Drexel arts administration professor James Underclofler is developing a course in arts entrepreneurship. He reminds us that arts entrepreneurship is not career counseling for artists. Such counseling is important but it is a distinct objective that might be called professional development, whereas arts entrepreneurship “…encourages whole systems (to be) rethought and reconstructed, where fundamental changes, […]
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Metropolitan Museum Offers Fare Carefully Targeted To Children, Teens, and Adults
March 3, 2011 at 9:59 pm
Not resting its laurels, the venerable New York museum delivers to all audiences.
InCite 2011 — March 11-14 — New York
March 1, 2011 at 3:35 pm
The Power of Art Please join us in New York for our fifth InCite Festival. This is a wonderful opportunity to display to the New York professional arts community the accomplishments of our students, the gifts of our faculty, and the reach of our programs. Click here for details. “Every year around this time undergraduate […]
Now is the time for virtual expansion of CFA
February 13, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Yesterday, in a New York Times article, the new director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Thomas P. Campbell, spoke of expanding the institution — virtually. We must also expand a virtual CFA by increasing live streaming concerts, theater productions, research lectures, and an ever-changing virtual gallery!
Globe Review Cheers Dana Frankfort’s Show at LaMontagne Gallery
February 3, 2011 at 12:14 pm
“Frankfort’s spare gestures, like her assured and playful ones in the word paintings, alter what we think we know into something else, delicious and ungraspable.” — Cate McQuaid Dana Frankfort is assistant professor of art in the painting department. Read review in the Boston Globe. LaMontagne Gallery 555 East 2nd Street, South Boston Hours: Wed-Sat […]
School of Music students Hyunjung Kwon and Jessica Nelson reach semifinals at Pappoutsakis Flute Competition
January 31, 2011 at 10:08 pm
Kwon Wins Bill Grass Memorial Prize for Second Place. Two School of Music students were selected as semifinalists at the Pappoutsakis Flute Competition held this past weekend at the New England Conservatory (NEC). In the final round, Hyunjung Kwon won second place, earning the Bill Grass Memorial Prize. Jessica Nelson was named a runner-up. Christina […]
Julianne Moore (CFA ’83) Meets With Theatre Students
January 28, 2011 at 1:07 pm
This morning, Julianne Moore (CFA ’83) spoke to students in the School of Theatre about her life and career. I was impressed by how warm and genuine she was and I appreciate her graciously taking time to be with our students. The event was hosted by Professor Michael Kaye. Moore was in town to receive […]
Karim Wasfi Leads Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra
January 22, 2011 at 3:48 pm
I cannot think of a better example of what the arts can mean to a nation than the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra lead by conductor and director, Karim Wasfi, who according to the Wall Street Journal, studied political science at Boston University. The persistence and courage of the Orchestra is more than a point of pride, […]
Best of 2010
January 14, 2011 at 1:23 pm
Bay State Banner’s Jules Becker selects Professor Lydia Diamond’s Stick Fly and BCAP’s Good: A Tragedy for 2010 best list. Good: A Tragedy Run: 11/6/ — 11/21 BU Theatre, Lane-Comley Studio 210 (Boston Center for American Performance) Stick Fly Run: 2/19 — 3/28 BU Theatre (Huntington Theatre Company)
Way of Life Threatened as Free Lance Music Gigs Dry Up in New York
December 6, 2010 at 6:05 pm
The New York Times reports that classical music gigs are evaporating in a city where many musicians spent careers as free lancers. The current recession has shown us that more than ever, it is crucial for students to become proficient in areas other than their artistic fields.
