all sizes for their exceptional involvement with the arts. …Award information and nomination forms are available at the BCA Web site.”
http://www.americansforthearts.org/information_services/arts_and_business_partnerships/bca/programs/bca_ten/default.asp
Americans for the Arts' Professional Development Fund for Emerging Arts Leaders of Color
Americans for the Arts
Deadline: March 1, 2010
“Americans for the Arts is pleased to announce applications for Americans for the Arts' Professional Development Fund for Emerging Arts Leaders of Color. A total of five Joyce Fellows from the Great Lakes region (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) will be selected to participate in this program in 2010. Fellows will receive stipends of $3,000 to support their attendance at the 2010 Americans for the Arts 50th Anniversary Summit/Annual Convention, 2010 National Arts Marketing Project Conference, and 2011 Arts Advocacy Day. In addition, fellows will have special opportunities to meet field leaders, connect with mentors, and receive individualized career coaching. Support for this program is provided by the Chicago-based Joyce Foundation.”
http://www.americansforthearts.org/networks/emerging_leaders/009.asp
Home Box Office and Directors Guild of America Invite Applications for Television Directing Fellowship
Philanthropy News Digest
March 10
“Home Box Office and the Directors Guild of America have announced the second annual rotation of the HBO/DGA Television Directing Fellowship Program. The program is designed to help increase diversity among directors in television and to assist in the professional development of new creative talent, particularly women and minorities. It is anticipated that up to three fellowships will be awarded for 2010.”
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=282800005
NEA Offers $250,000 Grants for U.S. Cities That Enhance Arts Share Business Bloomberg
Deadline: March 15
Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The National Endowment for the Arts said it will grant as much as $250,000 apiece for urban design projects that promote the arts. NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman told the U.S. Conference of Mayors today that the 15 new grants will aid the planning of arts districts and projects that enhance public buildings, libraries and pedestrian bridges -- among other public spaces. “We know and recognize cities by their special architecture and parks and sculpture gardens and neighborhood arts fairs,” he said, according to a text of his speech distributed by the NEA. Cities must apply by March 15 for the grants, which will start at $25,000.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aUh.KAaVssnE
So Your Band Wants to Play Summerfest - Here's how to apply
Deadline March 31
“Summerfest is one of the most coveted gigs for many local bands. Unfortunately, it can also be one of the most elusive, given the festival's preference for familiar faces over newcomers. The festival does accept applications, though. Each year Summerfest selects 60 bands to play through the Web site Sonicbids, where bands can post electronic press kits. Bands can apply through this page: www.sonicbids.com/summerfest . They have until March 31.”
http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/blog-4774-so-your-band-wants-to-play-summerfest.html
Joyce Foundation to Announce Call to Entry for the 2011 Joyce Awards
Joyce Foundation
Deadline: April 6, 2010 (Letter of Inquiry)
“Four grants of $50,000 each will be awarded in 2010 in the areas of dance, music, theater, and visual arts to organizations in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and St. Paul/Minneapolis. Groups must be well established, demonstrate strong organizational capacity, and have a track record of presenting programs of the highest artistic caliber. Additionally, organizations must demonstrate a commitment to serving diverse audiences through evidence of current programming, community-based education, outreach, and other activities.”
http://www.joycefdn.org/pdf/Joyce_Awards_CFE2011.pdf
Announcing the 2010 VSA arts Playwright Discovery Call for Scripts
VSA Arts
Deadline: April 15
The VSA arts Playwright Discovery Program invites middle and high school students to take a closer look at the world around them, examine how disability affects their lives and the lives of others, and express their views through the art of playwriting. Playwrights may write from their own experience or about an experience in the life of another person or fictional character. Scripts can be comedies, dramas, or even musicals—be creative! Young playwrights with and without disabilities are encouraged to submit a script. Entries may be the work of an individual student or a collaboration by a group or class of students. The winning play will be professionally produced or staged at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The winning playwright receives $2,000 and a trip to Washington, D.C., to see his or her play performed. All submissions must be received by April 15, 2010, for consideration. For application materials:
http://www.vsarts.org/x244.xml
Call for Prairie Artists
Tina Didreckson - Stevens County Historical Society & Museum
116 W 6th Street, Morris, MN 56267, 320-589-1719
Deadline: April 23
We have opened the Call for Artists for our 4th Annual Horizontal Grandeur.
Inspired by an essay of the same name by Minnesota poet Bill Holm (1943-2009), this fine art exhibition has grown each and every year. Last year we had 93 entries from 11 prairie states for the 50 exhibit spaces in our historic national award winning space. Because of the success, the call has opened up earlier this year. January 15th - April, 23rd, 2010 has been set as the open submission time. To print out a hardcopy of our call brochure, and mail in the entries with a check or money order, you can download a pdf file at this link:
http://www.stevenshistorymuseum.com/Forms/2010Grandeur-call.pdf If you have never read Bill Holm's essay, you can download a pdf file of it by visiting http://www.stevenshistorymuseum.com/grandeur/billgrandeur.pdf
Partners in Performance Accepting Applications
Partners in Performance
Deadline: June 15, 2010
“Partners in Performance is now accepting applications for the program cycle beginning in the 2011/2012 season. Application forms and full eligibility guidelines can be downloaded from www.pipmusic.org. In fifteen venues across America, Partners in Performance concerts have had striking results in the hosting communities. PiP's new Young Artists Program and recitals by violinist Midori have stimulated interest in chamber music, attracted new audiences and new donors and have helped the respective organizations expand their education and performance programs.”
http://www.pipmusic.org
The Art of Applied Design
DHM Digital Gallery
Deadline: July 15, 2010
“The DHM Digital Gallery invites designers working with clay, fiber, glass, plastic, metal and/or wood to participate in The Art of Applied Design, an international juried competition. Deadline: July 15, 2010. All submitted works must be functional objects commonly used within interior spaces, such as furnishings (hard or soft), utensils, fixtures, or containers. Objects that are purely decorative are not eligible. Evaluation will be based upon uniqueness and creativity, craftsmanship, and quality of the submitted digital image. The online exhibit (from Sept. 15 to Dec. 1, 2010) will include e-mail addresses of accepted artists to facilitate independent sales of work. For a prospectus and entry form, visit http://ches.okstate.edu/dhm/gallery.
Michigan is Doing it Again: ArtPrize 2010 Dates Announced
ArtPrize
September 22 – October 10, 2010
“It’s been a little over a month since ArtPrize 2009 ended and we’ve been up to our eyeballs in gathering and analyzing feedback. Although I have nothing to say yet about changes you may see in 2010, you can mark on your calendar when the event will happen.Venues and artists, look for registration to begin in Spring of 2010. Want important announcements emailed to you in the future? Sign up for Announcements in the upper right hand corner of this blog.”
http://blog.artprize.org/2009/11/19/artprize-2010-dates-announced/
IMPORTANT ARTS BOARD RELATED LINKS
http://artsboard.wisconsin.gov
http://portalwisconsin.org
http://www.creative.wisconsin.gov
http://filmwisconsin.net
MARK YOUR CALENDAR 2010
Wisconsin Arts Board Meetings
March 12: WAB Board Meeting, Milwaukee
May 14: WAB Board Meeting, Madison
September 10-11: WAB Board Meeting, Green Bay
December 10: WAB Board Meeting, Madison
Wisconsin Arts Board – Office Closed 2009
February 15: WAB office closed for State furlough
May 28: WAB office closed for State furlough
May 31: WAB office closed for State holiday
Grants Related Deadlines
April 12-13: Creation & Presentation Grants–Multidisciplinary panel meeting, Madison
April 15: Creation & Presentation Grants–Presenting panel meeting, Madison
April 16: Creative Communities Grant–Arts in Education panel meeting, Madison
April 19: Creative Communities Grant– Folk Arts panel meeting, Madison
April 23: Creative Communities Grant– Local Arts panel meeting, Madison
Meetings and Conferences
March 14 - 16, 2010: Governor's Conference on Tourism, Milwaukee
http://industry.travelwisconsin.com/en/Industry+Events.aspx
The less art kids get, the more it shows.
Are yours getting enough?
Art. Ask for More.
http://www.artsusa.org/public_awareness
Friday, February 5, 2010
Wisconsin Arts News for February 5
Wisconsin Arts News
A Service of the Wisconsin Arts Board
February 5, 2010
FOR THE BOARD
The Fatal X
New Yorker Magazine
“In this week’s column, I mention an alarming graph that shows a comprehensive downward trend in generational participation in classical music. Here is the graph, in all its scary glory. It comes from the League of Orchestras’ Audience Demographic Research Review, using data from the National Endowment for the Arts and a further analysis by the McKinsey company. You can see clearly how various generations experienced a bump in participation as they got older. The so-called Generation X, however, has yet to exhibit an upward spike as it moves into middle age. Every classical organization in America should print out this graph, pin it on the bulletin board, and ponder what is to be done. If the light-gray line doesn’t reverse direction in the next ten years, those organizations may begin to fold.”
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/alexross/2010/02/more-on-audiences.html#ixzz0eg2QBZIM
UPDATE: *The bet is done.* Art museum director Super Bowl trash talk: It's on.
Blog: Modern Art Notes – Tyler Green
UPDATE, Wednesday, 130pm EST: The bet is made and done. See below/bottom.
In response to the proposed Super Bowl bet between the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art about which I posted on Monday, NOMA director E. John Bullard has come roaring back in defense of his Saints. First, some background: On Monday, IMA director Max Anderson initially proposed wagering an IMA loan of an Ingrid Calame painting. That was a nice choice... but apparently Anderson wasn't too worried about having to pay off the bet: "We're already spackling the wall where the NOMA loan will hang," he tweeted.
http://www.artsjournal.com/man/2010/01/art_museum_director_super_bowl.html
Indy vs. New Orleans: Which city owns the pop culture crown? At first glance, it's a mismatch of epic proportions.
Chicago Tribune
“One, after all, is a cultural heavyweight, a place famous for its sinful food and its scrumptious music and its freewheeling spirit, for legendary jazz performers such as Jelly Roll Morton. The other is a stolid, serious and responsible locale famous for … well, Jared, the Subway guy. One stays up late. The other gets up early. One wears the nickname "The Big Easy." The other is dubbed "Naptown." But America loves an underdog. And Indianapolis is no slouch in the cultural realm.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/events/chi-100203-indy-versus-new-orleans-pictures,0,688978.photogallery
Commercials make news on Super Bowl
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Mammoths are extinct. And like them, the statistical melting pot delivered by the Super Bowl is an anomaly in an age when advertising appeals to various niches in a demographically splintered society. "If your objective is to sell more of something, it's not going to be (achieved) with a Super Bowl ad," said Jim Pokrywczynski, associate professor of advertising and public relations at Marquette University. So, just what is the Super Bowl's value as an advertising delivery system? You're looking at it.”
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/tvradio/83601752.html
What Is Printmaking Today? Philadelphia Dares to Ask
New York Times
PHILADELPHIA — “The fine art of printmaking is not what it used to be. To produce printed images using tools more sophisticated than potatoes and rubber stamps once required the esoteric knowledge of an alchemist and the manual skills of a surgeon. Today anyone with the right software and a good color printer can make infinitely reproducible images that are hard to distinguish from professionally made drawings, paintings, montages, commercial illustrations and other sorts of pictures. Which raises the question: What should a major, international exhibition devoted to contemporary printmaking entail?”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/arts/design/05philagrafika.html?ref=arts
Readers Respond to Giacometti Sale or “It’s My Money and I’ll Spend What I Want To”
New York Times
“What is the value of art? Yesterday’s record-breaking sale of “Walking Man I,” a bronze by Alberto Giacometti for $104.3 million with fees, has revived the age-old question and our readers had plenty to say about it. Most, like snesich from Seattle, were outraged that during a recession an individual would pay such a huge sum for a sculpture. “Am I the only one who finds it morally and ethically repugnant that an ‘unidentified telephone bidder’ has the disposable income to pay $92 million for a ‘work of art’ in a world where almost half of the human race lacks decent drinking water and sanitation?”
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/readers-respond-to-giacometti-sale/
Graffiti’s Story, From Vandalism to Art to Nostalgia
New York Times
“Eric Felisbret stood by a chain-link fence, watching three men spraying graffiti on a backyard wall in Upper Manhattan. One man smiled and invited him over. Graffiti in New York City “You can go around the corner and when you see a sign for a seamstress, go in the alley,” the man said. “Or you can jump the fence, like we did.” Mr. Felisbret, 46, chose the long way. Not that he is unused to fence-jumping. In the 1970s, that was one of his skills as a budding graffiti writer who stole into subway yards. Using the nom de graf DEAL, he was part of the Crazy Inside Artists, a legendary crew from East New York, Brooklyn. This time, though, instead of wielding a spray can, he pulled out a camera and took a quick snapshot of the artwork, done with the landlord’s permission.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/nyregion/05graffiti.html?th&emc=th
Underage drinking is focus of new Taproot videos - A series of three films focusing on underage drinking — including binge drinking and drinking games — is being created by Linda Flanders of Taproot Inc., Bay City.
