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I spend a lot of time thinking and talking about sustainability in the arts. Why is the model for most arts projects, productions, organizations, broken? How can we fix it? Is anyone willing to do that work [...]
The Bamboo Whisper was founded in 2006 by three NYC-based artists who joined efforts with artists in the town of La Mesa, Colombia (1-1/2 hours by car from the capital city of Bogotá), to open, equip and maintain an art school for 52 underprivileged children and adults. With donated funds, they have provided working space, instructors’ salaries and all necessary art supplies to the art school, “Paloma Azul” (Blue Dove).
It’s official: Jordan Roth will succeed Rocco Landesman as President of Jujamcyn Theaters. Jordan is now one of the three most important producers on Broadway, joining Shubert’s Philip J. Smith and Nederlander’s James M. Nederlander. The difference is that those guys are 78 and 87 years old respectively; Jordan is 33.
Jordan’s just a few months [...]
San Francisco-based Dreamtime Circus is a troupe of self-described “fire fairies, clowns, musicians, and all types of other magical and fantastical creatures” who not only entertain, but aim to empower and uplift youth, enrich communities, and build cross-cultural relationships through arts education and performance art.
Founded in 2002, Flying Art provides opportunities for youth from around the world to share their culture through the exchange of their own artwork. Similar to the idea of pen-pals, Flying Art matches three schools from different countries per exchange to create and share artwork with one another, thereby inspiring an open exchange of ideas and cultural backgrounds.
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