SAN ANTONIO
SAISD is working to protect its murals
San Antonio Express News (7/14/10)
Lindsay Kastner - Express-News
“About a month after destroying a community showpiece in the course of routine maintenance, San Antonio Independent School District is partnering with the city to prevent similar incidents.”
Symphony oboist goes to Puerto Rico
San Antonio Express News (7/06/10)
Jack Fishman
TEXAS
Richardson Symphony in a showdown with musicians' union
The Dallas Morning News (7/10/10)
Scott Cantrell
“The Richardson Symphony Orchestra is heading for a showdown. The orchestra's website announces five concerts for the 2010-11 season, but whether there will be musicians to play them is up in the air.”
NATIONAL
With budgets falling, L.A. schools call Hollywood
Associated Press (7/13/10)
Christina Hoag
“Districts can earn thousands of dollars if a campus is used for location filming.”
Seattle Center debate turns hipsters against oldsters
Seattle PI (7/08/10)
Vanessa Ho
“Would the city be better served by a glass art exhibit that draws the cruise-ship-type masses and their dollars, but be mostly off-limits to non-payers? Or would Seattle Center be better off with public space for watching DJs spin and hip hoppers, indie rockers and world musicians play -- for free?”
Commentary: New U.S. poet laureate a traditional choice
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (6/05/10)
Bob Hoover
INTERNATIONAL
China’s Offering New Culture Venue to Its Citizens
New York Times (7/09/10)
Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop
“Like many cities in China, Guangzhou has built a top-notch performing arts arena in the hopes of lifting its cultural credentials and offering new forms of live entertainment to the increasing numbers of middle-class and wealthy Chinese. Those stages now need content, and that has Western producers and promoters looking at the Chinese market, and at ways to build new audiences and expand their activities — and earnings.”
Despite Protests, BP Still Committed To The Arts
NPR (7/05/10)
Vicki Barker
“British oil company BP says it will continue to finance sponsorships of art institutions, including the Tate Britain and the British Museum. This despite the activities of protesters who have tried to call attention to BP's handling of the Gulf spill disaster by smearing the Tate's main hall with a feather-covered slick.”
Charles Saatchi donates 200 art works to the nation
The Guardian (7/01/10)
Mark Brown
“The millionaire art collector, Charles Saatchi, is to hand to the nation his Chelsea gallery and 200 works, including Tracey Emin's Bed”
Free-to-view art is an investment for growth
The Guardian (6/30/10)
Jonathan Jones
“The government may be thinking about charging for entry into our museums and galleries. It would be a big mistake.”