The Republican Eagle
“A series of three films focusing on underage drinking — including binge drinking and drinking games — is being created by Linda Flanders of Taproot Inc., Bay City. She received a $4,800 media arts grant from the Wisconsin State Arts Board to help finance a collaboration with Rusk County, Wis. That rural, north-central Wisconsin county is ranked among the top three in Wisconsin with a serious underage drinking problem and unemployment, Flanders said.”
http://www.republican-eagle.com/event/article/id/64423/type/article/
Justice Dept. Criticizes Latest Google Book Deal
New York Times
“In another blow to Google’s plan to create a giant digital library and bookstore, the Justice Department on Thursday said that a class-action settlement between the company and groups representing authors and publishers had significant legal problems, even after recent revisions.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/technology/internet/05publish.html?th&emc=th
The Pastime of Victorian Cutups
New York Times
“Breakthroughs aren’t always all they’re cracked up to be. Collage, one of riverheads of modernism, is usually thought to have been introduced around 1912, when Braque and Picasso began gluing pieces of newsprint and wallpaper to their Cubist drawings. But what if it turns out that at least one form of collage was practiced decades earlier, not in Paris in the teens but in Victorian England in the 1860s and ’70s? And not by ambitious your-body-my-art macho geniuses but by women..”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/arts/design/05victorian.html?ref=arts
Regrettably, how performers are dressed does matter - Blog Opera Chic's comments on performers' concert clothing highlight the importance of appearance on stage.
Telegraph UK
“Taste and judgment: soprano Renee Fleming Photo: VICTOR FRAILE/REUTERS
Opera Chic, the sharpest blog in the business, has just been commissioned to write a regular column in the fashion magazine W. This week. gimlet-eyed OC names the best-dressed conductors - a very short list which includes Daniel Harding, Fabio Luisi and Esa-Pekka Salonen, whose wardrobe secrets OC seems to be privy to.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/7156981/Regrettably-how-performers-are-dressed-does-matter.html
A Novel ‘Gatsby’: Stamina Required
New York Times
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — “What happens between a novel and a consenting reader is usually a deeply personal activity, occurring behind the closed doors of individual minds. It is arguably more intimate and subjective than sex. And if someone asked you, “Want to watch me read a book for the next six or seven hours?” you would probably — and wisely — decline.Yet this is the invitation being extended by Elevator Repair Service’s “Gatz,” at the American Repertory Theater here through Sunday. And to turn down the offer would be to miss one of the most exciting and improbable accomplishments in theater in recent years.’
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/theater/reviews/05notebook.html?ref=arts
Graphic Books Best Sellers: A Newcomer Lands at No. 1
New York Times
“Our manga list tends to be filled with double-digit volume numbers, making it a little scary to jump on board and try a series for the first time. This is not the case for “Black Butler,” published by Yen Press, which lands at No. 1 this week.”
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/graphic-books-best-sellers-a-newcomer-lands-at-no-1/
Putting People to Work - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Plans Expansion
New York Times
“Bucking the downward trend that has plagued the boardrooms of most museums during the recession, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art announced Thursday that it has raised $250 million over the last several months, allowing it to double the size of its endowment and put $150 million toward an ambitious expansion.”
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/san-francisco-museum-of-modern-art-plans-expansion/
Philly violin shop closing signals death of an era
GM Today/Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – “Over the past century, some of the world's best violinists developed trust in William Moennig & Son, a storied shop they could go to for repairs, adjustments, new instruments and bows. String players returned to Moennig through the Great Depression, two world wars and an evolution in classical music as tastes changed. From Isaac Stern to Itzhak Perlman to Philadelphia Orchestra greats, they consulted four generations of Moennigs.’
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_VIOLIN_SHOP_SHUTTERED?SITE=WIWAF&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Yale, With $150 Million Deficit, Plans Staff and Research Cuts
New York Times
“Yale University announced on Wednesday that it planned a number of steps to close a remaining $150 million budget gap, including cutting staff, freezing salaries for deans and officers, reducing the number of graduate students — even turning down all thermostats to 68 degrees.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/education/04yale.html?ref=education
Sharp Drop Is Seen in Gifts to Colleges and Universities
New York Times
“Gifts to colleges and universities declined almost 12 percent in the 2009 fiscal year, to $27.85 billion, according to the Council for Aid to Education’s annual survey of voluntary support of education. It was the steepest decline in the survey’s 53-year history.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/education/03gift.html?ref=education
Johns' 'Flag' owned by Michael Crichton to be sold
Racine Journal Times
“Michael Crichton was the mega-selling thriller writer behind "Jurassic Park," "The Andromeda Strain" and TV series "ER." He was also a private and passionate art collector who bought works by 20th-century masters including Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns. Four pieces from Crichton's collection valued at 20 million pounds ($32 million) _ including an iconic Johns Stars and Stripes "Flag" painting that once hung in the writer's Beverly Hills bedroom _ went on display Friday before being auctioned by Christie's in New York in May. The centerpiece is "Flag" of 1960-1966, one of a series of images of the U.S. standard by Johns that transformed the art world _ challenging the supremacy of abstract expressionism and paving the way for pop art's obsession with boldly colored found objects.’
http://www.journaltimes.com/entertainment/other/article_bd12c54b-cb2f-5de1-8af0-20f7d2432b65.html
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.” Leonard Cohen
“Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.” Kahlil Gibran
“Poetry is what gets lost in translation.”Robert Frost
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Slate imagines the Super Bowl as if it were directed by auteurs Godard, Tarantino and Herzog, among others.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid271557392?bctid=64790979001
FROM THE WISCONSIN ARTS BOARD
New: Poetry Out Loud State Finals to Take Place
March 13
Wisconsin Arts Board is pleased to announce that the Poetry Out Loud State Finals will take place in the Assembly Chambers of the State Capitol Building at 1:00 PM, Saturday, March 13. The public is invited to attend this competition. Jim Fleming of Wisconsin Public Radio will serve as Emcee. Marilyn Taylor, Poet Laureate of Wisconsin; Fabu Brisco Carter, Poet Laureate of Madison have graciously agreed to serve as Judges for this event. Nine state regional champions will be reciting three memorized poems each. The winner for the State of Wisconsin will receive a check for $200 for personal use, a check for $500 for their school library fund for poetry books, and free trip for them and a chaperone to the National Finals in Washington, DC, April 25-27 where over $50,000 in scholarships will be awarded. Questions may be directed to Jacki Martindale, state coordinator, contact at jmpmartindale@gmail.com. or 608-318-0551.
“Community Development and the Arts”
University of Wisconsin Marathon Campus
February 11
“Community Development and the Arts” is topic of panel discussion at UWMC
In 2008, local arts agencies across the nation administered $858 million in funds for arts programming and organizational support, indicating that not only is the visionary power of the arts of vital importance to human society, but also the economic engine, in terms of building community. How a group of people can envision, articulate and create not just an arts community, but a human community, where all people can live together and prosper through the power of the arts is the topic of a panel discussion to be held at the University of Wisconsin-Marathon County. “Community Development and the Arts” will be discussed on Thursday, February 11, 2010 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the UWMC Theatre. Panelists will address the issues and then take questions from the audience. The program is free and open to the public. Moderator will be Linda Ware, emerita professor of English at UWMC and a local arts activist. Featured presenters include: Maryo Ewell, activist on the Colorado Council on the Arts; Erik Takeshita, senior program officer, Minneapolis/St Paul office of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation. Maryo Gard Ewell, daughter of Wisconsin arts legend Robert Gard and author of a 50- year retrospective monograph published by the Americans for the Arts, will speak on community development and the arts. She will reference a study conducted by the Wisconsin Arts Board of five Wisconsin towns that participated in a National Endowment for the Arts Access Grant created to support the efforts of local arts agencies. The “Fifty Tips” generated in this study, suggested by artists, arts administrators, and the project directors, all indicate that arts developers must articulate a thrilling vision of how the arts, using locally-ready resources, can address fundamental questions and further the cause of democracy to build communities of creative abundance. This event is part of the “Building Community” series sponsored by the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service (WIPPS), located on the UWMC campus. For further information, contact Jean Greenwood, Program Associate for the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service, (715) 261-6234, jean.greenwood@uwc.edu or Linda Ware, Panel Moderator and Emerita Professor of English, UWMC linda.ware@uwc.edu
ARTS DAY 2010
Arts Wisconsin
March 3
SUPPORT ARTS AND ARTS EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE IN WISCONSIN
Monona Terrace and State Capitol, Madison
Pre-Arts Day workshops on Tuesday, March 2
Contact: Anne Katz, Arts Wisconsin 608 255 8316 or akatz@artswisconsin.org
Obama's budget proposals for arts institutions largely hold flat
Washington Post
“If Monday's White House budget proposal tells us anything, it's this: These are tough fiscal times for an arts-loving president. Should the Obama administration get its way, funding for the nation's major arts and cultural institutions will stay largely flat, although a few organizations -- including the Smithsonian Institution and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting -- will see increases over what the president requested last year.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/01/AR2010020103598.html
The Wisconsin Arts Board will offer four general Question and Answer sessions via conference call for grant applicants.
February 24
Two sessions will be held for Creative Communities program applicants:
1. Wednesday, February 24, 2010 from Noon until 12:45 pm
2. Wednesday, February 24, 2010 from 6:00 until 6:45 pm
Participation on these Q&A conference calls is NOT required, but is offered for those who would find them helpful. We anticipate that the sessions will last no longer than 45 minutes... less if the questions are few and quickly answered. To participate, please contact karen.goeschko@wisconsin.gov or 608-266-0190.
Artist Unemployment Rates Research Update for 2008 and 2009
National Endowment for the Arts, Grantmakers in the Arts
“The National Endowment for the Arts' Office of Research & Analysis has posted their most recent publication, Artist Unemployment Rates for 2008 and 2009, which updates NEA Research Note #97, Artists in a Year of Recession: Impact of Jobs in 2008.”
http://www.nea.gov/research/Notes/97-update.pdf
New public sculpture connects Wausau and Cairo, Egypt
Blog: PortalWisconsin.org
“With a little help from some local friends, an Egyptian man's vision to convey peace through public art recently became reality in Wausau. Moustafa Saleh, a former exchange student at Wausau's Northcentral Technical College, launched a community-wide campaign in 2008 to install a sculpture promoting peace.”
http://www.portalwisconsin.org/peacesculpture.cfm
The Wisconsin Arts Board’s Percent for Art program announces a commission opportunity for the new UW-La Crosse Academic Building.
Deadline: March 15
The selection committee is seeking artwork that may be sited in multiple locations throughout the interior and/or the exterior of the new facility; and they are interested in exploring artwork that could reveal itself and change over time along with more traditional approaches. The submission deadline for this project is March 15, 2010. Here is the link to the prospectus: http://artsboard.wisconsin.gov/static/percent/project_05I3O.htm
If you have trouble viewing this prospectus, please cut and paste the link into your browser first. If that is not successful, please contact our IT specialist, Dale Johnson at dale.johnson@wisconsin.gov for assistance. If you have questions about the content of the prospectus, please contact chris.manke@wisconsin.gov .
Americans for the Arts' Professional Development Fund for Emerging Arts Leaders of Color
Americans for the Arts
Deadline: March 1, 2010
“Americans for the Arts is pleased to announce applications for Americans for the Arts' Professional Development Fund for Emerging Arts Leaders of Color. A total of five Joyce Fellows from the Great Lakes region (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) will be selected to participate in this program in 2010. Fellows will receive stipends of $3,000 to support their attendance at the 2010 Americans for the Arts 50th Anniversary Summit/Annual Convention, 2010 National Arts Marketing Project Conference, and 2011 Arts Advocacy Day. In addition, fellows will have special opportunities to meet field leaders, connect with mentors, and receive individualized career coaching. Support for this program is provided by the Chicago-based Joyce Foundation.”
http://www.americansforthearts.org/networks/emerging_leaders/009.asp
The Association of American Cultures: Open Dialogue XII
The Association of American Cultures
Deadline: February 5, 2010
“The Association of American Cultures (TAAC) is accepting proposal submissions for its next symposium Open Dialogue XII: Building the 21st Century Agenda for Cultural Democracy,a symposium of local and national leaders discussing policies and programs which individuals, organizations, foundations, and policy makers are encouraged to strategize and organize around in order to further advance cultural democracy and cultural equity platforms AND programs in today’s new era of change.”
http://www.taac.com/
Nominations Invited for Best Companies Supporting the Arts in America
Business Committee for the Arts, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: February 26
“The Business Committee for the Arts is accepting nominations for the BCA Ten: Best Companies Supporting the Arts in America. Announced annually, the BCA Ten is a national list created to recognize businesses of all sizes for their exceptional involvement with the arts. …Award information and nomination forms are available at the BCA Web site.”
http://www.americansforthearts.org/information_services/arts_and_business_partnerships/bca/programs/bca_ten/default.asp
FY11 Creation and Presentation grant program eGRANT application is now open.
