Monthly Archives: June 2011
Good news, good news, bad news?
Yesterday was a bad news day for the arts in South Carolina when governor Niki Haley used her line item veto to cut the state’s art commission. But, by the end of today, arts advocates and the democratic process won … Continue reading
Prague, Vienna, and artistic production
In the car today, my son asked, “how much art does an artist usually make?” We had returned less than 48 hours previously from a ten-day trip to Prague and Vienna, during which my children were exposed to more creative … Continue reading
Waxing Theoretical Part 6: If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em!
This is the sixth and final installment in my blog series on the theories that underly arguments against — and in today’s installment for – government funding for the arts. I look today with some skepticism at the creative industries … Continue reading
Waxing Theoretical Part 5: Neoliberalism and the market
This is the fifth post in my series on the theoretical bases for arguments against – and in the next section for – government funding for the arts. In this installment I look at neoliberalism, that branch of market-loving political … Continue reading
Power plays
I’m taking a break from my (not particularly popular) series on the theoretical underpinnings of arguments opposed to government funding for the arts to comment on the recent line-item veto by Kansas Governor Brownback of funding for that state’s arts … Continue reading
