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Watch “Harnessing Art’s Power to Inspire Social Change”,
The Jewish Liberation Fund, New Israel Fund, and Rise Up copresented this 26 June 2023 panel with Anthony Russell, Libby Lenkinski, and Kendell Pinkney, which I introduced and moderated.
Listen to Arlene on the Ethical Schools podcast:
Challenging credentialism: an alternative vision of education
Watch Arlene’s presentation for HaMakom in Santa Fe
In The Camp of Angels of Freedom: Goodman, Heschel, Berlin
Listen to Arlene on Bill Cleveland’s podcast, Change the Story/Change the World
Listen to Matthew Chase-Daniel interview Arlene on Coffee and Culture
Watch the Launch of In The Camp of Angels of Freedom
on 24 January 2023 at Collected Works Bookstore and Cafe in Santa Fe, with Cecile Lipworth moderating Nina Simons of Bioneers and Arlene Goldbard in conversation.
Empathy, Equity, and Belonging: What The World Needs Now
Arlene’s keynote for the Oklahoma Arts Conference in October 2018
Empathy, Equity, and Belonging: What The World Needs Now
Arlene’s keynote for the Oklahoma Arts Conference in October 2018
“Cultural Democracy in the USA” interview with Owen Kelly and Sophie Hope on miaaw.net: Part One and Part Two, December 2018.
The Artist in Society” podcast on Agnitus Life, May 2018.
Voices from the Edge with JoAnn Harrison on KBOO radio, February 2017.
Interview with Scott Harris of Counterpoint Radio, January 2017.
Talk with ME podcast, December 2016.
“Love and Power: Standing for Cultural Democracy.”
Arlene’s CULTURE/SHIFT 2016 November 2016 Keynote launching Standing for Cultural Democracy: The USDAC’s Policy and Action Platform.
Until January 2019, Arlene served as “Chief Policy Wonk” for the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture.
What’s it all about? Watch this video, then visit USDAC.us to enlist!
Watch Arlene give a Convocation speech and receive an honorary Ph.D. from Open Master’s.
September 2014 Open Masters Convocation Speech – Arlene Goldbard, Honorary Open Masters PhD from Open Masters on Vimeo.
Listen to “Arlene Goldbard: Art and Story As Activism, Awakener and Change Catalyst” on Rob Kall’s Bottom Up Radio Show Podcast.
Watch Arlene’s keynote from Staging Sustainability 2014
Listen to “The Public Purpose of Art with Arlene Goldbard” on New Dimensions Radio.
Henri & Me: The Secret of Survival, a digital story Arlene made at a workshop by the Center for Digital Storytelling.
Arlene’s keynote speech and Q&A from the March 2011 Association of Performing Arts Service Organizations Conference in Austin, Texas:
Arlene Goldbard APASO Keynote Speech from Austin Creative Alliance on Vimeo.
Q & A from Austin Creative Alliance on Vimeo.
Arlene’s September 2010 keynote for The Field’s Economic Revitalization for Performing Artists book launch:
Arlene Goldbard's provocative keynote: "Why America Needs Artists (It's Not What You Think)" from The Field on Vimeo.
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RE: A Culture of Possibility Podcast #4: Community Arts Funding
I have been a subscriber to your newsletter for more than five years. I sense that you are doing important work but I have not been able to find facts and specific arguments that support your point of view. It seems to me that you are singing to the choir, not empowering kindred spirits.
Your ‘resentment’ [I hope that’s not too strong] that social service agencies seek some kind of accountability surprises me. I am amazed and encouraged that social service agencies seriously consider — as I hope they would — funding cultural projects.
The fact that operas, ballets and museums aren’t ‘burdened’ to justify themselves means, right or wrong, that they have demonstrated their worth to society. Those who have not demonstrated that kind of social proof are not there yet but protesting [whining?] that this isn’t ‘fair’ or that it’s ‘wrong’ doesn’t serve your cause. Where’s the beef?
If you can’t demonstrate the value of these art/cultural projects to patrons or social service agencies, then as you say, an artist needs to work independently or conform to the expectations of funders. Has it not always been thus?
Your citing venture capitalists’ seeding a dozen projects expecting only one to become profitable misses that probably hundreds were considered and rejected. To be sure the ten that were selected provided a solid, data-supported value proposition.
Understandably, funders are reluctant to support a project that might turn out to be a photograph of a crucifix immersed in urine. So, yes, if artists want funding they need to meet the expectations of the funders. Get over it.
I’m disappointed that advocates like you are not, to my knowledge, looking at WPA’s Federal One’s art project and advocating that now as part of President Biden’s plans to lift up the country. Especially now, with the pandemic and our great cultural divide the time is ripe for its 21st Century reincarnation.
But you need to advocate with specifics not generalizations.
Glenn, google my name and WPA and you’ll see how long and hard I have been advocating for this. In this podcast, my critique of the type of evaluation social service finders demand is that it is not applicable to the type of work I’m writing about, not that there should be no accountability. If you are so determined to mid-read me, of course, I can’t be respond usefully to your critique of what I haven’t said.
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