Public arts funding update: February
FEDERAL On Thursday, President Obama announced his intention to nominate Jane Chu for the position of Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. Chu, the president and CEO of the Kauffman Center...
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FEDERAL Jane Chu is inching towards nomination as the next NEA Chair, as the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to approve her candidacy with “no controversy.” Over the...
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Labor disputes at the Metropolitan Opera resolved (and other August stories)
Metropolitan Opera House – Photo by Flickr user Zio Paolino, Creative Commons license Never fear, Wagner lovers: the largest opera company in the US will open its season on time. Faced with what it...
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The Sony Hack: More Than Just The Interview (and other December stories)
Sony’s The Interview hits theaters – photo by Travis Wise The massive cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, purportedly by North Korean hackers, captured the popular imagination in December....
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Interns Still Unpaid, For Now (And Other July Stories)
The Office – photo by flickr user Nick Chapman In 2013, unpaid interns everywhere won a major victory when Judge William H. Pauley III of the Federal District Court in Manhattan ruled that plaintiffs...
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The Top 10 Arts Policy Stories of 2015
“Untitled” by flickr user Jakob Montrasio Each year, Createquity offers a list of the top ten arts policy stories of the past twelve months. You can read the previous editions here: 2014, 2013, 2012,...
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AlphaGo Pulls Off the Impossible (And Other March Stories)
Men playing go – photo by flickr user J.A.G.A. Computers have a long history of beating humans at complex games. This month, Google clinched the crown jewel a decade earlier than anticipated, when its...
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The Game of Life (and Other September Stories)
My Console Collection by Flickr user Sarah It’s widely reported that able-bodied young men, without college degrees are underemployed and unemployed in record numbers. Despite this hardship, one recent...
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Is Net Neutrality in Danger Again? (and other February stories)
Demonstrators protest in front of the White House in support of Net Neutrality | Photo by Joseph Gruber via Creative Commons Just days past his confirmation, Ajit Pai, the Trump administration’s pick...
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Capsule Review: Taking Charge at Museums
“Museum” by flickr user World’s Direction Title: “Taking Charge – Evaluating the Evidence: The Impact of Charging or Not for Admissions on Museums” Author(s): DC Research Ltd. Publisher: DC Research...
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