After a brief hiatus, we are proud to say this blog is back in business!  And what perfect timing – it seems like a million things are happening all at once, in the most wonderful of ways.   Some housekeeping first:

In case you want MORE of our program in your lives, you can find us:

* Our official website at Claremont Graduate University.  Go here to find out more about our program, news, faculty, student profiles, and admission information:
http://www.cgu.edu/am/

* Do you Twitter?  We do!  Come follow us:
http://twitter.com/MAinArtsMgt

* If you’re not on Facebook, you should really get on that:
- Join our Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32580371772
- And be a Fan of our Page:  M.A. in Arts Management at Claremont Graduate University

If you’re not in the program and wish to apply, know that the Arts Management program is accepting applications for Spring 2010 and Fall 2010 semesters now!  Apply early!  Go to our website for complete application details:
http://www.cgu.edu/am/

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Events you may be interested in this October (there are MANY!)  Will update as more events capture our attention, so check back often:

Oct 8

* Arts Reach National Arts Marketing Conference (Oct 8-11)
A great conference regarding the future of the arts in North America, focusing on updating old practices with innovation and technology.  At the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.  CGU AM students get a special discount and you can choose which day(s) to attend!
Find out more on our website, Events Page: http://www.cgu.edu/pages/5884.asp
Or go to their official website:
http://www.artsreach.com/conference%28la2009%29/conference%28la2009%29-home.html

Also relating to the Marketing Conference, if you’re short on money or want to be more involved, you can volunteer:
“Arts Reach is offering equal time for you to attend the conference sessions for equal work time.  Volunteers must be available on Wednesday afternoon, October 7, to help with conference preparations at the Biltmore Hotel.  Also, help is needed with registration during the day on October 8, October 9, & October 10.”
If interested, contact John Zorn ASAP at: ceo@artsreach.com

Oct 8

* Arts in Crisis: A Kennedy Center Initiative 50 State Tour:

A 90 minute conversation style symposium, addressing the challenges facing non-profit performing art organizations today face.  At the California African-American Museum in Los Angeles.
Find out more on our website, Events Page: http://www.cgu.edu/pages/5884.asp
Or go to their official site: http://www.artsforla.org/news/artsincrisis (Free, but registration ends Oct 6)

Oct 8

* Survival Guide for Artists:

Come learn about programs, services, and resources available to artists, creative professionals, and arts organizations
of all types, sizes, and stripes, 4:15PM-5:30PM in Rose Hill Theatre/Pomona College.
Find out more on our website, Events Page: http://www.cgu.edu/pages/5884.asp
Or for more information contact Pomona College’s Career Development Office at x18144 or Pomona College Museum of Art at museuminfo@pomona.edu

Oct 8

* Poetry reading by Dana Gioia:

He’s former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts at CGU President’s House, 8:00PM.
Find out more on our website, Events Page: http://www.cgu.edu/pages/5884.asp
Or view the official flyer: http://www.cgu.edu/PDFFiles/Arts%20and%20Humanities/Poetry%20Series/Gioia%20Event%20-%20single%20page.pdf

Oct 10

* AMOCA a la Mode Fundraiser:

American Museum of Ceramic Art is hosting a fundraiser, with handmade bowls and mugs for sale full of complimentary servings of hot mochas ($20 each) or brownies a la mode ($15).  Original bowls and mugs were donated by local potters with the proceeds benefitting AMOCA’s educational programming.  12-9PM.  Special appearance and book signing by Harrison McIntosh at 6:00PM (his work is currently on exhibit at AMOCA and is a professor at Scripps College).
Find out more on our website, Events Page: http://www.cgu.edu/pages/5884.asp

Oct 17

* Creative Conversation 2009: Leveraging Networks:

Symposium for arts professionals early in their career or those new to the field, which brings together members of the arts community from across Southern California.  10:00AM-3:00PM in the Expo Building, Long Beach.
Find out more on our website, Events Page: http://www.cgu.edu/pages/5884.asp
RSVP information and updates on Creative Conversation program sessions to follow.  For questions regarding the event, please email artsleadersla@gmail.com
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Hooray for summer! The end of the 2008-2009 school year has arrived. Congrats!

Here’s a few new things:

*June 2nd at the Getty
Cultural Rights – Past and Future
Tuesday June 2, 2009
7 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center

Bill Ivey, team leader for arts and humanities in the Obama-Biden transition, author of Arts, Inc. How Greed and Neglect Destroyed Our Cultural Rights, and director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy, joins cultural critic Lewis Hyde, whose writings explore the public life of the imagination, to converse about the basis and prospects for cultural rights in the 21st century.
there’s no cost, but registration’s required
TO REGISTER: http://www.getty.edu/visit/calendar/days/06022009.html <http://www.getty.edu/visit/calendar/days/06022009.html>

*The Creativity Stimulus
Creating jobs for artists–good for the economy and even better for the imagination.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090504/chang

“Roman-style advertisements”

The California Association of Museums is going green with their new Green Museums Initiative. Check out their website here.
They break it down by departments and what each should think about and do: Administration, Building & Operations, Collections, Education, and Exhibitions.

I’ll be there, so should you!

I know a bunch of us are going to see Das Rheingold at the Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in the coming weeks (thanks to Faith for the inspiration!), so I thought I would post some info that might be helpful or interesting. Please leave a comment if you know of anything else that could be good to know, thanks!

DAS RHEINGOLD
By Richard Wagner
In German with English supertitles
LA Opera

Some things to know before you go:
RUNNING TIME
2 hours and 45 minutes
there is no intermission

PRE-PERFORMANCE LECTURE
One hour prior to each performance.
James Conlon interviewed by Alan Chapman
Pre-performance lectures are generously sponsored by the Flora L. Thornton Foundation and the Opera League of Los Angeles.

SYNOPSIS

Culture Monster’s Review: “The Ring” begins

Freyer’s ‘Rheingold’ astonishes at L.A. Opera from the OC Register

Here’s a creative and fun way to see what a few minutes of whistling or humming can produce.
voice drawing
Especially for those who think they have better vocal skills than drawing skills . . . here’s your chance to combine them.

Post and share your own amazing creation!

Here is one of zefrank’s examples

Masterpieces of the Prado Museum
It’s Google Maps for amazing works of art!
And make sure to watch the video on the left side of the page . . . very cool look at how its done.
You can zoom in and in ultra high resolution investigate all the details of The Garden of Earthly Delights (a favorite of some I know). See the brush strokes that make the lace and beard of El Greco’s The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest. Take a look at The Three Graces by Rubens. 14 different paints to get closer to than you’ve ever imagined.

From The New York Times: the emerging job of digital archivist.

“Literature, film, scientific journals, newspapers, court records, corporate documents and other material, accumulated over centuries, needed to be adapted for computer databases. Once there, it had to be arranged — along with newer, born-digital material — in a way that would let people find what they needed and keep finding it well into the future.

The people entrusted to find a place for this wealth of information are known as digital asset managers, or sometimes as digital archivists and digital preservation officers. Whatever they are called, demand for them is expanding.”

Read the article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/jobs/08starts.html

Non Profits and Emerging Industries in a Down Economy by Laura Zucker

Thursday, February 26, 2009

6pm – 8:30pm

Location: The Drucker School