Interesting ARTicles

The Economic Importance of Artist Communes
http://www.denverpost.com/bookbeat/ci_17286535?source=rss#ixzz1DHVKYukO

"Canada Reads" Radio Show is Uber-popular
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/this-year-more-than-ever-canada-reads-is-the-peoples-choice/article1897103/?cmpid=rss1&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+TheGlobeAndMail-Entertainment+%28The+Globe+and+Mail+-+Arts+News%29

Kansas Governor Eliminates Arts Commission
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/07/2639649/arts-commission-is-eliminated.html
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/07/v-print/2639649/arts-commission-is-eliminated.html

TX Governor Proposes to Defund Texas Commission on the Arts and Texas Historical Historical Commission in State of the State Address
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-state-agencies/texas-commission-on-the-arts/perry-defund-texas-arts-historical-commissions/

Cleveland Orchestra Hires a "Critic-in-Residence"
http://theclassicalreview.com/2011/02/cleveland-orchestra-hires-its-own-critic-in-miami/

Database Program to Identify Collaboration Opportunities for Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
http://technicallyphilly.com/2011/02/08/greater-philadelphia-cultural-alliance-makes-beautiful-data-with-metropolitan-philadelphia-indicators-project

Museum Launches Center for Children's Creativity
http://www.prweb.com/printer/5016874.htm

Bill to Abolish CT Requirement that State Buy Artwork at Cost of 1% Of Any New or Renovated Building's Cost Proposed
http://articles.courant.com/2011-02-05/news/hc-public-art-cut-20110201_1_public-art-arts-advocates-state-buildings

Service Sector Grows, but Art/Entertainment Shrink
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2011-02-03-services-factory_N.htm

New Funding Program for Knoxville Arts
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/feb/08/knox-fund-for-arts-culture-sets-250k-goal/

1,000,000 Book Giveaway Might Hurt Sales
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/feb/10/world-book-night-branded-misguided-misjudged

Health Problems Cause Art Professor to Pull Part of Camera From Back of His Head
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/health-problems-force-professor-to-pull-camera-from-back-of-head/29484

Successful Government/Museum Partnerships Help Conserve Watts Towers
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/02/watts-towers-lacma-preservation.html

Brooklyn Museum Experiments with First Impressions Through Website and Indian Paintings (Taking Audience Choice to an Entirely New Level)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/arts/design/11vogel.html

Knight Foundation Spreading Random Acts of Culture
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/arts/design/06random.html?_r=4&adxnnl=1&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1296921733-tpQNcSfl9jNvc7JWnwh95w




The Perilous State of State Art Agencies
http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/perilous-state-of-the-arts-agencies-28148/

Arts = Jobs
http://www.newmusicbox.org/chatter/chatter.nmbx?id=6775

The New Arts Administrators, How Your Organization Needs to Change Its Organizational Structure to Survive
http://www.danceusa.org/ejournal/post.cfm/cross-training-across-generations-current-challenges-in-arts-administration

South Carolina Activists Respond to Governor Putting Arts Commission on Chopping Block
http://www.wltx.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=121840&catid=2