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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The Con Is On - Raising Emergency Money at the Expense of Everyone Else Is Not a Heroic Act

1 week ago | artsjournal.com | Alan Harrison

I can't believe that this is not only still happening, but that you're allowing it to happen. On Thursday, May 8, 2025, Portland Center Stage launched a $9 million emergency fundraising campaign - another company utilizing the corrupt Oral Roberts School of Fundraising concept - saying that unless it can raise the first part of the funds, $2.5 million, by Aug.
What Would a Post-NEA (Arts) America Look Like?

3 weeks ago | artsjournal.com | Alan Harrison

An all-too-prescient post from January 2025 begs you to answer the question: ifIn early May 2025, Donald Trump issued an executive order calling for the elimination of the NEA, NEH, and several other arts, literature, and cultural agencies. Millions of dollars of grants have already been cancelled or, in some cases, rescinded after the money had been spent.
No. Just No.

1 month ago | artsjournal.com | Alan Harrison

Americans for the Arts (AFTA) has done it again. On their website, among various and sundry other managed facts and figures culled from hours upon hours of research, they have a special page devoted to their version of public opinion. The cover art on this article is completely invented, but it might as well have been included in this panoply of pith:The first time I saw these, I was stunned by the stupidity of using public opinion as some sort of research vessel.
I'm Not Angry. I'm Batman.

1 month ago | artsjournal.com | Alan Harrison

I'm just trying to help save the nonprofit arts industry from its own worst impulses. Where's my utility belt, Alfred?! It always happens. Whenever I am asked to speak to a group or I write an article or a book, there are those that get caught in the invectives. They get angry because they feel attacked rather than advised. And inevitably, these are the people in the crowd doing the right things in leading their nonprofit arts organizations, or at least enough of the right things.
What Was That? Your Arts Organization Needs Funding? Get In Line.

1 month ago | artsjournal.com | Alan Harrison

Massive layoffs. Mass deportations, even of people who are here legally. De-funding Social Security. Enacting enormous tax cuts for the wealthy. Crashing the financial markets (worldwide). Eliminating Medicare. Destroying hope. Raising prices. Legislating inequity. Jettisoning due process. Lawmaking by monarchical decree. Devout sycophants. Fear of reprisal within the same political party. Fear of reprisal within the other political party. Categorical acceptance of falsehoods.
A Guy Walks Into a Room.

2 months ago | artsjournal.com | Alan Harrison

This is not a sermon, nor is it a definitive proclamation. I am not an expert on race relations, ethnic bias, or anything even remotely academic that might even come close to qualifying me as the "go-to" on the subject of privilege. I'm just a guy who writes commentary, mostly about the nonprofit arts sector and how to fix it. A lot of this discussion is useful for that industry, mostly because there are still an overabundance of overpaid, old-timey White guys running things.
"Hope for the Best. Expect the Worst."

2 months ago | artsjournal.com | Alan Harrison

You need to find a way to justify your worth to your community - and at the same time, prepare for bad news, too. The buzz inside your nonprofit arts organization is louder than outside the walls. Much louder. As in, if someone is not completely tuned in to what's going on at your particular arts organization - either your performances or your impact - they're just won't care.
Executive Director - Portland Symphony Orchestra

2 months ago | artsjournal.com | Douglas McLennan

Portland Symphony Orchestra (PSO) invites dynamic and enterprising leaders with a passion for music to apply for the role of Executive Director of this highly respected regional orchestra. The Executive Director will lead the entire PSO team - musicians, staff, and Board - in charting a path for continuing impact and artistic achievement as the orchestra enters its second century as a premier cultural institution within the state of Maine.
Director of Marketing & Sales- Texas Performing Arts

2 months ago | artsjournal.com | Douglas McLennan

About the OpportunityTexas Performing Arts (TPA) is the professional arts presenting and producing program of The University of Texas at Austin. One of the largest and most active university-based performing arts centers in the U.S., TPA is an anchor institution in Austin's arts, cultural, and entertainment landscape. With a population of nearly 1 million people, Austin is one of the fastest growing cities in the country.
Beware "A Little Knowledge"

2 months 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.