The blog will be quiet from today until early January– may all your holidays be bright!
Month: December 2008
New Arts Council Chair & members announced
I’ve been laid low with the flu for the last week (and still recovering!), so sorry for lags in posting/updates! A bit of big news in the meantime:
17 December 2008: Arts Council Director welcomes new Arts Council members
The Director of the Arts Council, Mary Cloake, today welcomed Pat Moylan as chairperson of the Arts Council, as well as new Council members.
“I am delighted to welcome Pat Moylan as the new chairperson of the Arts Council, and my staff and I are looking forward to working closely with her in the weeks and months ahead,” said Ms Cloake.
“The arts are part of us all; they define us as a society and our artists shape our future. In these straitened economic times, the new Council will be working harder than ever to promote the value of the arts, and ensure that people right across the country experience the best of the arts,” Ms Cloake added.
Along with Ms Moylan, the members announced today by the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Martin Cullen TD, are: Louise Donlon; Paul Johnson; Fiona Kearney; Sheila O’Neill; Orlaith McBride; and Caroline Senior.
Ms Moylan and the new members of the Council join the six current members: Maurice Foley, deputy chairperson; John Crumlish; Philip King; Aibhlín McCrann; Alan Stanford; and Colm Tóibín.
Ms Cloake also paid tribute to the outgoing members: “On behalf of all staff who worked with the outgoing Chair, Olive Braiden, and Council members, I would like to express my thanks to them for five years of hard work and commitment” said Ms Cloake.
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy – upcoming programmes
For those interested in international cultural diplomacy:
The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD) is pleased to announce four programs taking place in Berlin, February 2009. All programs are currently accepting applications.
- Institute for Cultural Diplomacy programs- February 2009:
- The ICD Academy for Cultural Diplomacy ( 2 – 6 February 2009)
- Europe Meets Latin America: A Forum for Young Leaders ( 9 – 13 February 2009)
- Cultural Diplomacy in Europe: A Forum for Young Leaders (16 – 20 February 2009)
- Cultural Diplomacy in Africa: A Forum for Young Leaders (23 – 27 February 2009)
The ICD is an international, not-for-profit, non-governmental organization focused on the theoretical and practical promotion of cultural exchange as a tool for improving relations in all areas. To learn more about our activity, please visit www.culturaldiplomacy.org.
MOCA in financial crisis
Yesterday’s New York Times reported on the budget crisis looming at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, one of the most important centres for contemporary art on the west coast of the US:
The museum has operated at a deficit in six of the last eight years, and its endowment has shrunk to about $6 million from nearly $50 million in 1999, according to people who have been briefed on the finances.
Now the California attorney general has begun an audit to determine if the museum broke laws governing the use of restricted money by nonprofit organizations. And local artists, curators and collectors, including current and former board members, are lobbying to remove the museum’s director, Jeremy Strick, its board, or both.
The museum’s tailspin has brought an outpouring of grief and disbelief in a city that has recently cast itself as a rival to New York as the nation’s art capital. The closing of such a respected museum, or even its merger into another institution, would leave a formidable hole not only in the city’s psyche but in the national cultural landscape as well.
The philanthropist Eli Broad wrote an opinion piece in the LA Times in November offering $30 million to the museum, if his donation could be matched by other donors– but so far, no bites. The LA Times’ arts blog CultureMonster has been keeping tabs on developments, with interesting comments from the blogosphere following quickly on its heels. Will this be the first major museum to face closure in the economic downturn?
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