FEU fine arts posts
BuzzFeed After my husband died, my father died, and I lost my second pregnancy — all in the span of six weeks — everyone wanted to know how I was doing. And everyone heard the same thing: "I’m fine.” “I’m fine.” “I’m fine, fine, fine.”
105 months ago
The New York Times From The New York Times Opinion Section: President Donald J. Trump's attack on the arts is not about making America a drab and miserable place. It's about control.
Why Authoritarians Attack the Arts
nytimes.com
We need the arts because they make us full human beings. But we also need the arts as a protective factor against authoritarianism.
107 months ago
Fast Company The National Endowment for the Arts has funded projects related to affordable housing, job training, making sure children have access to playgrounds, historic preservation, resiliency, improving health care, designing better parks, and promoting soci Read more ... al justice—along with its mission of funding museums, fine arts, dance, and theater, of course.
If you care about any of these things, you should also care about the NEA.
Defunding The NEA Would Be Incredibly Stupid--Here's Why
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The National Endowment for the Arts funds local community building, educational programs, job training, housing, and more.
110 months ago
The New Yorker Alma Thomas was Howard University’s first graduate in fine arts and the first black woman to have a solo show at the Whitney. She did her best work in her last years, Peter Schjeldahl writes.
Alma Thomas’s Late Blooms
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Howard University’s first graduate in fine arts and the first black woman to have a solo show at the Whitney, Thomas did her best work in her last years.
116 months ago
Los Angeles Times Books Find, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine.
Diane Williams is at her unconventional best in 'Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine'
latimes.com
You don't read a story by Diane Williams so much as walk in on one. Sample opening line: "There had been the guest's lavatory visit — to summarize."
122 months ago
Los Angeles Times Entertainment Art Basel stabbing and other arts news.
Roundup: stabbing at Art Basel, Brown/Venturi receive AIA prize, Pantone's colors of the year
latimes.com
All the talk is about Art Basel — where an attack was at first confused with a work of performance art. Plus: the passing of pioneering performer Holly Woodlawn, financial drama at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, faking architectur Read more ... al photos in Chicago, and architect Denise…
124 months ago
Event Magazine If you're an arts lover and still undecided who to vote for, here Arts Council England breaks down what each party's manifesto means for the arts: bit.ly/1DUeOjW and bit.ly/1bANkJp
Summary of party manifestos: what they mean for arts, culture and creativity
artscouncil.org.uk
With polling three weeks away, we’ve summarised the main arts policies in party manifestos.
131 months ago
MASSCreative Arts advocacy on Capital Hill: Check Americans for the Arts' reflections on National Arts Advocacy Day in HuffPost Arts & Culture: http://huff.to/1zVkcmu
Advocating for the Arts? Tell a Story
huffingtonpost.com
As I reflect on the recent National Arts Advocacy Day and the several hundred visits to the offices of our Congressional representatives and senators that took place, I can think of hundreds of stories to tell....
131 months ago
Thelen Creative Celebrating 100 Years of the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
1915-2015
National Register of Historic Places
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1552467668365124
Thelen Creative
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. - The Palace of Fine Arts building in San Francisco, California was originally constructed for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915. It is the only structure remaining on the original exposition site. The Palace was Read more ... designed by Bernard Maybeck and was inspired by fictitious Greek and Roman ruins. It was completely rebuilt in 1964 using permanent materials becoming a Lasting Landmark. This segment is from HISTORY TREKKER : NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EDITION, a program featuring the people, places and events that helped shape our nation's history. www.thelencreative.com
133 months ago
WSJ Speakeasy In 1963, Fayez Sarofim made his first donation to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The amount: $75. This week, the museum announced the 86-year-old businessman had a new number in mind: $70 million.
Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts Reveals Expansion Plans
blogs.wsj.com
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, reveals certain details about its plans to expand.
135 months ago