Wisconsin Arts Board
Deadline: February 22, 2010, 3 PM CST
Please go to http://artsboard.wisconsin.gov/static/cpp.htm to access the CPP program page on the Arts Board website. Note that the deadline is 3PM on the due date.
Molly Johnson Selected as Premier Exhibiting Artist in the MacArthur Conference Room – Department of Administration Building (In response to a request by Secretary Morgan for Wisconsin artists to exhibit their work)
Through June 30
“Molly Johnson of Denmark, Wisconsin, is a member of both Transparent Watercolor Society of America and the Oil Painters of America. Her formal education included intense study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. The work she has chosen to exhibit represents personal life moments. Whether it’s the people around her, her family, fresh picked Wisconsin produce, or the beauty of Wisconsin countryside and lakefronts, she has been moved to capture memories on canvas or paper. Molly can be contacted at
molly@mollyjohnsonstudio.com ”
IN THE NEWS
Visual Arts/Museums
CultureZohn Off the C(H)uff: Marge Belcher Champion, the Secret Weapon Behind Disney's Snow White
Huffington Report
“This month in the Vanity Fair Hollywood issue, I realized a long-held dream to tell the largely untold story of the all-female Ink and Paint department at the Walt Disney studio during the Golden Age -- the women behind the Mouse. My aunt, Rae Medby McSpadden, was a member of the department that traced the animators' drawings onto celluloid for filming and began her work on the Silly Symphonies when she came to the studio from Seattle in 1935. Even though Walt -- as he was known even to his staff -- had resisted doing a sequel to Three Little Pigs, Rae was assigned to painting kittens and Saint Bernards for the sequel to Three Orphan Kittens. That was until she -- and almost everyone else at the studio -- was pulled into the multi-handed but single-minded obsession that birthed the first animated feature, Snow White.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/patricia-zohn/culturezohn-off-the-chuff_b_449690.html
The Fatal X
New Yorker Magazine
“In this week’s column, I mention an alarming graph that shows a comprehensive downward trend in generational participation in classical music. Here is the graph, in all its scary glory. It comes from the League of Orchestras’ Audience Demographic Research Review, using data from the National Endowment for the Arts and a further analysis by the McKinsey company. You can see clearly how various generations experienced a bump in participation as they got older. The so-called Generation X, however, has yet to exhibit an upward spike as it moves into middle age. Every classical organization in America should print out this graph, pin it on the bulletin board, and ponder what is to be done. If the light-gray line doesn’t reverse direction in the next ten years, those organizations may begin to fold.”
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/alexross/2010/02/more-on-audiences.html#ixzz0eg2QBZIM
UPDATE: *The bet is done.* Art museum director Super Bowl trash talk: It's on.
Blog: Modern Art Notes – Tyler Green
UPDATE, Wednesday, 130pm EST: The bet is made and done. See below/bottom.
In response to the proposed Super Bowl bet between the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art about which I posted on Monday, NOMA director E. John Bullard has come roaring back in defense of his Saints. First, some background: On Monday, IMA director Max Anderson initially proposed wagering an IMA loan of an Ingrid Calame painting. That was a nice choice... but apparently Anderson wasn't too worried about having to pay off the bet: "We're already spackling the wall where the NOMA loan will hang," he tweeted.
http://www.artsjournal.com/man/2010/01/art_museum_director_super_bowl.html
Indy vs. New Orleans: Which city owns the pop culture crown? At first glance, it's a mismatch of epic proportions.
Chicago Tribune
“One, after all, is a cultural heavyweight, a place famous for its sinful food and its scrumptious music and its freewheeling spirit, for legendary jazz performers such as Jelly Roll Morton. The other is a stolid, serious and responsible locale famous for … well, Jared, the Subway guy. One stays up late. The other gets up early. One wears the nickname "The Big Easy." The other is dubbed "Naptown." But America loves an underdog. And Indianapolis is no slouch in the cultural realm.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/events/chi-100203-indy-versus-new-orleans-pictures,0,688978.photogallery
Commercials make news on Super Bowl
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Mammoths are extinct. And like them, the statistical melting pot delivered by the Super Bowl is an anomaly in an age when advertising appeals to various niches in a demographically splintered society. "If your objective is to sell more of something, it's not going to be (achieved) with a Super Bowl ad," said Jim Pokrywczynski, associate professor of advertising and public relations at Marquette University. So, just what is the Super Bowl's value as an advertising delivery system? You're looking at it.”
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/tvradio/83601752.html
What Is Printmaking Today? Philadelphia Dares to Ask
New York Times
PHILADELPHIA — “The fine art of printmaking is not what it used to be. To produce printed images using tools more sophisticated than potatoes and rubber stamps once required the esoteric knowledge of an alchemist and the manual skills of a surgeon. Today anyone with the right software and a good color printer can make infinitely reproducible images that are hard to distinguish from professionally made drawings, paintings, montages, commercial illustrations and other sorts of pictures. Which raises the question: What should a major, international exhibition devoted to contemporary printmaking entail?”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/arts/design/05philagrafika.html?ref=arts
Readers Respond to Giacometti Sale or “It’s My Money and I’ll Spend What I Want To”
New York Times
“What is the value of art? Yesterday’s record-breaking sale of “Walking Man I,” a bronze by Alberto Giacometti for $104.3 million with fees, has revived the age-old question and our readers had plenty to say about it. Most, like snesich from Seattle, were outraged that during a recession an individual would pay such a huge sum for a sculpture. “Am I the only one who finds it morally and ethically repugnant that an ‘unidentified telephone bidder’ has the disposable income to pay $92 million for a ‘work of art’ in a world where almost half of the human race lacks decent drinking water and sanitation?”
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/readers-respond-to-giacometti-sale/
Graffiti’s Story, From Vandalism to Art to Nostalgia
New York Times
“Eric Felisbret stood by a chain-link fence, watching three men spraying graffiti on a backyard wall in Upper Manhattan. One man smiled and invited him over. Graffiti in New York City “You can go around the corner and when you see a sign for a seamstress, go in the alley,” the man said. “Or you can jump the fence, like we did.” Mr. Felisbret, 46, chose the long way. Not that he is unused to fence-jumping. In the 1970s, that was one of his skills as a budding graffiti writer who stole into subway yards. Using the nom de graf DEAL, he was part of the Crazy Inside Artists, a legendary crew from East New York, Brooklyn. This time, though, instead of wielding a spray can, he pulled out a camera and took a quick snapshot of the artwork, done with the landlord’s permission.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/nyregion/05graffiti.html?th&emc=th
Arts Education
State starts process to withhold millions in MPS funds
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“Wisconsin's superintendent of public instruction took the first step Thursday toward withholding up to $175 million in federal funds from Milwaukee Public Schools because of the district's failure to meet yearly academic progress targets required under law. Superintendent Tony Evers notified the district that he would eliminate all administrative funds and defer all programmatic funds that MPS receives to serve low-income children through the Title 1 program. But in an interview, he said the notice wasn't final and that it indicated only his intent to withhold funds if the district's compliance with its corrective action plan didn't improve.”
http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/83580122.html
True-Color Dinosaur Revealed: First Full-Body Rendering
National Geographic
“For the first time, scientists have decoded the full-body color patterns of a dinosaur, a new study in the journal Science says. That may sound familiar, given last week's announcement of the first scientifically verified dinosaur color scheme. But the previous research, published in Nature, had found pigments only on a few isolated parts of dinosaurs (see pictures)—and had used less rigorous methods for assigning colors to the fossilized, filament-like "protofeathers" found on some dinosaur specimens, say authors of the new report. Both studies raise hopes that improved knowledge of dinosaur coloration could lead to insights into how some prehistoric animals behaved and why feathers evolved in the first place.”
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100127-dinosaurs-color-feathers-science/o/
Artist Screens Blue-Sky Documentaries for Potted Plants
Wired
“Conceptual artist Jonathon Keats begins screening films for potted plants Thursday in a specially built “cineplex” in New York City. Specifically, the flora will be seeing travel documentaries showing off glorious European skies. Will the green cinematic scheme backfire when the plants are too entertained to foresee their possible extinction? “Our destruction of the environment is bad news for plants,” the brain-teasing Keats, who also pens Wired’s Jargon Watch feature, said in an e-mail interview with Wired.com “I think it’s only fair that shrubs and trees know what’s happening, that they realize that the cataclysm they’re experiencing locally is truly global in scope.”
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/02/movies-for-plants/all/#ixzz0eg60n270
No Brakes! - Risk and the adolescent brain.
Slate
“It's often said that adolescents are fearless and see themselves as invulnerable, that they're irrational in how they reason and process information, that they act with no logical basis for their decisions and don't really understand risk. This is all a little true, but only to the extent that it's true of everybody. People of all ages are bad at assessing risk and making rational decisions. People of all ages underestimate likely dangers and overestimate unlikely ones. That's why Americans—who insist on their right to drive, use the phone, and eat at the same time—are more afraid of being killed by dastardly foreigners than by their neighbors or themselves. A series of recent studies has demonstrated that the level of irrationality among adolescents and adults is about the same, which means that we can no longer explain the risky behavior of teenagers by telling ourselves that adolescents suffer from some special inability to reason.”
http://www.slate.com/id/2243435/
Folk Arts/Folklife
Cabin fever? Duck into city's past
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“The temperature along the Gulf Coast right now sinks into the 40s or lower. The cost of an airline ticket to 90-degree Rio de Janeiro? Around $1,200. But maybe there is an escape vehicle that's not a car or a plane, but a time machine. And in Milwaukee, time traveling is easy. "Milwaukee is a great city for time travel," says John Gurda, historian and author of such books as "The Making of Milwaukee." "In many places, the physical landscape is just like my grandmother knew it. There's a lot left." So set the Wayback Machine for the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Here are some places in Our Town you can visit that still conjure the feel of past decades.”
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/83564592.html
Media Arts
Underage drinking is focus of new Taproot videos
A series of three films focusing on underage drinking — including binge drinking and drinking games — is being created by Linda Flanders of Taproot Inc., Bay City.
The Republican Eagle
“A series of three films focusing on underage drinking — including binge drinking and drinking games — is being created by Linda Flanders of Taproot Inc., Bay City. She received a $4,800 media arts grant from the Wisconsin State Arts Board to help finance a collaboration with Rusk County, Wis. That rural, north-central Wisconsin county is ranked among the top three in Wisconsin with a serious underage drinking problem and unemployment, Flanders said.”
http://www.republican-eagle.com/event/article/id/64423/type/article/
Behind Film’s Drama, a Tale Like a Country Song
New York Times
“FOR all of the on-screen drama that led “Crazy Heart” to three Academy Award nominations this week, an equally poignant tale is unfolding behind the scenes of the film in a battle over the estate of the songwriter Stephen Bruton, who co-produced the “Crazy Heart” soundtrack and tutored Jeff Bridges on guitar for his Oscar-nominated role as an aging country singer seeking love and redemption.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/movies/awardsseason/05crazy.html?ref=arts
For Hollywood, Stand-Ins Play California’s Part
New York Times
LOS ANGELES — “Shooting day for night is one thing. Shreveport for Santa Monica is quite another. In a new indignity for Hollywood’s struggling film production business, Los Angeles and its environs are about to be ravaged by aliens in “Battle: Los Angeles.” It stars Aaron Eckhart, is set for release by Sony Pictures in 2011 — and was shot in Louisiana.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/movies/05battle.html?ref=arts
Peering Into a Mind That’s ‘Different, but Not Less’
New York Times
“In her autobiography, “Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism,” Temple Grandin explains that she values “positive, measurable results more than emotion.” The HBO movie “Temple Grandin” honors its heroine’s priorities, stressing deeds over tearful setbacks and joyous breakthroughs.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/arts/television/05grandin.html?ref=arts
Performing Arts
Music
Regrettably, how performers are dressed does matter - Blog Opera Chic's comments on performers' concert clothing highlight the importance of appearance on stage.
Telegraph UK
“Taste and judgment: soprano Renee Fleming Photo: VICTOR FRAILE/REUTERS
Opera Chic, the sharpest blog in the business, has just been commissioned to write a regular column in the fashion magazine W. This week. gimlet-eyed OC names the best-dressed conductors - a very short list which includes Daniel Harding, Fabio Luisi and Esa-Pekka Salonen, whose wardrobe secrets OC seems to be privy to.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/7156981/Regrettably-how-performers-are-dressed-does-matter.html
Other
The Artful Manager: Weekly Summary
ArtsJournal.com
"Here are this week's posts to The Artful Manager, a weblog on the business of arts & culture written by Andrew Taylor, Director of the UW-Madison’s Bolz Center for Arts Administration and hosted by ArtsJournal.com."
http://www.artsjournal.com/artfulmanager/
Americans for the Arts Job Bank
Americans for the Arts
“Americans for the Arts Job Bank is the premier electronic recruitment resource for the industry. Here, employers and recruiters can access the most qualified talent pool with relevant work experience to fulfill staffing needs.”
http://jobbank.artsusa.org/
Arts Wisconsin’s ArtsJobs site:
Arts Wisconsin is your connection to jobs in the arts across Wisconsin and globally.
http://www.artswisconsin.org/ourservices/artsjobs.cfm
CURRENT EVENTS
For more arts and cultural events, please go to www.portalwisconsin.org. Have you entered your events on Portal? Do it today!
