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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What Was That? Your Arts Organization Needs Funding? Get In Line.

1 week 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 weeks 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."

3 weeks 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

4 weeks 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

4 weeks 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"

1 month 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

1 month 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"

1 month 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

1 month 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.