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Cool jobs of the month: February
Here are a few opportunities you may not have known about: Research Manager, Center for Effective Philanthropy CEP is currently seeking an experienced and dynamic Research Manager to lead and support...
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Well, well…
Two weeks ago, I noted the increasing pressure on state arts agencies, and in the process took two national arts service organizations (the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies and Americans for...
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Public Arts Funding Update: May
Another month, and things haven’t let up much on the public arts funding front, especially for state arts councils. For last month’s update, try here. Andrew Taylor reports disturbing news for the...
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Kansas Arts Commission vetoed by Governor
Well, it’s happened. After initially eliminating the agency via executive order, only to be defied by the Kansas state legislature which restored $689,000 in appropriations, Governor Sam Brownback has...
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Cool jobs of the month
(Fractured Atlas is hiring again! Come work with me and the rest of the FA team!) Technology Programs Specialist, Fractured Atlas Fractured Atlas is seeking a Program Specialist, Technology Programs...
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Public arts funding update: March
It was a fairly quiet month, all told, and no news is good news after some of the horrible stories we’ve been treated to in previous years. It looks like we actually have a chance of seeing an increase...
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Mid-summer public arts funding update
Normally, this would be the time of year when things start to wind down on the arts advocacy front, but the peculiar dynamics of this year’s Congress promise to keep things interesting well into the...
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Join our team! Applications due November 7
Arts nerds, Last week, we launched the new Createquity.com to rave reviews, with an article introducing the new site to longtime readers, our definition of a healthy arts ecosystem, four months’ worth...
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The Turtles Shake Up the Digital Music Industry (and other October stories)
Flo & Eddie of the Turtles – by ShellyS, Creative Commons license In what could be a landmark case in the annals of digital music, a federal judge recently ruled that SiriusXM is liable for...
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Is the Cultural Sector Ready to Move Beyond Data for Data’s Sake?
A graphic from the Cultural Data Project report, “New Data Directions for the Cultural Landscape.” As any internet geek or high-priced consultant will be happy to tell you, we find ourselves today in...
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Detroit Institute of Arts Collection Rescued by “Grand Bargain” (and other...
The Detroit Institute of Arts’s Woodward entrance. (Image courtesy the Detroit Institute of Arts) After a two-year battle, a federal ruling to approve Detroit’s bankruptcy plan brought to an end the...
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The Top 10 Arts Policy Stories of 2014
The Diego Rivera Mural at the Detroit Institute of Arts – photo by Quick fix Each year, Createquity offers a list of the top ten arts policy stories of the past twelve months. You can read the previous...
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The Sony Hack: More Than Just The Interview (and other December stories)
Sony’s The Interview hits theaters – photo by Travis Wise The massive cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, purportedly by North Korean hackers, captured the popular imagination in December....
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One Size Fits All Does Not Fit “The Arts”
NEA Infographic: Why Do People Attend the Arts? If your events and exhibitions have seemed just a bit…emptier lately, you’re not alone. The National Endowment for the Arts’s Survey of Public...
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Est-ce Que Nous Sommes Tous Charlie? (and other January stories)
Marche Républicaine in Paris on January 11, 2015 – photo by flickr user Maya-Anaïs Yataghène On the morning of January 7, two masked gunmen – now known to be brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi – attacked...
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Update on Our Core Research Process (and How You Can Help)
Image by Nomadic Lass – Flickr Creative Commons license Since we launched the new Createquity at the end of October, the pace of new articles here has been a little…sporadic. In part that’s by design:...
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Landmark Victory for Proponents of Net Neutrality (and other February stories)
The Internet — photo by flickr user HD Zimmermann The protracted battle over net neutrality (covered by Createquity this last month, and in November, May, April, March, February, and January of last...
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A New Way to Think About Intrinsic vs. Instrumental Benefits of the Arts
For well over a decade now, advocates have fiercely contested whether the arts should be valued more for their ability to further non-arts goals, like public health or economic development, or for the...
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Introducing Createquity’s New Editorial Team Members
Last fall, after we announced an open call for new editorial team members alongside the relaunch of our website, we were overwhelmed by the largest and most enthusiastic response to any opportunity...
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Big Tech Wants a Piece of the Performing Arts Action (and other March stories)
Red — photo by flickr user André Hofmeister Income from streaming services eclipsed CD sales for the first time in 2014, and the fatcats have taken notice. This month, Apple, which spent $3 billion to...
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