[Createquity Reruns] The Top 10 Arts Policy Stories of 2013
(This is it, folks – the final Createquity Rerun of the summer! A walk through short-term memory lane reveals a prolonged transition for the NEA, why we should care about the Edward Snowden...
View ArticleNew Chairs Confirmed at the National Endowments (and other June stories)
crown – Photo by Flickr user Jason Train, Creative Commons license Both the NEA and the NEH have new official leaders this month: Jane Chu, head of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas...
View ArticleChanges to Federal Rules for Nonprofits (and other July stories)
Capitol Hill, Washington DC – by Flickr user KP Tripathi, Creative Commons license Several policy shifts are underway in Washington that may have significant effects on arts nonprofits and funders....
View ArticleLabor disputes at the Metropolitan Opera resolved (and other August stories)
Metropolitan Opera House – Photo by Flickr user Zio Paolino, Creative Commons license Never fear, Wagner lovers: the largest opera company in the US will open its season on time. Faced with what it...
View ArticleImproving Access: New York’s Municipal ID Cards (and other September stories)
Brooklyn Museum – by Flickr user Wally Gobetz, Creative Commons license Following in the footsteps of Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New Haven, in 2015, New York City will begin issuing municipal...
View ArticleThe Impact of Museum Field Trips on Students
Starry Night 03 – by Flickr user Josh Staiger, Creative Commons license Large-scale, randomized-control studies – the gold standard of science, regarded as the best way to demonstrate that one thing...
View ArticleJoin Our Team!
We are looking for a few sharp thinkers with the time, energy, and smarts to join our editorial team. You’ll become a (modestly) paid member of the Createquity brain trust, taking part in all of our...
View ArticleIntroducing the New Createquity
Hello Createquity friends, colleagues, collaborators, loyal followers, casual readers, and curious onlookers… Fresh on the heels of a successful $11,000+ Indiegogo campaign, four months and ten days of...
View ArticleA Healthy Arts Ecosystem
Micro Ecosystem – by Flickr user Pierre Pocs, Creative Commons license At its core, Createquity is a research-based investigation of the most important issues in the arts and what we can do about them....
View ArticleJoin our team! Applications due November 7
Arts nerds, Last week, we launched the new Createquity.com to rave reviews, with an article introducing the new site to longtime readers, our definition of a healthy arts ecosystem, four months’ worth...
View ArticleThe Turtles Shake Up the Digital Music Industry (and other October stories)
Flo & Eddie of the Turtles – by ShellyS, Creative Commons license In what could be a landmark case in the annals of digital music, a federal judge recently ruled that SiriusXM is liable for...
View ArticleIs the Cultural Sector Ready to Move Beyond Data for Data’s Sake?
A graphic from the Cultural Data Project report, “New Data Directions for the Cultural Landscape.” As any internet geek or high-priced consultant will be happy to tell you, we find ourselves today in...
View ArticleDetroit Institute of Arts Collection Rescued by “Grand Bargain” (and other...
The Detroit Institute of Arts’s Woodward entrance. (Image courtesy the Detroit Institute of Arts) After a two-year battle, a federal ruling to approve Detroit’s bankruptcy plan brought to an end the...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Arts Policy Stories of 2014
The Diego Rivera Mural at the Detroit Institute of Arts – photo by Quick fix Each year, Createquity offers a list of the top ten arts policy stories of the past twelve months. You can read the previous...
View ArticleThe Sony Hack: More Than Just The Interview (and other December stories)
Sony’s The Interview hits theaters – photo by Travis Wise The massive cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, purportedly by North Korean hackers, captured the popular imagination in December....
View ArticleOne Size Fits All Does Not Fit “The Arts”
NEA Infographic: Why Do People Attend the Arts? If your events and exhibitions have seemed just a bit…emptier lately, you’re not alone. The National Endowment for the Arts’s Survey of Public...
View ArticleEst-ce Que Nous Sommes Tous Charlie? (and other January stories)
Marche Républicaine in Paris on January 11, 2015 – photo by flickr user Maya-Anaïs Yataghène On the morning of January 7, two masked gunmen – now known to be brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi – attacked...
View ArticleUpdate on Our Core Research Process (and How You Can Help)
Image by Nomadic Lass – Flickr Creative Commons license Since we launched the new Createquity at the end of October, the pace of new articles here has been a little…sporadic. In part that’s by design:...
View ArticleLandmark Victory for Proponents of Net Neutrality (and other February stories)
The Internet — photo by flickr user HD Zimmermann The protracted battle over net neutrality (covered by Createquity this last month, and in November, May, April, March, February, and January of last...
View ArticleA New Way to Think About Intrinsic vs. Instrumental Benefits of the Arts
For well over a decade now, advocates have fiercely contested whether the arts should be valued more for their ability to further non-arts goals, like public health or economic development, or for the...
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