Arts Research

May 31, 2008 by giarts-ts-admin

When assessing the results of the work of arts organizations, do we measure the right things? Can we measure whether the art itself is good? This continues a dialogue that began in GIA Reader, Vol. 17, No. 3.

Bruce Sievers, Skirball Foundation; Diane Ragsdale, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (co-presenters, moderators); Suzanne Callahan, Dance USA (interlocutor).

September 30, 2007 by giarts-ts-admin

What Makes a Great Exhibition?

August 31, 2007 by giarts-ts-admin

2006, 184 pages. Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative, University of Chicago Press, 1437 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, www.philexin.org

This collection of essays about the creation of effective exhibitions, commissioned and published by the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative, serves as a useful guide for anyone involved in creating public displays. The essays are focused on art exhibitions

Culture and Class

August 31, 2007 by giarts-ts-admin

As we were recruiting writers for this issue of the Reader, we learned that John Rockwell was retiring from his position as arts critic for The New York Times. It was all too tempting to ask Rockwell to reflect on the arts as he has chronicled them through his career. His response was to address the relationship between culture and classboth in history and in the presentraising questions about patronage and access, and the differences across classes in the kinds of art that are supported and accepted.

On Multiculturalism

August 31, 2007 by giarts-ts-admin

Jeff Chang is widely known for chronicling the story of the hip-hop generation through his book Can't Stop Won't Stop and the recent anthology Total Chaos. In this Taos Journey essay, Chang looks back at the legacy of the multiculturalism movement of the 1960s and '70s; at the last several GIA conferences, grantmakers have gathered to discuss their concerns about crises in important culturally specific organizations formed during that period.

When We Experience Freedom

August 31, 2007 by giarts-ts-admin

Changing media policy has affected and will continue to shape how art is made and distributed, whose voices are heard, and who has access to those voices. To take an angle on this multifaceted subject, we invited two articulate media experts into a conversation about their workwork that has profound implications for artists and for social justice activists. Jenny Toomey, executive director of the Future of Music Coalition, interviews Loris Taylor, executive director of Native Public Media.

Essential Services for Aging Artists

August 31, 2007 by giarts-ts-admin

2006, 124 pages. The H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Download pdf: www.heinz.cmu.edu

Performing Communities

August 31, 2007 by giarts-ts-admin

2006, 240 pages. New Village Press, P.O. Box 3049, Oakland, CA 94609, 510-420-1361, www.newvillagepress.net

Relations

August 31, 2007 by giarts-ts-admin

2006, 256 pages. The Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, 108 Cathedral Place, Santa Fe, NM 87501, 505-983-8900

The Search for New Approaches

July 31, 2007 by giarts-ts-admin

Re-imagining Orchestras: A forthright report on the mixed results of one foundation's efforts

Stan Hutton