Visual Arts/Museums
Judith Reidy's New Work in Art Bar Exhibition
Judith Reidy Fine Art
February 5 Reception
Through March 18
“Friday, February, 5, 2010, Judith along with other artists from the Wisconsin Pastel Artist will be exhibiting their work in a show entitled "Falling for You" at the Milwaukee Riverwest hot spot known as the Art Bar. The exhibition which opens Friday, February 5, and continues until March 18, 2010 will feature established and emerging pastel artists from Wisconsin.”
http://judithreidy.com/blog
Terrence James Coffman’s New Series "Rusted Hearts (Out on the Mexican Border)
From My Email February 3
“The latest series of paintings from Terrence James Coffman. They are about lost love, a lost relationship and new beginnings. This new work is a challenge. The paintings are exciting, but because they contain recognized forms I have to fight to keep spontaneity. Writing appears in these paintings, words like forever, Rose, hearts and West are keys to the nature of these works.”
http://www.terrencecoffmanstudio.com/public/view_all.php
Arts Education
Poetry Out Loud State Finals to Take Place
March 13
Wisconsin Arts Board is pleased to announce that the Poetry Out Loud State Finals will take place in the Assembly Chambers of the State Capitol Building at 1:00 PM, Saturday, March 13. The public is invited to attend this competition. Jim Fleming of Wisconsin Public Radio will serve as Emcee. Marilyn Taylor, Poet Laureate of Wisconsin; Fabu Brisco Carter, Poet Laureate of Madison have graciously agreed to serve as Judges for this event. Nine state regional champions will be reciting three memorized poems each. The winner for the State of Wisconsin will receive a check for $200 for personal use, a check for $500 for their school library fund for poetry books, and free trip for them and a chaperone to the National Finals in Washington, DC, April 25-27 where over $50,000 in scholarships will be awarded. Questions may be directed to Jacki Martindale, state coordinator, contact at jmpmartindale@gmail.com. or 608-318-0551.
Community Arts
Miniatures: Artists sought for collective gallery
Door County Advocate
March 1 Deadline
A Sturgeon Bay photographer is seeking local artists who are ready to make a footprint in Door County by forming an art collective. Kelly Avenson is starting the Artist Boutique, whose mission is to combine the efforts of a serious group of artists who produce a variety of art forms and present their work to the public. All media and styles of art are accpetable, from painting and drawing to three-dimensional work, photography and graphic art. Current plans are to have a gallery on the West Side of Sturgeon Bay. Space is limited, so interested artists should submit a portfolio by March 1. For more information, call Avenson at 559-0504 or e-mail
kmavenson@yahoo.com .
Media Arts
Met Opera's 'Simon Boccanegra' Saturday at Marcus theater
La Crosse Tribune
February 6
“Placido Domingo stars in "Simon Boccanegra" in "The Met Live in HD" production Saturday at Marcus Theatres' Cinema in La Crosse.’
http://www.lacrossetribune.com/entertainment/article_e415c71e-111a-11df-a416-001cc4c002e0.html
Performing Arts
Dance
Single Tickets to Innovative Motion are available by phone only at 414-902-2103
Milwaukee Ballet
February 11 - 14
Discover the athleticism, strength and versatility of Milwaukee Ballet’s dancers up close in the intimate Pabst Theater for this performance of three abstract works. Salvatore Aiello’s Clowns and Others, set to Sergei Prokofiev’s humorous piano score, features vignettes of 10 clowns portraying human traits such as compassion, grief and wonder. Luc Vanier’s world premiere explores the continued collaboration between the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Milwaukee Ballet through his unique blend of movement and visual imagery. Tim O'Donnell, the choreographer for the award-winning The Games We Play at Genesis, Milwaukee Ballet’s 2009 international choreographic competition, returns to Milwaukee to create a new work.”
http://www.milwaukeeballet.org/performances/innovative-motion
Music
I Musici visits Friday
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
February 5
“The Canadian chamber orchestra I Musici de Montreal will perform Friday night at Wisconsin Lutheran College. Close The Canadian chamber orchestra I Musici de Montreal, named one of the best recently by Fanfare magazine, performs Friday night at Wisconsin Lutheran College.’
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/83486312.html
Theater
A Novel ‘Gatsby’: Stamina Required
New York Times
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — “What happens between a novel and a consenting reader is usually a deeply personal activity, occurring behind the closed doors of individual minds. It is arguably more intimate and subjective than sex. And if someone asked you, “Want to watch me read a book for the next six or seven hours?” you would probably — and wisely — decline.Yet this is the invitation being extended by Elevator Repair Service’s “Gatz,” at the American Repertory Theater here through Sunday. And to turn down the offer would be to miss one of the most exciting and improbable accomplishments in theater in recent years.’
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/theater/reviews/05notebook.html?ref=arts
Other
OPPORTUNITIES
Don't Panic! Learn the Business of Art
Cricket Toes
Workshop February 6
“Last week Wednesday, UWM's Lake Effect broadcast a stellar interview with Kate Kramer--Deputy Director of the Center for 21st Century Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, artist and art-is-a-business mantra leader. She's super smart, people, and a bit of a chuckle to boot, so I highly recommend you find yourself a comfy seat, turn down that distracting ADD, and give her your full attention.”
http://www.crickettoes.com/blog/2009/11/dont-panic-learn-the-business-of-art.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fcrickettoes%2Fblog+%28CricketToes%29
Become a Fan!
Wisconsin Arts Board is now on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/#/pages/Madison-WI/Wisconsin-Arts-Board/278784932845?ref=nf
Home Box Office and Directors Guild of America Invite Applications for Television Directing Fellowship
Philanthropy News Digest
March 10
“Home Box Office and the Directors Guild of America have announced the second annual rotation of the HBO/DGA Television Directing Fellowship Program. The program is designed to help increase diversity among directors in television and to assist in the professional development of new creative talent, particularly women and minorities. It is anticipated that up to three fellowships will be awarded for 2010.”
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=282800005
The Association of American Cultures: Open Dialogue XII
The Association of American Cultures
Deadline: February 5, 2010
“The Association of American Cultures (TAAC) is accepting proposal submissions for its next symposium Open Dialogue XII: Building the 21st Century Agenda for Cultural Democracy,a symposium of local and national leaders discussing policies and programs which individuals, organizations, foundations, and policy makers are encouraged to strategize and organize around in order to further advance cultural democracy and cultural equity platforms AND programs in today’s new era of change.”
http://www.taac.com/
Americans for the Arts' Professional Development Fund for Emerging Arts Leaders of Color
Americans for the Arts
Deadline: March 1, 2010
“Americans for the Arts is pleased to announce applications for Americans for the Arts' Professional Development Fund for Emerging Arts Leaders of Color. A total of five Joyce Fellows from the Great Lakes region (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) will be selected to participate in this program in 2010. Fellows will receive stipends of $3,000 to support their attendance at the 2010 Americans for the Arts 50th Anniversary Summit/Annual Convention, 2010 National Arts Marketing Project Conference, and 2011 Arts Advocacy Day. In addition, fellows will have special opportunities to meet field leaders, connect with mentors, and receive individualized career coaching. Support for this program is provided by the Chicago-based Joyce Foundation.”
http://www.americansforthearts.org/networks/emerging_leaders/009.asp
Princess Grace Foundation-USA Announces 2010 Princess Grace Awards Applications in Theater, Playwriting, Dance, Choreography, and Film
The Princess Grace Foundation-USA
Various Deadlines
“The Princess Grace Foundation-USA has announced the availability of applications for the 2010 Princess Grace Awards in theater, playwriting, dance performance, choreography, and film. Founded in 1982 in memory of Princess Grace (Kelly) of Monaco, the foundation identifies and assists emerging artists in theater, dance, and film and has awarded grants in excess of $7 million to nearly five hundred individuals nationwide.”
http://www.pgfusa.org/
VSA issues annual Call for Art: Youth and Adult artists with disabilities encouraged to submit artwork
VSA Arts if Wisconsin
Deadline February 3
“VSA arts of Wisconsin , an organization that celebrates the artistic achievements of children and adults with disabilities, is issuing its annual statewide Call for Art. Artists ages five and older with disabilities are encouraged to explore their creative abilities and submit their original works of art. The deadline for submission is February 3, 2010. For more information or for entry forms, please visit www.vsawis.org/callforart.htm, email crystal@vsawis.org, or call 608-241-2131.”
http://www.vsawis.org/callforart.htm
Don't Panic! Learn the Business of Art
Cricket Toes
Workshop February 6
“Last week Wednesday, WUWM's Lake Effect broadcast a stellar interview with Kate Kramer--Deputy Director of the Center for 21st Century Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, artist and art-is-a-business mantra leader. She's super smart, people, and a bit of a chuckle to boot, so I highly recommend you find yourself a comfy seat, turn down that distracting ADD, and give her your full attention.”
http://www.crickettoes.com/blog/2009/11/dont-panic-learn-the-business-of-art.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fcrickettoes%2Fblog+%28CricketToes%29
Nominations Invited for Best Companies Supporting the Arts in America
Business Committee for the Arts, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: February 26
“The Business Committee for the Arts is accepting nominations for the BCA Ten: Best Companies Supporting the Arts in America. Announced annually, the BCA Ten is a national list created to recognize businesses of all sizes for their exceptional involvement with the arts. …Award information and nomination forms are available at the BCA Web site.”
http://www.americansforthearts.org/information_services/arts_and_business_partnerships/bca/programs/bca_ten/default.asp
NEA Offers $250,000 Grants for U.S. Cities That Enhance Arts Share Business Bloomberg
Deadline: March 15
Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The National Endowment for the Arts said it will grant as much as $250,000 apiece for urban design projects that promote the arts. NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman told the U.S. Conference of Mayors today that the 15 new grants will aid the planning of arts districts and projects that enhance public buildings, libraries and pedestrian bridges -- among other public spaces. “We know and recognize cities by their special architecture and parks and sculpture gardens and neighborhood arts fairs,” he said, according to a text of his speech distributed by the NEA. Cities must apply by March 15 for the grants, which will start at $25,000.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aUh.KAaVssnE
So Your Band Wants to Play Summerfest - Here's how to apply
Deadline March 31
“Summerfest is one of the most coveted gigs for many local bands. Unfortunately, it can also be one of the most elusive, given the festival's preference for familiar faces over newcomers. The festival does accept applications, though. Each year Summerfest selects 60 bands to play through the Web site Sonicbids, where bands can post electronic press kits. Bands can apply through this page: www.sonicbids.com/summerfest . They have until March 31.”
http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/blog-4774-so-your-band-wants-to-play-summerfest.html
Joyce Foundation to Announce Call to Entry for the 2011 Joyce Awards
Joyce Foundation
Deadline: April 6, 2010 (Letter of Inquiry)
“Four grants of $50,000 each will be awarded in 2010 in the areas of dance, music, theater, and visual arts to organizations in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and St. Paul/Minneapolis. Groups must be well established, demonstrate strong organizational capacity, and have a track record of presenting programs of the highest artistic caliber. Additionally, organizations must demonstrate a commitment to serving diverse audiences through evidence of current programming, community-based education, outreach, and other activities.”
http://www.joycefdn.org/pdf/Joyce_Awards_CFE2011.pdf
Announcing the 2010 VSA arts Playwright Discovery Call for Scripts
VSA Arts
Deadline: April 15
The VSA arts Playwright Discovery Program invites middle and high school students to take a closer look at the world around them, examine how disability affects their lives and the lives of others, and express their views through the art of playwriting. Playwrights may write from their own experience or about an experience in the life of another person or fictional character. Scripts can be comedies, dramas, or even musicals—be creative! Young playwrights with and without disabilities are encouraged to submit a script. Entries may be the work of an individual student or a collaboration by a group or class of students. The winning play will be professionally produced or staged at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The winning playwright receives $2,000 and a trip to Washington, D.C., to see his or her play performed. All submissions must be received by April 15, 2010, for consideration. For application materials:
http://www.vsarts.org/x244.xml
Call for Prairie Artists
Tina Didreckson - Stevens County Historical Society & Museum
116 W 6th Street, Morris, MN 56267, 320-589-1719
Deadline: April 23
We have opened the Call for Artists for our 4th Annual Horizontal Grandeur.
