Blogs from Around the Network

This page features links to recent entries in some of the blogs we pay attention to around the Web because they often have relevance to the material we publish on CAN. They are relayed electronically to the CAN site through rss feeds and the page updates four times a day. CAN has no control over their content.

Arlene Goldbard
culture, politics and spirituality

• Jobs and Snow Jobs, Mar 19, 2010
• Desire, Offering, Surrender, Mar 11, 2010
• Hunger to Learn, Mar 2, 2010

Art Threat
political art & cultural policy

• Friday Film Pick: Digital Nation, Mar 19, 2010
• 10 videos in 10 weeks fight racism at work, Mar 19, 2010
• Ethnic cleansing of the Serengeti documented in new film, Mar 18, 2010

The Artful Manager
Andrew Taylor on the business of arts & culture

• Attempting to change the game, Mar 12, 2010
• Is new technology a complement or supplement to real-world interaction?, Mar 11, 2010
• Generosity and curiosity, Mar 8, 2010

ARTSblog

• The FAQs of an Emerging Arts Leader, Mar 19, 2010
• ArtCast: Learn About Arts Advocacy Day and Share Your Favorite Memory from the Event, Mar 19, 2010
• Cultural Democracy Green Paper Discussion, Mar 18, 2010

The Arts Catalyst
art | science | society

• Two chairs for Innovation - the tale of a remake, Nov 25, 2009
• Arctic Perspective Initiative announces the winners of its open architecture competition, Oct 28, 2009
• Soundings and transitions, Oct 22, 2009

Arts and Ecology

• Furtherfield.org: The Zero Dollar Laptop, Mar 9, 2010
• On houses that fall into the sea, Feb 26, 2010
• Pothole gardens; opportunity from decay, Feb 22, 2010

ATA Blog
The Association of Teaching Artists (ATA) is a not for profit professional organization whose mission is to strengthen and serve Teaching Artists from all disciplines in New York State and beyond. Connect. Get jobs. Go Teach!

• More, Or Less, Mar 19, 2010
• Sunday, Go To Meeting, Mar 18, 2010
• Closing, Mar 17, 2010

Blog This Rock

• Split This Rock Poem-of-the-Week: Andrea Gibson, Mar 19, 2010
• Music is Still the Weapon, Mar 17, 2010
• What Festival Participants are Saying About Split This Rock 2010, Mar 16, 2010

The Center for Social Media
The Center for Social Media showcases and analyzes strategies to use media as creative tools for public knowledge and action. It focuses on social documentaries for civil society and democracy, and on the public media environment that supports them. The Center is part of the School of Communication at American University.

• Ellen Goodman’s report on the FCC’s Broadband Plan, Mar 19, 2010
• Fair Use at SXSW, Mar 18, 2010
• Got Popcorn? Film Distribution Insights at SXSW, Mar 18, 2010

Center for the Study of Art and Community
A Rotary Blog about community cultural development.

• Chapter 3: Seeing the Way Forward, Mar 16, 2010
• Chapter 2: Responding to “How do you see the future?”, Feb 22, 2010
• Chapter 1: How do you see the future?, Jan 17, 2010

Community Arts and Murals
This blog reports on participatory and community based visual arts projects. We will examine how projects transform the places we live, change and save lives, transcend differences, challenge stereotypes and build a more egalitarian and democratic society.

• The Wall Remixed, Mar 6, 2010
• Mural 38 for San Antonio Community Murals Program, Feb 25, 2010
• Maurice Grossman 1922 – 2010, Jan 23, 2010

Blog
Cornerstone Theater Company, telling our nation's stories.

• 2009 Institute in Eureka, CA, Jan 21, 2010
• 2008 Institute in Los Angeles, CA, Jan 21, 2010
• Teatro Jornalero Sin Fronteras in LA TIMES!, Jan 9, 2010

Createquity.
Art in a Creative Society

• My comment on Philanthropedia’s post on Bay Area arts organizations, Mar 16, 2010
• Around the horn: reconciliation edition, Mar 15, 2010
• Connecting New England’s Creative Communities, Mar 14, 2010

Creative Arts & Aging Network
Artful Aging ~ Making movements in the community to unite older adults & the arts.

