GreatNonprofits and the Arts

Hello! For those of you who don’t know me, I’m the new Research Director at Fractured Atlas. I’ve been working for several weeks primarily on the Bay Area Cultural Asset Map, but I’m also here to follow trends in arts policy and research and help bring them to a wider audience. You may have seen [...]

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New Video Workshop: Wellness Programs in Dance Schools

Fractured Atlas is proud to announce the launch of its second Fractured U. video workshop: No Pain, No Gain? No Way!: Wellness Programs in Dance Schools.

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Welcome PlacerArts!

We would like to welcome our first new Open Arts Network partner of 2010 — PlacerArts in Placer County, California!

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“If the Audience Doesn’t Get It, I Haven’t Done my Job”: Beth Rodriguez Dance Projects

Beth Rodriguez’s choreography has been shown in NYC at Brooklyn Arts Exchange, chashama, Dixon Place, and Merce Cunningham Studio, among others. Now based in the Louisville area, Beth is living, moving (!) proof that vibrant modern dance exists not just on one coast or the other, but in communities all across the United States.

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Super Bowl Smackdown: What the Arts Could Stand to Learn from Sports

I don’t love sports, but I love sporting events. Few experiences rival the theatricality and pageantry of, say, a pro football game, from fanatical fans to enthralling entrances – all with constant emotional engagement. Wait a second – isn’t that what live performance is supposed to do?
The most popular sports go well beyond [...]

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An Election and Beyond: “Race to the White House”

With an African-American man as President of the United States, many Americans would say that the country has come a long way. But conversations about race should, and must, continue. So say Eric Paul Fournier and Anna Kauffman, who are putting the finishing touches on a documentary film that follows Barack Obama’s presidential campaign from its inception through Inauguration Day.

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On Vision, Ripples, Expression, and the Mysterious Other

Alarm bells are nothing new in arts circles. For as long as anyone can remember, arts practitioners have been fretting about the future. It’s understandable; after all, the arts have never been an especially profitable enterprise on the whole, and ever since the concept of the nonprofit arts institution resulted in the separation of our [...]

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Open Arts Network Partner Profile: Southern Arts Federation

With the aim of building a better South through the arts, Southern Arts Federation strengthens the communities it serves through connecting the arts to key state and national policies, advancing excellence in the arts, and nurturing a vibrant quality of life.

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Get Your Sh*t Together!

Fractured Atlas is proud to announce the launch of its latest Fractured U. online course: Getting Your Sh*t Together, developed by artist/arts administrator/educator/guru Karen Atkinson.

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New Residencies for NYC-based Composers

NYC-based composers in all genres of music are invited to apply for one of six residencies available through the Con Edison Musicians’ Residency: Composition Program. Deadline: February 26, 2010.

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