Inspired by an essay of the same name by Minnesota poet Bill Holm (1943-2009), this fine art exhibition has grown each and every year. Last year we had 93 entries from 11 prairie states for the 50 exhibit spaces in our historic national award winning space. Because of the success, the call has opened up earlier this year. January 15th - April, 23rd, 2010 has been set as the open submission time. That will give our jury more time to judge the pieces and still allow the exhibit to be hung and the exhibit open by
July 9th, 2010. The Call for Artists calendar and terms, with an on-line submission form is located on our website www.stevenshistorymuseum.com. The Horizontal Grandeur page can be reached by clicking on the Horizontal Grandeur link in top tab section or directly at http://www.stevenshistorymuseum.com/grandeur/2010form.php to read more about it or submit images online. To print out a hardcopy of our call brochure, and mail in the entries with a check or money order, you can download a pdf file at this link:
http://www.stevenshistorymuseum.com/Forms/2010Grandeur-call.pdf If you have never read Bill Holm's essay, you can download a pdf file of it by visiting http://www.stevenshistorymuseum.com/grandeur/billgrandeur.pdf
Partners in Performance Accepting Applications
Partners in Performance
Deadline: June 15, 2010
“Partners in Performance is now accepting applications for the program cycle beginning in the 2011/2012 season. Application forms and full eligibility guidelines can be downloaded from www.pipmusic.org. In fifteen venues across America, Partners in Performance concerts have had striking results in the hosting communities. PiP's new Young Artists Program and recitals by violinist Midori have stimulated interest in chamber music, attracted new audiences and new donors and have helped the respective organizations expand their education and performance programs.”
http://www.pipmusic.org
The Art of Applied Design
DHM Digital Gallery
Deadline: July 15, 2010
“The DHM Digital Gallery invites designers working with clay, fiber, glass, plastic, metal and/or wood to participate in The Art of Applied Design, an international juried competition. Deadline: July 15, 2010. All submitted works must be functional objects commonly used within interior spaces, such as furnishings (hard or soft), utensils, fixtures, or containers. Objects that are purely decorative are not eligible. Evaluation will be based upon uniqueness and creativity, craftsmanship, and quality of the submitted digital image. The online exhibit (from Sept. 15 to Dec. 1, 2010) will include e-mail addresses of accepted artists to facilitate independent sales of work. For a prospectus and entry form, visit http://ches.okstate.edu/dhm/gallery.
Michigan is Doing it Again: ArtPrize 2010 Dates Announced
ArtPrize
September 22 – October 10, 2010
“It’s been a little over a month since ArtPrize 2009 ended and we’ve been up to our eyeballs in gathering and analyzing feedback. Although I have nothing to say yet about changes you may see in 2010, you can mark on your calendar when the event will happen.Venues and artists, look for registration to begin in Spring of 2010. Want important announcements emailed to you in the future? Sign up for Announcements in the upper right hand corner of this blog.”
http://blog.artprize.org/2009/11/19/artprize-2010-dates-announced/
IMPORTANT ARTS BOARD RELATED LINKS
http://artsboard.wisconsin.gov
http://portalwisconsin.org
http://www.creative.wisconsin.gov
http://filmwisconsin.net
MARK YOUR CALENDAR 2010
Wisconsin Arts Board Meetings
March 12: WAB Board Meeting, Milwaukee
May 14: WAB Board Meeting, Madison
September 10-11: WAB Board Meeting, Green Bay
December 10: WAB Board Meeting, Madison
Wisconsin Arts Board – Office Closed 2009
February 15: WAB office closed for State furlough
May 28: WAB office closed for State furlough
May 31: WAB office closed for State holiday
Grants Related Deadlines
April 12-13: Creation & Presentation Grants–Multidisciplinary panel meeting, Madison
April 15: Creation & Presentation Grants–Presenting panel meeting, Madison
April 16: Creative Communities Grant–Arts in Education panel meeting, Madison
April 19: Creative Communities Grant– Folk Arts panel meeting, Madison
April 23: Creative Communities Grant– Local Arts panel meeting, Madison
Meetings and Conferences
March 14 - 16, 2010: Governor's Conference on Tourism, Milwaukee
http://industry.travelwisconsin.com/en/Industry+Events.aspx
The less art kids get, the more it shows.
Are yours getting enough?
Art. Ask for More.
http://www.artsusa.org/public_awareness
A Service of the Wisconsin Arts Board
February 5, 2010
FOR THE BOARD
The Fatal X
New Yorker Magazine
“In this week’s column, I mention an alarming graph that shows a comprehensive downward trend in generational participation in classical music. Here is the graph, in all its scary glory. It comes from the League of Orchestras’ Audience Demographic Research Review, using data from the National Endowment for the Arts and a further analysis by the McKinsey company. You can see clearly how various generations experienced a bump in participation as they got older. The so-called Generation X, however, has yet to exhibit an upward spike as it moves into middle age. Every classical organization in America should print out this graph, pin it on the bulletin board, and ponder what is to be done. If the light-gray line doesn’t reverse direction in the next ten years, those organizations may begin to fold.”
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/alexross/2010/02/more-on-audiences.html#ixzz0eg2QBZIM
UPDATE: *The bet is done.* Art museum director Super Bowl trash talk: It's on.
Blog: Modern Art Notes – Tyler Green
UPDATE, Wednesday, 130pm EST: The bet is made and done. See below/bottom.
In response to the proposed Super Bowl bet between the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art about which I posted on Monday, NOMA director E. John Bullard has come roaring back in defense of his Saints. First, some background: On Monday, IMA director Max Anderson initially proposed wagering an IMA loan of an Ingrid Calame painting. That was a nice choice... but apparently Anderson wasn't too worried about having to pay off the bet: "We're already spackling the wall where the NOMA loan will hang," he tweeted.
http://www.artsjournal.com/man/2010/01/art_museum_director_super_bowl.html
Indy vs. New Orleans: Which city owns the pop culture crown? At first glance, it's a mismatch of epic proportions.
Chicago Tribune
“One, after all, is a cultural heavyweight, a place famous for its sinful food and its scrumptious music and its freewheeling spirit, for legendary jazz performers such as Jelly Roll Morton. The other is a stolid, serious and responsible locale famous for … well, Jared, the Subway guy. One stays up late. The other gets up early. One wears the nickname "The Big Easy." The other is dubbed "Naptown." But America loves an underdog. And Indianapolis is no slouch in the cultural realm.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/events/chi-100203-indy-versus-new-orleans-pictures,0,688978.photogallery
Commercials make news on Super Bowl
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Mammoths are extinct. And like them, the statistical melting pot delivered by the Super Bowl is an anomaly in an age when advertising appeals to various niches in a demographically splintered society. "If your objective is to sell more of something, it's not going to be (achieved) with a Super Bowl ad," said Jim Pokrywczynski, associate professor of advertising and public relations at Marquette University. So, just what is the Super Bowl's value as an advertising delivery system? You're looking at it.”
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/tvradio/83601752.html
What Is Printmaking Today? Philadelphia Dares to Ask
New York Times
PHILADELPHIA — “The fine art of printmaking is not what it used to be. To produce printed images using tools more sophisticated than potatoes and rubber stamps once required the esoteric knowledge of an alchemist and the manual skills of a surgeon. Today anyone with the right software and a good color printer can make infinitely reproducible images that are hard to distinguish from professionally made drawings, paintings, montages, commercial illustrations and other sorts of pictures. Which raises the question: What should a major, international exhibition devoted to contemporary printmaking entail?”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/arts/design/05philagrafika.html?ref=arts
Readers Respond to Giacometti Sale or “It’s My Money and I’ll Spend What I Want To”
New York Times
“What is the value of art? Yesterday’s record-breaking sale of “Walking Man I,” a bronze by Alberto Giacometti for $104.3 million with fees, has revived the age-old question and our readers had plenty to say about it. Most, like snesich from Seattle, were outraged that during a recession an individual would pay such a huge sum for a sculpture. “Am I the only one who finds it morally and ethically repugnant that an ‘unidentified telephone bidder’ has the disposable income to pay $92 million for a ‘work of art’ in a world where almost half of the human race lacks decent drinking water and sanitation?”
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/readers-respond-to-giacometti-sale/
Graffiti’s Story, From Vandalism to Art to Nostalgia
New York Times
“Eric Felisbret stood by a chain-link fence, watching three men spraying graffiti on a backyard wall in Upper Manhattan. One man smiled and invited him over. Graffiti in New York City “You can go around the corner and when you see a sign for a seamstress, go in the alley,” the man said. “Or you can jump the fence, like we did.” Mr. Felisbret, 46, chose the long way. Not that he is unused to fence-jumping. In the 1970s, that was one of his skills as a budding graffiti writer who stole into subway yards. Using the nom de graf DEAL, he was part of the Crazy Inside Artists, a legendary crew from East New York, Brooklyn. This time, though, instead of wielding a spray can, he pulled out a camera and took a quick snapshot of the artwork, done with the landlord’s permission.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/nyregion/05graffiti.html?th&emc=th
Underage drinking is focus of new Taproot videos - A series of three films focusing on underage drinking — including binge drinking and drinking games — is being created by Linda Flanders of Taproot Inc., Bay City.
The Republican Eagle
“A series of three films focusing on underage drinking — including binge drinking and drinking games — is being created by Linda Flanders of Taproot Inc., Bay City. She received a $4,800 media arts grant from the Wisconsin State Arts Board to help finance a collaboration with Rusk County, Wis. That rural, north-central Wisconsin county is ranked among the top three in Wisconsin with a serious underage drinking problem and unemployment, Flanders said.”
http://www.republican-eagle.com/event/article/id/64423/type/article/
Justice Dept. Criticizes Latest Google Book Deal
New York Times
“In another blow to Google’s plan to create a giant digital library and bookstore, the Justice Department on Thursday said that a class-action settlement between the company and groups representing authors and publishers had significant legal problems, even after recent revisions.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/technology/internet/05publish.html?th&emc=th
The Pastime of Victorian Cutups
New York Times
“Breakthroughs aren’t always all they’re cracked up to be. Collage, one of riverheads of modernism, is usually thought to have been introduced around 1912, when Braque and Picasso began gluing pieces of newsprint and wallpaper to their Cubist drawings. But what if it turns out that at least one form of collage was practiced decades earlier, not in Paris in the teens but in Victorian England in the 1860s and ’70s? And not by ambitious your-body-my-art macho geniuses but by women..”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/arts/design/05victorian.html?ref=arts
Regrettably, how performers are dressed does matter - Blog Opera Chic's comments on performers' concert clothing highlight the importance of appearance on stage.
Telegraph UK
“Taste and judgment: soprano Renee Fleming Photo: VICTOR FRAILE/REUTERS
Opera Chic, the sharpest blog in the business, has just been commissioned to write a regular column in the fashion magazine W. This week. gimlet-eyed OC names the best-dressed conductors - a very short list which includes Daniel Harding, Fabio Luisi and Esa-Pekka Salonen, whose wardrobe secrets OC seems to be privy to.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/7156981/Regrettably-how-performers-are-dressed-does-matter.html
A Novel ‘Gatsby’: Stamina Required
New York Times
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — “What happens between a novel and a consenting reader is usually a deeply personal activity, occurring behind the closed doors of individual minds. It is arguably more intimate and subjective than sex. And if someone asked you, “Want to watch me read a book for the next six or seven hours?” you would probably — and wisely — decline.Yet this is the invitation being extended by Elevator Repair Service’s “Gatz,” at the American Repertory Theater here through Sunday. And to turn down the offer would be to miss one of the most exciting and improbable accomplishments in theater in recent years.’
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/theater/reviews/05notebook.html?ref=arts
Graphic Books Best Sellers: A Newcomer Lands at No. 1
New York Times
“Our manga list tends to be filled with double-digit volume numbers, making it a little scary to jump on board and try a series for the first time. This is not the case for “Black Butler,” published by Yen Press, which lands at No. 1 this week.”
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/graphic-books-best-sellers-a-newcomer-lands-at-no-1/
Putting People to Work - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Plans Expansion
New York Times
“Bucking the downward trend that has plagued the boardrooms of most museums during the recession, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art announced Thursday that it has raised $250 million over the last several months, allowing it to double the size of its endowment and put $150 million toward an ambitious expansion.”
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/san-francisco-museum-of-modern-art-plans-expansion/
Philly violin shop closing signals death of an era
GM Today/Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – “Over the past century, some of the world's best violinists developed trust in William Moennig & Son, a storied shop they could go to for repairs, adjustments, new instruments and bows. String players returned to Moennig through the Great Depression, two world wars and an evolution in classical music as tastes changed. From Isaac Stern to Itzhak Perlman to Philadelphia Orchestra greats, they consulted four generations of Moennigs.’
