Eileen Cunniffe
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Monumental Symbol: BLM Protester Replaces Submerged Slaver Statue
Centuries of racism will require more than weeks to undo. Still, there’s something of a punctuation-mark moment in monuments not only being removed, but replaced. → Read More
In Albuquerque, Placemaking Persisted even as City Life Was Suspended
An arts-led initiative that had started to click before New Mexico’s stay-at-home order took effect in March has made a positive turn toward the virtual. → Read More
That’s Quarantainment! Arts Groups Find New Venues Online
From staged readings over Zoom to archived videos of past performances, arts organizations find ways to keep audiences entertained and engaged. → Read More
COVID-19 Fund Strengthens Bond between Irish Citizens and Native Americans
In the midst of so much bad news from the current global health crisis, this report of a people-to-people relief effort offers a little relief. → Read More
Grantmakers Support Artists and Writers Knocked Sideways by COVID-19
So far, $10 million has been raised for one national fund to provide “immediate, no-strings” grants to individual US artists facing financial emergencies. Many others are actively making grants, too. → Read More
Coping, Creating, & Connecting: Self-Expression during COVID-19
From sofa choirs to hip-hop, from knock-off masterpieces to TikTok, creating art is essential for taking care of ourselves and others in this global crisis. → Read More
Arts Nonprofits and Artists Brace for a Rough Ride through COVID-19
Cancelled performances, closed doors, unpaid artists and staff, disappearing gigs. The arts sector needs help now; at least some responses offer hope. → Read More
Artists Are Key to Centering Community Members in Transit Planning
In cities large and small, artists are serving as catalysts to bring community members and transit agencies together to develop creative solutions to a range of transportation issues. → Read More
First Artist in Residence at a DA’s Office Explores Human Toll of Incarceration
Philadelphia’s D.A. is hosting the city’s first artist-in-residence—who spent nearly 30 years in prison and now works to advance criminal justice reform. → Read More
In Hong Kong, Protest Art Documents and Reinforces Human Rights Struggles
From murals to comic strips, walls of Post-it notes to reimagined iconic images, viral artwork has become essential in Hong Kong’s youth-driven protests. → Read More
NYC’s Small Theaters Have Limited Budgets but Great Cultural Influence
A study underscores the importance of New York’s smaller, mostly nonprofit theater companies—to audiences, to Broadway, and to the economy. → Read More
Northern New Mexico Pueblo Communities Celebrate Return of Sacred Pottery
A “co-stewardship” arrangement between the Poeh Cultural Center and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian has brought 100 treasured works back to the land where they were created. → Read More
Can a Single Museum Speak for the Nation?
The Honduras Museum of National Identity appears to be having its own identity crisis, as current social realities challenge state-favored narratives of Mayan glory. → Read More
Two Major Dublin Institutions Deepen Ties, Create an Irish Literature Museum
University College Dublin and the National Library of Ireland are about to introduce the world to their new baby. They’ve named her “MoLI,” a nod to James Joyce’s most famous female character. → Read More
Once-Broken Instruments Now Making Beautiful Music in Philly Schools
A new film documents the impact of a bold experiment in music-making and philanthropy. Might other cities follow this model? → Read More
Rethinking Museum’s Role in Civic Life Leads to Free Admission Policy
At L.A.’s Museum of Contemporary Art, $10 million will buy five years of free admission—and time to see how this policy might be sustained. → Read More
Nonprofit Theaters Experiment with Inclusive (Even Free) Ticketing Strategies
Making more people feel welcome—and fewer theaters feel empty—is behind pay-what-you-will and totally free productions in Seattle and Philadelphia. These roll-of-the-dice approaches are sometimes, but not always, subsidized by funders. → Read More
New Orleans African American Museum: An Open-and-Shut Case
Since opening in 1998, this black art, history, and cultural institution has been shuttered twice. Will its reopening this third time be the charm? → Read More
Just What the Doctor Ordered (Literally): A Trip to the Art Museum
In Montreal, a major museum now employs a full-time art therapist, whose patients are referred by physicians as part of their overall treatment plans. → Read More
Teaching Moments: Museum Guides as Living Links between Ancient and Modern Worlds
With its novel Global Guides Program, the Penn Museum advances cross-cultural understanding and brings its collection to life with first-person accounts from immigrants and refugees new to Philadelphia. → Read More