Teresa’s Weekly Update: Václav Havel Edition

by Teresa Eyring December 27, 2011 Weekly Update
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Last week, we lost Czech playwright, poet and former President Václav Havel. I had the chance to meet Havel in 1994, when he received the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia. I was then managing director of the Wilma Theater, whose Czech born founders, Blanka and Jiri Zizka, organized a reception for him to meet the community. [...]

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Cardboard Citizens: the Geography of Homelessness and the Art of Outreach

by Katy Rubin December 22, 2011 Global Connections
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(Miguel, from the Street to Stage troupe which is a part of Cardboard Citizens) The second half of this Global Connections English odyssey has involved an immersion in London’s homeless theatre scene. I’m hanging with Cardboard Citizens, a 20-year-old nonprofit theatre organization presenting plays by and with homeless and displaced people. Now in the last [...]

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NORC Releases Final Report on Teaching Artists

by Laurie Baskin December 21, 2011 Education
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The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago has released a landmark report on a three-year study of teaching artists (TAs) – artists who make teaching a part of their professional practice.  Teaching Artists and the Future of Education found that their work is critical to the future of arts education and [...]

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Call and Response: Daniel Gookin

by Valerie Narehood December 21, 2011 I AM THEATRE
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“It keeps us on our toes, because it gets us to come up with new and creative ways to deal with the ideas they come up with.” – Daniel Gookin, I AM THEATRE Having made my bones as a technician in lower-budget regional theatre, I’m no stranger to the consternations endemic to converted houses. I’ve [...]

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The Tommy Guns of Mexico City

by Seth Bockley and Devon de Mayo December 21, 2011 Global Connections
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I’ve come to Mexico City through TCG’s Global Connections: On the Road grant to continue to work with three local clown-theater artists on a new project with the theme of war (Guerra: A Clown Play is the working title of our play). But upon arrival I find myself immersed in the rich cultural life of [...]

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NEA Announces New Research on Artists in the Workforce

by Laurie Baskin December 20, 2011 Advocacy

This fall, the NEA announced new research regarding the status of artists in the American workforce.  Artists and Arts Workers in the United States offers the first combined analysis of artists and industries, state and metro employment rates, and new demographic information such as age, education levels, income, ethnicity, and other social characteristics. Among the [...]

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