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_VIOLIN_SHOP_SHUTTERED?SITE=WIWAF&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Yale, With $150 Million Deficit, Plans Staff and Research Cuts
New York Times
“Yale University announced on Wednesday that it planned a number of steps to close a remaining $150 million budget gap, including cutting staff, freezing salaries for deans and officers, reducing the number of graduate students — even turning down all thermostats to 68 degrees.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/education/04yale.html?ref=education
Sharp Drop Is Seen in Gifts to Colleges and Universities
New York Times
“Gifts to colleges and universities declined almost 12 percent in the 2009 fiscal year, to $27.85 billion, according to the Council for Aid to Education’s annual survey of voluntary support of education. It was the steepest decline in the survey’s 53-year history.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/education/03gift.html?ref=education
Johns' 'Flag' owned by Michael Crichton to be sold
Racine Journal Times
“Michael Crichton was the mega-selling thriller writer behind "Jurassic Park," "The Andromeda Strain" and TV series "ER." He was also a private and passionate art collector who bought works by 20th-century masters including Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns. Four pieces from Crichton's collection valued at 20 million pounds ($32 million) _ including an iconic Johns Stars and Stripes "Flag" painting that once hung in the writer's Beverly Hills bedroom _ went on display Friday before being auctioned by Christie's in New York in May. The centerpiece is "Flag" of 1960-1966, one of a series of images of the U.S. standard by Johns that transformed the art world _ challenging the supremacy of abstract expressionism and paving the way for pop art's obsession with boldly colored found objects.’
http://www.journaltimes.com/entertainment/other/article_bd12c54b-cb2f-5de1-8af0-20f7d2432b65.html
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.” Leonard Cohen
“Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.” Kahlil Gibran
“Poetry is what gets lost in translation.”Robert Frost
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Slate imagines the Super Bowl as if it were directed by auteurs Godard, Tarantino and Herzog, among others.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid271557392?bctid=64790979001
FROM THE WISCONSIN ARTS BOARD
New: Poetry Out Loud State Finals to Take Place
March 13
Wisconsin Arts Board is pleased to announce that the Poetry Out Loud State Finals will take place in the Assembly Chambers of the State Capitol Building at 1:00 PM, Saturday, March 13. The public is invited to attend this competition. Jim Fleming of Wisconsin Public Radio will serve as Emcee. Marilyn Taylor, Poet Laureate of Wisconsin; Fabu Brisco Carter, Poet Laureate of Madison have graciously agreed to serve as Judges for this event. Nine state regional champions will be reciting three memorized poems each. The winner for the State of Wisconsin will receive a check for $200 for personal use, a check for $500 for their school library fund for poetry books, and free trip for them and a chaperone to the National Finals in Washington, DC, April 25-27 where over $50,000 in scholarships will be awarded. Questions may be directed to Jacki Martindale, state coordinator, contact at jmpmartindale@gmail.com. or 608-318-0551.
“Community Development and the Arts”
University of Wisconsin Marathon Campus
February 11
“Community Development and the Arts” is topic of panel discussion at UWMC
In 2008, local arts agencies across the nation administered $858 million in funds for arts programming and organizational support, indicating that not only is the visionary power of the arts of vital importance to human society, but also the economic engine, in terms of building community. How a group of people can envision, articulate and create not just an arts community, but a human community, where all people can live together and prosper through the power of the arts is the topic of a panel discussion to be held at the University of Wisconsin-Marathon County. “Community Development and the Arts” will be discussed on Thursday, February 11, 2010 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the UWMC Theatre. Panelists will address the issues and then take questions from the audience. The program is free and open to the public. Moderator will be Linda Ware, emerita professor of English at UWMC and a local arts activist. Featured presenters include: Maryo Ewell, activist on the Colorado Council on the Arts; Erik Takeshita, senior program officer, Minneapolis/St Paul office of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation. Maryo Gard Ewell, daughter of Wisconsin arts legend Robert Gard and author of a 50- year retrospective monograph published by the Americans for the Arts, will speak on community development and the arts. She will reference a study conducted by the Wisconsin Arts Board of five Wisconsin towns that participated in a National Endowment for the Arts Access Grant created to support the efforts of local arts agencies. The “Fifty Tips” generated in this study, suggested by artists, arts administrators, and the project directors, all indicate that arts developers must articulate a thrilling vision of how the arts, using locally-ready resources, can address fundamental questions and further the cause of democracy to build communities of creative abundance. This event is part of the “Building Community” series sponsored by the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service (WIPPS), located on the UWMC campus. For further information, contact Jean Greenwood, Program Associate for the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service, (715) 261-6234, jean.greenwood@uwc.edu or Linda Ware, Panel Moderator and Emerita Professor of English, UWMC linda.ware@uwc.edu
ARTS DAY 2010
Arts Wisconsin
March 3
SUPPORT ARTS AND ARTS EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE IN WISCONSIN
Monona Terrace and State Capitol, Madison
Pre-Arts Day workshops on Tuesday, March 2
Contact: Anne Katz, Arts Wisconsin 608 255 8316 or akatz@artswisconsin.org
Obama's budget proposals for arts institutions largely hold flat
Washington Post
“If Monday's White House budget proposal tells us anything, it's this: These are tough fiscal times for an arts-loving president. Should the Obama administration get its way, funding for the nation's major arts and cultural institutions will stay largely flat, although a few organizations -- including the Smithsonian Institution and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting -- will see increases over what the president requested last year.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/01/AR2010020103598.html
The Wisconsin Arts Board will offer four general Question and Answer sessions via conference call for grant applicants.
February 24
Two sessions will be held for Creative Communities program applicants:
1. Wednesday, February 24, 2010 from Noon until 12:45 pm
2. Wednesday, February 24, 2010 from 6:00 until 6:45 pm
Participation on these Q&A conference calls is NOT required, but is offered for those who would find them helpful. We anticipate that the sessions will last no longer than 45 minutes... less if the questions are few and quickly answered. To participate, please contact karen.goeschko@wisconsin.gov or 608-266-0190.
Artist Unemployment Rates Research Update for 2008 and 2009
National Endowment for the Arts, Grantmakers in the Arts
“The National Endowment for the Arts' Office of Research & Analysis has posted their most recent publication, Artist Unemployment Rates for 2008 and 2009, which updates NEA Research Note #97, Artists in a Year of Recession: Impact of Jobs in 2008.”
http://www.nea.gov/research/Notes/97-update.pdf
New public sculpture connects Wausau and Cairo, Egypt
Blog: PortalWisconsin.org
“With a little help from some local friends, an Egyptian man's vision to convey peace through public art recently became reality in Wausau. Moustafa Saleh, a former exchange student at Wausau's Northcentral Technical College, launched a community-wide campaign in 2008 to install a sculpture promoting peace.”
http://www.portalwisconsin.org/peacesculpture.cfm
The Wisconsin Arts Board’s Percent for Art program announces a commission opportunity for the new UW-La Crosse Academic Building.
Deadline: March 15
The selection committee is seeking artwork that may be sited in multiple locations throughout the interior and/or the exterior of the new facility; and they are interested in exploring artwork that could reveal itself and change over time along with more traditional approaches. The submission deadline for this project is March 15, 2010. Here is the link to the prospectus: http://artsboard.wisconsin.gov/static/percent/project_05I3O.htm
If you have trouble viewing this prospectus, please cut and paste the link into your browser first. If that is not successful, please contact our IT specialist, Dale Johnson at dale.johnson@wisconsin.gov for assistance. If you have questions about the content of the prospectus, please contact chris.manke@wisconsin.gov .
Americans for the Arts' Professional Development Fund for Emerging Arts Leaders of Color
Americans for the Arts
Deadline: March 1, 2010
“Americans for the Arts is pleased to announce applications for Americans for the Arts' Professional Development Fund for Emerging Arts Leaders of Color. A total of five Joyce Fellows from the Great Lakes region (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) will be selected to participate in this program in 2010. Fellows will receive stipends of $3,000 to support their attendance at the 2010 Americans for the Arts 50th Anniversary Summit/Annual Convention, 2010 National Arts Marketing Project Conference, and 2011 Arts Advocacy Day. In addition, fellows will have special opportunities to meet field leaders, connect with mentors, and receive individualized career coaching. Support for this program is provided by the Chicago-based Joyce Foundation.”
http://www.americansforthearts.org/networks/emerging_leaders/009.asp
The Association of American Cultures: Open Dialogue XII
The Association of American Cultures
Deadline: February 5, 2010
“The Association of American Cultures (TAAC) is accepting proposal submissions for its next symposium Open Dialogue XII: Building the 21st Century Agenda for Cultural Democracy,a symposium of local and national leaders discussing policies and programs which individuals, organizations, foundations, and policy makers are encouraged to strategize and organize around in order to further advance cultural democracy and cultural equity platforms AND programs in today’s new era of change.”
http://www.taac.com/
Nominations Invited for Best Companies Supporting the Arts in America
Business Committee for the Arts, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: February 26
“The Business Committee for the Arts is accepting nominations for the BCA Ten: Best Companies Supporting the Arts in America. Announced annually, the BCA Ten is a national list created to recognize businesses of all sizes for their exceptional involvement with the arts. …Award information and nomination forms are available at the BCA Web site.”
http://www.americansforthearts.org/information_services/arts_and_business_partnerships/bca/programs/bca_ten/default.asp
FY11 Creation and Presentation grant program eGRANT application is now open.
Wisconsin Arts Board
Deadline: February 22, 2010, 3 PM CST
Please go to http://artsboard.wisconsin.gov/static/cpp.htm to access the CPP program page on the Arts Board website. Note that the deadline is 3PM on the due date.
Molly Johnson Selected as Premier Exhibiting Artist in the MacArthur Conference Room – Department of Administration Building (In response to a request by Secretary Morgan for Wisconsin artists to exhibit their work)
Through June 30
“Molly Johnson of Denmark, Wisconsin, is a member of both Transparent Watercolor Society of America and the Oil Painters of America. Her formal education included intense study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. The work she has chosen to exhibit represents personal life moments. Whether it’s the people around her, her family, fresh picked Wisconsin produce, or the beauty of Wisconsin countryside and lakefronts, she has been moved to capture memories on canvas or paper. Molly can be contacted at
molly@mollyjohnsonstudio.com ”
IN THE NEWS
Visual Arts/Museums
CultureZohn Off the C(H)uff: Marge Belcher Champion, the Secret Weapon Behind Disney's Snow White
Huffington Report
“This month in the Vanity Fair Hollywood issue, I realized a long-held dream to tell the largely untold story of the all-female Ink and Paint department at the Walt Disney studio during the Golden Age -- the women behind the Mouse. My aunt, Rae Medby McSpadden, was a member of the department that traced the animators' drawings onto celluloid for filming and began her work on the Silly Symphonies when she came to the studio from Seattle in 1935. Even though Walt -- as he was known even to his staff -- had resisted doing a sequel to Three Little Pigs, Rae was assigned to painting kittens and Saint Bernards for the sequel to Three Orphan Kittens. That was until she -- and almost everyone else at the studio -- was pulled into the multi-handed but single-minded obsession that birthed the first animated feature, Snow White.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/patricia-zohn/culturezohn-off-the-chuff_b_449690.html
The Fatal X
New Yorker Magazine
“In this week’s column, I mention an alarming graph that shows a comprehensive downward trend in generational participation in classical music. Here is the graph, in all its scary glory. It comes from the League of Orchestras’ Audience Demographic Research Review, using data from the National Endowment for the Arts and a further analysis by the McKinsey company. You can see clearly how various generations experienced a bump in participation as they got older. The so-called Generation X, however, has yet to exhibit an upward spike as it moves into middle age. Every classical organization in America should print out this graph, pin it on the bulletin board, and ponder what is to be done. If the light-gray line doesn’t reverse direction in the next ten years, those organizations may begin to fold.”
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/alexross/2010/02/more-on-audiences.html#ixzz0eg2QBZIM
UPDATE: *The bet is done.* Art museum director Super Bowl trash talk: It's on.
Blog: Modern Art Notes – Tyler Green
UPDATE, Wednesday, 130pm EST: The bet is made and done. See below/bottom.
In response to the proposed Super Bowl bet between the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art about which I posted on Monday, NOMA director E. John Bullard has come roaring back in defense of his Saints. First, some background: On Monday, IMA director Max Anderson initially proposed wagering an IMA loan of an Ingrid Calame painting. That was a nice choice... but apparently Anderson wasn't too worried about having to pay off the bet: "We're already spackling the wall where the NOMA loan will hang," he tweeted.
http://www.artsjournal.com/man/2010/01/art_museum_director_super_bowl.html
Indy vs. New Orleans: Which city owns the pop culture crown? At first glance, it's a mismatch of epic proportions.
Chicago Tribune
“One, after all, is a cultural heavyweight, a place famous for its sinful food and its scrumptious music and its freewheeling spirit, for legendary jazz performers such as Jelly Roll Morton. The other is a stolid, serious and responsible locale famous for … well, Jared, the Subway guy. One stays up late. The other gets up early. One wears the nickname "The Big Easy." The other is dubbed "Naptown." But America loves an underdog. And Indianapolis is no slouch in the cultural realm.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/events/chi-100203-indy-versus-new-orleans-pictures,0,688978.photogallery
Commercials make news on Super Bowl
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Mammoths are extinct. And like them, the statistical melting pot delivered by the Super Bowl is an anomaly in an age when advertising appeals to various niches in a demographically splintered society. "If your objective is to sell more of something, it's not going to be (achieved) with a Super Bowl ad," said Jim Pokrywczynski, associate professor of advertising and public relations at Marquette University. So, just what is the Super Bowl's value as an advertising delivery system? You're looking at it.”
