GIA Reader (2000-present)
GIA Reader (2000-present)
2010, 236 pages, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco
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2010, 220 pages, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco
Read More...I was twenty-three when I arrived in San Francisco, fresh from assistant-directing at the Royal Court in London and eager to start my theater career. I was brimming over with enthusiasm, and maybe just a little hubris. Shortly thereafter, I founded Crowded Fire Theater Company and was full of plans for it to quickly become the next major regional theater.
Read More...Activities that are good in themselves are good for the economy, and activities that are bad in themselves are bad for the economy. The only intelligible meaning of "benefit to the economy" is the contribution — direct or indirect — the activity makes to the welfare of ordinary citizens.
Read More...It's as if you're putting together a dinner party in a [manner in which] you hope will generate a rich conversation.
— Melissa Franklin, director of the Pew Fellowships in the Arts
Read More...— Melissa Franklin, director of the Pew Fellowships in the Arts
Culture is more powerful than politics and surprisingly capable of withstanding change wrought disproportionately by force of arms.
— Jim Leach, chair, National Endowment for the Humanities
Read More...— Jim Leach, chair, National Endowment for the Humanities
This essay is an updated version of an address presented at the Grantmakers in the Arts annual meeting, October 11, 2008.
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