• Facebook is Easy as 1-2-3! Take Notes!, Mar 19, 2010
• Judith Zausner on Seeking Solutions With Suzanne!, Mar 16, 2010
• What's Age Got To Do With It? - Part II, Mar 12, 2010

Creativity and Aging Blog

• NCCA News Brief, Mar 19, 2010
• NCCA Friday Artist Feature!, Feb 26, 2010
• News Brief, Feb 23, 2010

CREATIVITY MATTERS
Topics that address creativity in the landscape of our lives today and as we age.

• Creativity, Conformity and Aging, Mar 14, 2010
• An Interview with Artist Marie Ulmer, Feb 24, 2010
• The Value of Compassion and Kindness, Feb 17, 2010

Education and Community Programs
Just another Walker Blogs weblog

• Art Labs on Target Free Thursday Nights, Mar 15, 2010
• The Inquisition is POSTPONED, Mar 3, 2010
• Tour Guides in Abstract Resistance Are Ready for your Questions, Feb 26, 2010

Economic Turmoil and Change
a blog for Arts Funders about the economic crisis

• THIS BLOG HAS BEEN ARCHIVED, Jan 20, 2010
• HAITI EARTHQUAKE RELIEF, Jan 13, 2010
• TOP 10 U.S. ARTS POLICY STORIES FOR 2009, Jan 10, 2010

Independent Arts & Media
Strengthening the Culture of Democracy

• 2009 Milestones for Indy Arts, Jan 1, 2010
• 2009 Milestones for Indy Arts, Jan 1, 2010
• Donate to Indy Arts via PayPal!, Dec 11, 2009

The Groundswell Blog
Dedicated to critical cultural production at the intersection of art and activism.

• Out Now: Harmonic Dissidents Magazine – Issue #2, Mar 17, 2010
• Public Things: A group exhibition for Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva, Mar 15, 2010
• Haiti: What Now?, a sprout spaghetti dinner, Mar 15, 2010

IssueLab: Arts and Culture
IssueLab is an online publishing forum for nonprofit research. We carry 35 news feeds covering a variety of social issues and provide direct access to full research works. You are viewing our "Arts and Culture" news feed. Create a LabRat account at www.issuelab.org/accounts/create and access all of our feeds for free -- and tag, rate, and review research to boot! IssueLab - bringing nonprofit research into focus. Join us!

• Milwaukee County-Funded Parks and Cultural Institutions, Mar 2, 2010
• ARISE 2009 Annual Performance Report to the US Department of Education, Jan 7, 2010
• Artists-In-Schools (AIS) Second-Year Annual Evaluation Report for the U.S. Dept. of Education (2004-05), Dec 29, 2009

Keep Arts in Schools - Join the Discussion

• ESEA Revisions Bring Art Back in Spotlight, Mar 19, 2010
• Weigh in On NCLB, Feb 25, 2010
• Saving Grace in the City of Angeles, Feb 10, 2010

New Village Commons
Welcome to New Village Commons — a space for sharing news and views about grassroots community building!

• In Memory of Fatima Meer 1928-2010, Mar 17, 2010
• Reflections On Decolonizing The University, Mar 16, 2010
• “Tabi-Tabi Po” and “Bari-Bari Apo” and What They Mean, Dec 17, 2009

Open Society Institute: Media and Arts
Media and Arts

• Youth AfriCamp, Mar 14, 2010
• Legality of Berlusconi's Television Monopoly Challenged, Mar 11, 2010
• Audacious Thinking: Winter 2010, Mar 2, 2010

Judith Tannenbaum
Judith Tannenbaum is a writer and teacher whose work has focused on community arts and issues of cultural democracy.

• fantastic site, Mar 8, 2010
• Quote, Mar 3, 2010
• Book Trailer for By Heart, Feb 19, 2010