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/tvradio/83601752.html
What Is Printmaking Today? Philadelphia Dares to Ask
New York Times
PHILADELPHIA — “The fine art of printmaking is not what it used to be. To produce printed images using tools more sophisticated than potatoes and rubber stamps once required the esoteric knowledge of an alchemist and the manual skills of a surgeon. Today anyone with the right software and a good color printer can make infinitely reproducible images that are hard to distinguish from professionally made drawings, paintings, montages, commercial illustrations and other sorts of pictures. Which raises the question: What should a major, international exhibition devoted to contemporary printmaking entail?”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/arts/design/05philagrafika.html?ref=arts
Readers Respond to Giacometti Sale or “It’s My Money and I’ll Spend What I Want To”
New York Times
“What is the value of art? Yesterday’s record-breaking sale of “Walking Man I,” a bronze by Alberto Giacometti for $104.3 million with fees, has revived the age-old question and our readers had plenty to say about it. Most, like snesich from Seattle, were outraged that during a recession an individual would pay such a huge sum for a sculpture. “Am I the only one who finds it morally and ethically repugnant that an ‘unidentified telephone bidder’ has the disposable income to pay $92 million for a ‘work of art’ in a world where almost half of the human race lacks decent drinking water and sanitation?”
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/readers-respond-to-giacometti-sale/
Graffiti’s Story, From Vandalism to Art to Nostalgia
New York Times
“Eric Felisbret stood by a chain-link fence, watching three men spraying graffiti on a backyard wall in Upper Manhattan. One man smiled and invited him over. Graffiti in New York City “You can go around the corner and when you see a sign for a seamstress, go in the alley,” the man said. “Or you can jump the fence, like we did.” Mr. Felisbret, 46, chose the long way. Not that he is unused to fence-jumping. In the 1970s, that was one of his skills as a budding graffiti writer who stole into subway yards. Using the nom de graf DEAL, he was part of the Crazy Inside Artists, a legendary crew from East New York, Brooklyn. This time, though, instead of wielding a spray can, he pulled out a camera and took a quick snapshot of the artwork, done with the landlord’s permission.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/nyregion/05graffiti.html?th&emc=th
Arts Education
State starts process to withhold millions in MPS funds
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“Wisconsin's superintendent of public instruction took the first step Thursday toward withholding up to $175 million in federal funds from Milwaukee Public Schools because of the district's failure to meet yearly academic progress targets required under law. Superintendent Tony Evers notified the district that he would eliminate all administrative funds and defer all programmatic funds that MPS receives to serve low-income children through the Title 1 program. But in an interview, he said the notice wasn't final and that it indicated only his intent to withhold funds if the district's compliance with its corrective action plan didn't improve.”
http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/83580122.html
True-Color Dinosaur Revealed: First Full-Body Rendering
National Geographic
“For the first time, scientists have decoded the full-body color patterns of a dinosaur, a new study in the journal Science says. That may sound familiar, given last week's announcement of the first scientifically verified dinosaur color scheme. But the previous research, published in Nature, had found pigments only on a few isolated parts of dinosaurs (see pictures)—and had used less rigorous methods for assigning colors to the fossilized, filament-like "protofeathers" found on some dinosaur specimens, say authors of the new report. Both studies raise hopes that improved knowledge of dinosaur coloration could lead to insights into how some prehistoric animals behaved and why feathers evolved in the first place.”
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100127-dinosaurs-color-feathers-science/o/
Artist Screens Blue-Sky Documentaries for Potted Plants
Wired
“Conceptual artist Jonathon Keats begins screening films for potted plants Thursday in a specially built “cineplex” in New York City. Specifically, the flora will be seeing travel documentaries showing off glorious European skies. Will the green cinematic scheme backfire when the plants are too entertained to foresee their possible extinction? “Our destruction of the environment is bad news for plants,” the brain-teasing Keats, who also pens Wired’s Jargon Watch feature, said in an e-mail interview with Wired.com “I think it’s only fair that shrubs and trees know what’s happening, that they realize that the cataclysm they’re experiencing locally is truly global in scope.”
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/02/movies-for-plants/all/#ixzz0eg60n270
No Brakes! - Risk and the adolescent brain.
Slate
“It's often said that adolescents are fearless and see themselves as invulnerable, that they're irrational in how they reason and process information, that they act with no logical basis for their decisions and don't really understand risk. This is all a little true, but only to the extent that it's true of everybody. People of all ages are bad at assessing risk and making rational decisions. People of all ages underestimate likely dangers and overestimate unlikely ones. That's why Americans—who insist on their right to drive, use the phone, and eat at the same time—are more afraid of being killed by dastardly foreigners than by their neighbors or themselves. A series of recent studies has demonstrated that the level of irrationality among adolescents and adults is about the same, which means that we can no longer explain the risky behavior of teenagers by telling ourselves that adolescents suffer from some special inability to reason.”
http://www.slate.com/id/2243435/
Folk Arts/Folklife
Cabin fever? Duck into city's past
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“The temperature along the Gulf Coast right now sinks into the 40s or lower. The cost of an airline ticket to 90-degree Rio de Janeiro? Around $1,200. But maybe there is an escape vehicle that's not a car or a plane, but a time machine. And in Milwaukee, time traveling is easy. "Milwaukee is a great city for time travel," says John Gurda, historian and author of such books as "The Making of Milwaukee." "In many places, the physical landscape is just like my grandmother knew it. There's a lot left." So set the Wayback Machine for the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Here are some places in Our Town you can visit that still conjure the feel of past decades.”
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/83564592.html
Media Arts
Underage drinking is focus of new Taproot videos
A series of three films focusing on underage drinking — including binge drinking and drinking games — is being created by Linda Flanders of Taproot Inc., Bay City.
The Republican Eagle
“A series of three films focusing on underage drinking — including binge drinking and drinking games — is being created by Linda Flanders of Taproot Inc., Bay City. She received a $4,800 media arts grant from the Wisconsin State Arts Board to help finance a collaboration with Rusk County, Wis. That rural, north-central Wisconsin county is ranked among the top three in Wisconsin with a serious underage drinking problem and unemployment, Flanders said.”
http://www.republican-eagle.com/event/article/id/64423/type/article/
Behind Film’s Drama, a Tale Like a Country Song
New York Times
“FOR all of the on-screen drama that led “Crazy Heart” to three Academy Award nominations this week, an equally poignant tale is unfolding behind the scenes of the film in a battle over the estate of the songwriter Stephen Bruton, who co-produced the “Crazy Heart” soundtrack and tutored Jeff Bridges on guitar for his Oscar-nominated role as an aging country singer seeking love and redemption.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/movies/awardsseason/05crazy.html?ref=arts
For Hollywood, Stand-Ins Play California’s Part
New York Times
LOS ANGELES — “Shooting day for night is one thing. Shreveport for Santa Monica is quite another. In a new indignity for Hollywood’s struggling film production business, Los Angeles and its environs are about to be ravaged by aliens in “Battle: Los Angeles.” It stars Aaron Eckhart, is set for release by Sony Pictures in 2011 — and was shot in Louisiana.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/movies/05battle.html?ref=arts
Peering Into a Mind That’s ‘Different, but Not Less’
New York Times
“In her autobiography, “Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism,” Temple Grandin explains that she values “positive, measurable results more than emotion.” The HBO movie “Temple Grandin” honors its heroine’s priorities, stressing deeds over tearful setbacks and joyous breakthroughs.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/arts/television/05grandin.html?ref=arts
Performing Arts
Music
Regrettably, how performers are dressed does matter - Blog Opera Chic's comments on performers' concert clothing highlight the importance of appearance on stage.
Telegraph UK
“Taste and judgment: soprano Renee Fleming Photo: VICTOR FRAILE/REUTERS
Opera Chic, the sharpest blog in the business, has just been commissioned to write a regular column in the fashion magazine W. This week. gimlet-eyed OC names the best-dressed conductors - a very short list which includes Daniel Harding, Fabio Luisi and Esa-Pekka Salonen, whose wardrobe secrets OC seems to be privy to.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/7156981/Regrettably-how-performers-are-dressed-does-matter.html
Other
The Artful Manager: Weekly Summary
ArtsJournal.com
"Here are this week's posts to The Artful Manager, a weblog on the business of arts & culture written by Andrew Taylor, Director of the UW-Madison’s Bolz Center for Arts Administration and hosted by ArtsJournal.com."
http://www.artsjournal.com/artfulmanager/
Americans for the Arts Job Bank
Americans for the Arts
“Americans for the Arts Job Bank is the premier electronic recruitment resource for the industry. Here, employers and recruiters can access the most qualified talent pool with relevant work experience to fulfill staffing needs.”
http://jobbank.artsusa.org/
Arts Wisconsin’s ArtsJobs site:
Arts Wisconsin is your connection to jobs in the arts across Wisconsin and globally.
http://www.artswisconsin.org/ourservices/artsjobs.cfm
CURRENT EVENTS
For more arts and cultural events, please go to www.portalwisconsin.org. Have you entered your events on Portal? Do it today!
Visual Arts/Museums
Judith Reidy's New Work in Art Bar Exhibition
Judith Reidy Fine Art
February 5 Reception
Through March 18
“Friday, February, 5, 2010, Judith along with other artists from the Wisconsin Pastel Artist will be exhibiting their work in a show entitled "Falling for You" at the Milwaukee Riverwest hot spot known as the Art Bar. The exhibition which opens Friday, February 5, and continues until March 18, 2010 will feature established and emerging pastel artists from Wisconsin.”
http://judithreidy.com/blog
Terrence James Coffman’s New Series "Rusted Hearts (Out on the Mexican Border)
From My Email February 3
“The latest series of paintings from Terrence James Coffman. They are about lost love, a lost relationship and new beginnings. This new work is a challenge. The paintings are exciting, but because they contain recognized forms I have to fight to keep spontaneity. Writing appears in these paintings, words like forever, Rose, hearts and West are keys to the nature of these works.”
http://www.terrencecoffmanstudio.com/public/view_all.php
Arts Education
Poetry Out Loud State Finals to Take Place
March 13
Wisconsin Arts Board is pleased to announce that the Poetry Out Loud State Finals will take place in the Assembly Chambers of the State Capitol Building at 1:00 PM, Saturday, March 13. The public is invited to attend this competition. Jim Fleming of Wisconsin Public Radio will serve as Emcee. Marilyn Taylor, Poet Laureate of Wisconsin; Fabu Brisco Carter, Poet Laureate of Madison have graciously agreed to serve as Judges for this event. Nine state regional champions will be reciting three memorized poems each. The winner for the State of Wisconsin will receive a check for $200 for personal use, a check for $500 for their school library fund for poetry books, and free trip for them and a chaperone to the National Finals in Washington, DC, April 25-27 where over $50,000 in scholarships will be awarded. Questions may be directed to Jacki Martindale, state coordinator, contact at jmpmartindale@gmail.com. or 608-318-0551.
Community Arts
Miniatures: Artists sought for collective gallery
Door County Advocate
March 1 Deadline
A Sturgeon Bay photographer is seeking local artists who are ready to make a footprint in Door County by forming an art collective. Kelly Avenson is starting the Artist Boutique, whose mission is to combine the efforts of a serious group of artists who produce a variety of art forms and present their work to the public. All media and styles of art are accpetable, from painting and drawing to three-dimensional work, photography and graphic art. Current plans are to have a gallery on the West Side of Sturgeon Bay. Space is limited, so interested artists should submit a portfolio by March 1. For more information, call Avenson at 559-0504 or e-mail
kmavenson@yahoo.com .
Media Arts
Met Opera's 'Simon Boccanegra' Saturday at Marcus theater
La Crosse Tribune
February 6
“Placido Domingo stars in "Simon Boccanegra" in "The Met Live in HD" production Saturday at Marcus Theatres' Cinema in La Crosse.’
http://www.lacrossetribune.com/entertainment/article_e415c71e-111a-11df-a416-001cc4c002e0.html
Performing Arts
Dance
Single Tickets to Innovative Motion are available by phone only at 414-902-2103
Milwaukee Ballet
February 11 - 14
Discover the athleticism, strength and versatility of Milwaukee Ballet’s dancers up close in the intimate Pabst Theater for this performance of three abstract works. Salvatore Aiello’s Clowns and Others, set to Sergei Prokofiev’s humorous piano score, features vignettes of 10 clowns portraying human traits such as compassion, grief and wonder. Luc Vanier’s world premiere explores the continued collaboration between the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Milwaukee Ballet through his unique blend of movement and visual imagery. Tim O'Donnell, the choreographer for the award-winning The Games We Play at Genesis, Milwaukee Ballet’s 2009 international choreographic competition, returns to Milwaukee to create a new work.”
http://www.milwaukeeballet.org/performances/innovative-motion
Music
I Musici visits Friday
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
February 5
“The Canadian chamber orchestra I Musici de Montreal will perform Friday night at Wisconsin Lutheran College. Close The Canadian chamber orchestra I Musici de Montreal, named one of the best recently by Fanfare magazine, performs Friday night at Wisconsin Lutheran College.’
