23 artists have been selected in an unusual program Rolex started in 2002 that pairs developing artists with masters over the course of a year. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/arts/10ment.html?ref=arts At about $100K/pop, looks like there’s money out there for artist cultivation. Interesting to consider the different thresholds required (“cost per artist” for instance) for federal verses corporate funding … [Read more…]
When a Syrian djembe player teaches a UConn economics professor to play, “the key is not to think.” A little bit like “Lost in Translation” but Scarlett J. is a djembe.—–
NEW ORLEANS — Mac Rebennack, the 67-year-old New Orleans pianist, guitarist and songwriter better known as Dr. John, carries the city’s lore in his fingers, his scratchy voice and his memory. He has lived in New York City and on Long Island since the 1980s, but when he revisits his birthplace it’s as if he … [Read more…]
In this impassioned and persuasive book, Bill Ivey, the former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, assesses the current state of the arts in America and finds cause for alarm. Even as he celebrates our ever-emerging culture and the way it enriches our lives here at home while spreading the dream of democracy … [Read more…]
Check the script below 1:58…Music Saves Lives. —–
New Orleans, LA: Highschoolers who couldn’t get a gig, rock a street corner instead. Photo by Andrew Ferrone for PeaceLabs.—–
The start of the “Congressional Musicians Caucus.” We’ll need their help to get MusicianCorps programs thru with National Service, Education, Health and Foreign Affairs (State Dept., etc) legislation: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10493.html Then, of course, there’s these guys: “How exactly the original lineup — Trent Lott, John Ashcroft, Jim Jeffords and Larry Craig — was formed remains shrouded … [Read more…]
“You get the feeling that…when you play something good, you’re proud.” http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=78a49cda2aa27c37b6ae522bb32b4c7c2ad0c3c3 http://www.nytimes-institute.com/?p=148 http://www.nytimes-institute.com/?p=207—–
Enough to make an alumnus proud…ckg, Wes ’91 MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Sen. Barack Obama asked Wesleyan University graduates Sunday to pursue a cause greater than themselves, saying, “There is nothing naïve about your impulse to change this world.” http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10608.html—–
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/14/health/webmd/main4095900.shtml—–