Sara Wookey, a professional artist, dancer and choreographer, posted a passionate and well informed appeal to all artists to unite to form fair and ethical work standards based on the story of her treatment during auditions for a performance at one of Los Angeles’ respected arts institutions. Please read Sara’s Open Letter to Artists. “If [...]
Violence Transformed 2012 seeks entries in any medium for exhibition and digital projection at the Massachusetts State House and other curated venues in April, May and June. We welcome artworks addressing issues of protest, refuge, healing and commemoration and are particularly interested in works that give expression to the transformative power of art by imagining [...]
Thank you to all the artists who came to the 5th Annual Artists Under the Dome event on November 17th at the State House! It was a fun-filled, invigorating day for all who attended! The 2011 event was brought to you by the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development, the Joint Committee on [...]
“TAs have been major providers of arts education in community settings for over a century. They gave Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman their first music lessons. In the last three decades, though, they have become important resources in primary and secondary schools as well, where they have mitigated a long-term decline in arts education. In the [...]