ArtsJournal

ArtsJournal was established on September 13, 1999, during the exciting era of the dotcom boom. This platform serves as a curated collection of some of the finest arts and cultural journalism available in English. Each day, ArtsJournal highlights links to articles sourced from various corners of the internet, including blogs and over 200 English-language newspapers, magazines, and publications that cover arts and culture topics. Generally, stories from paywalled sources are not included. The current version of the ArtsJournal website is its fifth iteration. In 2003, we introduced blogs, and the site now features contributions from more than 60 notable writers in the field of culture. We plan to continue expanding our offerings with individual contributors, group discussions, and temporary debate blogs.

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Beware "A Little Knowledge"

1 week ago | artsjournal.com | Alan Harrison

Conclusion I had a friend who had a Ph.D. in Psychobiology. She spent her post-doc work in a lab where, among other experiments, they tested a hypothesis about access to the brain via the olfactory nerve. That particular nerve, one of the key elements of the sense of smell, uses one of the shortest distances from the brain, which is why smell is usually a keen sense.
Advocacy for the Nonprofit Arts Sector is Currently Meaningless

2 weeks ago | artsjournal.com | Alan Harrison

Lost amid a string of inside-baseball phrases and ideologies, officials have little idea as to why they would possibly fund institutions that serve themselves first. Hey guys? You forgot something. Yes, I know we're supposed to write, call, and send emails to our congresspeople. Yes, I know we're supposed to learn all the economic impact reports. Yes, I know we're supposed to learn about all the people employed. Yes, I know we're supposed to know how much federal funding is happening. Yes, I know.
Across North America, 29 "Jazz Heroes"

3 weeks ago | artsjournal.com | Howard Mandel

Twenty-five years ago the Jazz Journalists Association began to identify and celebrate activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz as members of an "A Team," soon renamed "Jazz Heroes." Today the JJA announced its 2025 slate of these Heroes, 29 people across North America who put extraordinary efforts into sustaining and expanding jazz in its various forms. So who are they? Musicians who double or triple as educators, presenters and support-group organizers.
Forklift Danceworks Uses the Art of Dance to Tell the Stories of Real, Essential Workers

3 weeks ago | artsjournal.com | Alan Harrison

My favorite book about America is Working by Studs Terkel. In it, Terkel takes months to interview regular working people (and unemployed and retired people) in hundreds of jobs. They discuss what they do and what they get out of it. Their stories are familiar, unfamiliar, surprising, devastating, and hopeful.
Nonprofit Arts Success in a Changing Environment, Tip 6

1 month ago | artsjournal.com | Alan Harrison

In the new/old world order of Trumpian policy, your arts organization faces the real possibility that, in the face of anti-arts, anti-education, and anti-truth political muckraking euphemistically calling itself "populism," it will be shut down. The most intelligent thing your nonprofit arts organization can do right now is concentrate on your community. Act hyper-local. No local nonprofit arts organization can win the day by taking on the national fascist zeitgeist, especially on its own.
Nonprofit Arts Success in a Changing Environment, Tip 5

1 month ago | artsjournal.com | Alan Harrison

In the new/old world order of Trumpian policy, your arts organization faces the real possibility that, in the face of anti-arts, anti-education, and anti-truth political muckraking euphemistically calling itself "populism," it will be shut down.
Nonprofit Arts Success in a Changing Environment, Tip 4

1 month ago | artsjournal.com | Alan Harrison

In the new/old world order of Trumpian policy, your arts organization faces the real possibility that, in the face of anti-arts, anti-education, and anti-truth political muckraking euphemistically calling itself "populism," it will be shut down. To combat that, we need ideas to advance the truth that charity is necessary in order to deflate the tires of the oncoming rich-stomping-the-poor bus before it runs over everyone in its path.
Symbolism Is Cute and Clever and Futile

1 month ago | artsjournal.com | Alan Harrison

You can change the minds of the armies of pseudo-populists, but only one at a charitable time. Simple satire won't cut it. Over the next few years, your nonprofit arts organization will be tasked with trying to succeed in a local and national environment powered by zero-sum, anti-art, anti-intellectual, pseudo-populists that now hold sway. It is with that in mind that we start the discussion of how to become the most successful your organization can be.
Don't Even THINK About Dumbing It Down

1 month ago | artsjournal.com | Alan Harrison

The second tip: for a nonprofit organization to work, pandering is off-limits. Take it from a notorious panderer from a family of panderers. When your nonprofit arts organization's tax exemption comes to mind, do you believe that it is a right earned by paying money to a lawyer to file the paperwork, a privilege that requires promise fulfillment to the people of your state, or merely a legal description of the operations of your company?
Stop Terrorizing Your People

2 months ago | artsjournal.com | Alan Harrison

The first tip: for a nonprofit organization to work, everyone has to care about why they're there; otherwise, there's no need for them to stay. Over the next few years, your nonprofit arts organization will be tasked with trying to succeed in a local and national environment not terribly interested in your work. Certainly not your art. It is with that in mind that we start the discussion of how to become the most successful your organization can be.