Comments on: Playing Offense, Playing Defense at the NEA http://arlenegoldbard.com/2009/08/16/playing-offense-playing-defense-at-the-nea/ culture, politics and spirituality Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:27:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Arlene Goldbard » Blog Archive » My Rantidote http://arlenegoldbard.com/2009/08/16/playing-offense-playing-defense-at-the-nea/comment-page-1/#comment-180290 Arlene Goldbard » Blog Archive » My Rantidote Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:47:34 +0000 http://arlenegoldbard.com/?p=681#comment-180290 [...] Landesman made his first public faux pas back in August, I wrote about it. At the time, I hoped Landesman had spoken in haste when he said, “I don’t know if there’s [...] [...] Landesman made his first public faux pas back in August, I wrote about it. At the time, I hoped Landesman had spoken in haste when he said, “I don’t know if there’s [...]

]]> By: Janet Brown http://arlenegoldbard.com/2009/08/16/playing-offense-playing-defense-at-the-nea/comment-page-1/#comment-160707 Janet Brown Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:46:00 +0000 http://arlenegoldbard.com/?p=681#comment-160707 Right on, Arlene. Thanks for this thoughtful response. Bolder and louder is not without its downsides like moments of passion, where saying the safe thing only comes to one in retrospect, He needs all our support and a few trips to be inspired by art makers in places like Peoria and South Dakota! :) Right on, Arlene. Thanks for this thoughtful response. Bolder and louder is not without its downsides like moments of passion, where saying the safe thing only comes to one in retrospect, He needs all our support and a few trips to be inspired by art makers in places like Peoria and South Dakota! :)

]]> By: Ann Sachs http://arlenegoldbard.com/2009/08/16/playing-offense-playing-defense-at-the-nea/comment-page-1/#comment-160670 Ann Sachs Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:59:10 +0000 http://arlenegoldbard.com/?p=681#comment-160670 Knowing Rocco Landesman from the NYC theatre community, I am thrilled to see him in this role. He is a LEADER who believes in transparency and collaboration and that's what we need. Despite a few stumbles - and surely there will be more - he's a brilliant (granted, sometimes arrogant) guy. We finally have a President who understands the opportunity in this challenge, and with Rocco at the helm, perhaps for the first time since the NEA was created, he could be the catalyst for a long-needed paradigm-shift in our country. Rather than worrying and theorizing, I encourage everyone in the arts community to seize this moment and support our National Chair NOW. Carpe Diem! Knowing Rocco Landesman from the NYC theatre community, I am thrilled to see him in this role. He is a LEADER who believes in transparency and collaboration and that’s what we need. Despite a few stumbles – and surely there will be more – he’s a brilliant (granted, sometimes arrogant) guy.

We finally have a President who understands the opportunity in this challenge, and with Rocco at the helm, perhaps for the first time since the NEA was created, he could be the catalyst for a long-needed paradigm-shift in our country. Rather than worrying and theorizing, I encourage everyone in the arts community to seize this moment and support our National Chair NOW.

Carpe Diem!

]]> By: Lily Kharrazi http://arlenegoldbard.com/2009/08/16/playing-offense-playing-defense-at-the-nea/comment-page-1/#comment-160651 Lily Kharrazi Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:04:33 +0000 http://arlenegoldbard.com/?p=681#comment-160651 So correct, Arlene. I fear our Chair is destined ed for the learning curve but the question is how open is he to this journey? Not very promising first words. Thank you for your clarity. So correct, Arlene. I fear our Chair is destined ed for the learning curve but the question is how open is he to this journey? Not very promising first words. Thank you for your clarity.

]]> By: ARLENE GOLDBARD ON ROCCO’S FIRST 7 DAYS « Economic Turmoil and Change http://arlenegoldbard.com/2009/08/16/playing-offense-playing-defense-at-the-nea/comment-page-1/#comment-160649 ARLENE GOLDBARD ON ROCCO’S FIRST 7 DAYS « Economic Turmoil and Change Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:14:47 +0000 http://arlenegoldbard.com/?p=681#comment-160649 [...] Read More This entry was written by tommer and posted on Monday, August 17, 2009 at 6:14 am and filed under In the press with tags NEA. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL. « JOHN MCGUIRK REJOINS HEWLETT FOUNDATION [...] [...] Read More This entry was written by tommer and posted on Monday, August 17, 2009 at 6:14 am and filed under In the press with tags NEA. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL. « JOHN MCGUIRK REJOINS HEWLETT FOUNDATION [...]

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