Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...
National Endowment for the Arts reports on the state of nonprofit theaters nationwide
www.broadwaynews.com: The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has released findings on the key challenges faced by and new ways of working within the U.S. nonprofit theater sector. Major themes outlined in the report “Defying Gravity: Conversations with Leaders from Nonprofit Theater” include financial, workforce and communications challenges, as well as strategies for investing in future sustainability and audience engagement.
How Did 'The Brutalist' Utilize AI in Post Production?
No Film School: Over the weekend, news broke on X that The Brutalist had used AI while refining some elements in post. Of course, we also learned that some of the other films many assumed would be nominated for Best Picture had also used AI in post-production. But since The Brutalist is the frontrunner, it bore the weight of most of the hot takes. This sent the internet down a rabbit hole of conversations, most weighing how AI should be used and whether or not the Academy should disqualify the movie from being able to compete.
Crafting Grant Narratives - Approaches to Justifying Arts Funding
AMT Lab @ CMU: The grant economy is an enormous economic arena in which persuasion, data, and human judgment drive real economic impact. Institutional grant-makers hold a tremendous amount of capital and the associated power that comes with it. As of 2018, Harvard Kennedy School’s Global Philanthropy Report noted that there are more than 260,000 foundations across the globe which collectively hold over $1.5 trillion in assets. Annual expenditures for these foundations tops $150 billion, and over 90% of foundations are considered independent.
Master Classes Offer Self-Discovery Through the Arts
News - Carnegie Mellon University: CJay Philip’s students sat on stage in a circle at the Cahill Performing Arts Center in Baltimore, speaking and singing gratitude in a call and response led by their teacher. It was the Saturday before Thanksgiving, and they had just finished a full day of master class workshops taught by Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama faculty.
How “Well” Are Dancers, Really?
Dance Magazine: Last year’s Netflix hit “America’s Sweethearts,” a docuseries about the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, displayed some maddeningly contradictory attitudes toward dancer health. One moment, performers were body shamed for failing to meet the team’s punishingly narrow standards; the next, they were scolded for not properly “fueling” themselves during practice.
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