Month: May 2009

  • Text from the Smackdown

    Here is what I said in my ‘prepared’ statement at The Field’s Smackdown event last week, as a couple people have asked to see it. ** “It used to be that the arts were, or seemed to be, an exceptional and broken economy. So many people were making so much money out there while we…

  • New Economy “Smackdown” is Smackdone

    I was on a panel that was part of The Field’s New Economy Smackdown last night. It was fun and smart and too long, but there’s a lot to say. An encouraging thing I’m seeing in discussions like this is that they are including many stakeholders at once – from artists to presenters to funders…

  • Mother’s Day Politiku

    My friend Susanna Speier asked me to write some political haikus for mother’s day, which have been posted on her Huffington Post blog. Please enjoy, Mom. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susanna-speier/politiku-for-mothers-day_b_201060.html