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/83486312.html
Theater
A Novel ‘Gatsby’: Stamina Required
New York Times
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — “What happens between a novel and a consenting reader is usually a deeply personal activity, occurring behind the closed doors of individual minds. It is arguably more intimate and subjective than sex. And if someone asked you, “Want to watch me read a book for the next six or seven hours?” you would probably — and wisely — decline.Yet this is the invitation being extended by Elevator Repair Service’s “Gatz,” at the American Repertory Theater here through Sunday. And to turn down the offer would be to miss one of the most exciting and improbable accomplishments in theater in recent years.’
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/theater/reviews/05notebook.html?ref=arts
Other
OPPORTUNITIES
Don't Panic! Learn the Business of Art
Cricket Toes
Workshop February 6
“Last week Wednesday, UWM's Lake Effect broadcast a stellar interview with Kate Kramer--Deputy Director of the Center for 21st Century Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, artist and art-is-a-business mantra leader. She's super smart, people, and a bit of a chuckle to boot, so I highly recommend you find yourself a comfy seat, turn down that distracting ADD, and give her your full attention.”
http://www.crickettoes.com/blog/2009/11/dont-panic-learn-the-business-of-art.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fcrickettoes%2Fblog+%28CricketToes%29
Become a Fan!
Wisconsin Arts Board is now on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/#/pages/Madison-WI/Wisconsin-Arts-Board/278784932845?ref=nf
Home Box Office and Directors Guild of America Invite Applications for Television Directing Fellowship
Philanthropy News Digest
March 10
“Home Box Office and the Directors Guild of America have announced the second annual rotation of the HBO/DGA Television Directing Fellowship Program. The program is designed to help increase diversity among directors in television and to assist in the professional development of new creative talent, particularly women and minorities. It is anticipated that up to three fellowships will be awarded for 2010.”
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=282800005
The Association of American Cultures: Open Dialogue XII
The Association of American Cultures
Deadline: February 5, 2010
“The Association of American Cultures (TAAC) is accepting proposal submissions for its next symposium Open Dialogue XII: Building the 21st Century Agenda for Cultural Democracy,a symposium of local and national leaders discussing policies and programs which individuals, organizations, foundations, and policy makers are encouraged to strategize and organize around in order to further advance cultural democracy and cultural equity platforms AND programs in today’s new era of change.”
http://www.taac.com/
Americans for the Arts' Professional Development Fund for Emerging Arts Leaders of Color
Americans for the Arts
Deadline: March 1, 2010
“Americans for the Arts is pleased to announce applications for Americans for the Arts' Professional Development Fund for Emerging Arts Leaders of Color. A total of five Joyce Fellows from the Great Lakes region (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) will be selected to participate in this program in 2010. Fellows will receive stipends of $3,000 to support their attendance at the 2010 Americans for the Arts 50th Anniversary Summit/Annual Convention, 2010 National Arts Marketing Project Conference, and 2011 Arts Advocacy Day. In addition, fellows will have special opportunities to meet field leaders, connect with mentors, and receive individualized career coaching. Support for this program is provided by the Chicago-based Joyce Foundation.”
http://www.americansforthearts.org/networks/emerging_leaders/009.asp
Princess Grace Foundation-USA Announces 2010 Princess Grace Awards Applications in Theater, Playwriting, Dance, Choreography, and Film
The Princess Grace Foundation-USA
Various Deadlines
“The Princess Grace Foundation-USA has announced the availability of applications for the 2010 Princess Grace Awards in theater, playwriting, dance performance, choreography, and film. Founded in 1982 in memory of Princess Grace (Kelly) of Monaco, the foundation identifies and assists emerging artists in theater, dance, and film and has awarded grants in excess of $7 million to nearly five hundred individuals nationwide.”
http://www.pgfusa.org/
VSA issues annual Call for Art: Youth and Adult artists with disabilities encouraged to submit artwork
VSA Arts if Wisconsin
Deadline February 3
“VSA arts of Wisconsin , an organization that celebrates the artistic achievements of children and adults with disabilities, is issuing its annual statewide Call for Art. Artists ages five and older with disabilities are encouraged to explore their creative abilities and submit their original works of art. The deadline for submission is February 3, 2010. For more information or for entry forms, please visit www.vsawis.org/callforart.htm, email crystal@vsawis.org, or call 608-241-2131.”
http://www.vsawis.org/callforart.htm
Don't Panic! Learn the Business of Art
Cricket Toes
Workshop February 6
“Last week Wednesday, WUWM's Lake Effect broadcast a stellar interview with Kate Kramer--Deputy Director of the Center for 21st Century Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, artist and art-is-a-business mantra leader. She's super smart, people, and a bit of a chuckle to boot, so I highly recommend you find yourself a comfy seat, turn down that distracting ADD, and give her your full attention.”
http://www.crickettoes.com/blog/2009/11/dont-panic-learn-the-business-of-art.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fcrickettoes%2Fblog+%28CricketToes%29
Nominations Invited for Best Companies Supporting the Arts in America
Business Committee for the Arts, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: February 26
“The Business Committee for the Arts is accepting nominations for the BCA Ten: Best Companies Supporting the Arts in America. Announced annually, the BCA Ten is a national list created to recognize businesses of all sizes for their exceptional involvement with the arts. …Award information and nomination forms are available at the BCA Web site.”
http://www.americansforthearts.org/information_services/arts_and_business_partnerships/bca/programs/bca_ten/default.asp
NEA Offers $250,000 Grants for U.S. Cities That Enhance Arts Share Business Bloomberg
Deadline: March 15
Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The National Endowment for the Arts said it will grant as much as $250,000 apiece for urban design projects that promote the arts. NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman told the U.S. Conference of Mayors today that the 15 new grants will aid the planning of arts districts and projects that enhance public buildings, libraries and pedestrian bridges -- among other public spaces. “We know and recognize cities by their special architecture and parks and sculpture gardens and neighborhood arts fairs,” he said, according to a text of his speech distributed by the NEA. Cities must apply by March 15 for the grants, which will start at $25,000.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aUh.KAaVssnE
So Your Band Wants to Play Summerfest - Here's how to apply
Deadline March 31
“Summerfest is one of the most coveted gigs for many local bands. Unfortunately, it can also be one of the most elusive, given the festival's preference for familiar faces over newcomers. The festival does accept applications, though. Each year Summerfest selects 60 bands to play through the Web site Sonicbids, where bands can post electronic press kits. Bands can apply through this page: www.sonicbids.com/summerfest . They have until March 31.”
http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/blog-4774-so-your-band-wants-to-play-summerfest.html
Joyce Foundation to Announce Call to Entry for the 2011 Joyce Awards
Joyce Foundation
Deadline: April 6, 2010 (Letter of Inquiry)
“Four grants of $50,000 each will be awarded in 2010 in the areas of dance, music, theater, and visual arts to organizations in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and St. Paul/Minneapolis. Groups must be well established, demonstrate strong organizational capacity, and have a track record of presenting programs of the highest artistic caliber. Additionally, organizations must demonstrate a commitment to serving diverse audiences through evidence of current programming, community-based education, outreach, and other activities.”
http://www.joycefdn.org/pdf/Joyce_Awards_CFE2011.pdf
Announcing the 2010 VSA arts Playwright Discovery Call for Scripts
VSA Arts
Deadline: April 15
The VSA arts Playwright Discovery Program invites middle and high school students to take a closer look at the world around them, examine how disability affects their lives and the lives of others, and express their views through the art of playwriting. Playwrights may write from their own experience or about an experience in the life of another person or fictional character. Scripts can be comedies, dramas, or even musicals—be creative! Young playwrights with and without disabilities are encouraged to submit a script. Entries may be the work of an individual student or a collaboration by a group or class of students. The winning play will be professionally produced or staged at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The winning playwright receives $2,000 and a trip to Washington, D.C., to see his or her play performed. All submissions must be received by April 15, 2010, for consideration. For application materials:
http://www.vsarts.org/x244.xml
Call for Prairie Artists
Tina Didreckson - Stevens County Historical Society & Museum
116 W 6th Street, Morris, MN 56267, 320-589-1719
Deadline: April 23
We have opened the Call for Artists for our 4th Annual Horizontal Grandeur.
Inspired by an essay of the same name by Minnesota poet Bill Holm (1943-2009), this fine art exhibition has grown each and every year. Last year we had 93 entries from 11 prairie states for the 50 exhibit spaces in our historic national award winning space. Because of the success, the call has opened up earlier this year. January 15th - April, 23rd, 2010 has been set as the open submission time. That will give our jury more time to judge the pieces and still allow the exhibit to be hung and the exhibit open by
July 9th, 2010. The Call for Artists calendar and terms, with an on-line submission form is located on our website www.stevenshistorymuseum.com. The Horizontal Grandeur page can be reached by clicking on the Horizontal Grandeur link in top tab section or directly at http://www.stevenshistorymuseum.com/grandeur/2010form.php to read more about it or submit images online. To print out a hardcopy of our call brochure, and mail in the entries with a check or money order, you can download a pdf file at this link:
http://www.stevenshistorymuseum.com/Forms/2010Grandeur-call.pdf If you have never read Bill Holm's essay, you can download a pdf file of it by visiting http://www.stevenshistorymuseum.com/grandeur/billgrandeur.pdf
Partners in Performance Accepting Applications
Partners in Performance
Deadline: June 15, 2010
“Partners in Performance is now accepting applications for the program cycle beginning in the 2011/2012 season. Application forms and full eligibility guidelines can be downloaded from www.pipmusic.org. In fifteen venues across America, Partners in Performance concerts have had striking results in the hosting communities. PiP's new Young Artists Program and recitals by violinist Midori have stimulated interest in chamber music, attracted new audiences and new donors and have helped the respective organizations expand their education and performance programs.”
http://www.pipmusic.org
The Art of Applied Design
DHM Digital Gallery
Deadline: July 15, 2010
“The DHM Digital Gallery invites designers working with clay, fiber, glass, plastic, metal and/or wood to participate in The Art of Applied Design, an international juried competition. Deadline: July 15, 2010. All submitted works must be functional objects commonly used within interior spaces, such as furnishings (hard or soft), utensils, fixtures, or containers. Objects that are purely decorative are not eligible. Evaluation will be based upon uniqueness and creativity, craftsmanship, and quality of the submitted digital image. The online exhibit (from Sept. 15 to Dec. 1, 2010) will include e-mail addresses of accepted artists to facilitate independent sales of work. For a prospectus and entry form, visit http://ches.okstate.edu/dhm/gallery.
Michigan is Doing it Again: ArtPrize 2010 Dates Announced
ArtPrize
September 22 – October 10, 2010
“It’s been a little over a month since ArtPrize 2009 ended and we’ve been up to our eyeballs in gathering and analyzing feedback. Although I have nothing to say yet about changes you may see in 2010, you can mark on your calendar when the event will happen.Venues and artists, look for registration to begin in Spring of 2010. Want important announcements emailed to you in the future? Sign up for Announcements in the upper right hand corner of this blog.”
http://blog.artprize.org/2009/11/19/artprize-2010-dates-announced/
IMPORTANT ARTS BOARD RELATED LINKS
http://artsboard.wisconsin.gov
http://portalwisconsin.org
http://www.creative.wisconsin.gov
http://filmwisconsin.net
MARK YOUR CALENDAR 2010
Wisconsin Arts Board Meetings
March 12: WAB Board Meeting, Milwaukee
May 14: WAB Board Meeting, Madison
September 10-11: WAB Board Meeting, Green Bay
December 10: WAB Board Meeting, Madison
Wisconsin Arts Board – Office Closed 2009
February 15: WAB office closed for State furlough
May 28: WAB office closed for State furlough
May 31: WAB office closed for State holiday
Grants Related Deadlines
April 12-13: Creation & Presentation Grants–Multidisciplinary panel meeting, Madison
April 15: Creation & Presentation Grants–Presenting panel meeting, Madison
April 16: Creative Communities Grant–Arts in Education panel meeting, Madison
April 19: Creative Communities Grant– Folk Arts panel meeting, Madison
April 23: Creative Communities Grant– Local Arts panel meeting, Madison
Meetings and Conferences
March 14 - 16, 2010: Governor's Conference on Tourism, Milwaukee
http://industry.travelwisconsin.com/en/Industry+Events.aspx
The less art kids get, the more it shows.
Are yours getting enough?
Art. Ask for More.
http://www.artsusa.org/public_awareness
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