Then, suddenly, my inbox was full of writers pitching me about it and my group chats were on fire about "the gay hockey show," so I figured I should check it out. I will say, as someone who is deeply allergic to tv shows that people describe as "heartwarming" or "necessary" or "a balm for our troubled times," I am very glad that the first few episodes were sold to me as simply "super fucking hot."
To be clear, the people and entities on this list are by no means weak or pitiable. Quite the opposite: They are the most resilient, unbreakable individuals and communities we can think of. This list celebrates their strength and the inspiration they give to all of us. Per tradition, we've peppered some of the entries with a bit of humor, another important means of resistance. Here's to hoping for a new year that finds power in the hands of the many, not the few.
I didn't listen to my family as a child when they told me to avoid becoming the bearer of bad news. As part of Hyperallergic's News Team, I've spent much of the last year writing about the impact of President Trump's policies on the most cherished arts and cultural organizations in the United States, including the Smithsonian Institution, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
Like many artists, Voynovskaya, is trying to navigate a rocky economy and policy shifts that could make health care harder to attain. Voynovskaya is insured through the Affordable Care Act marketplace, also known as Covered California. The ACA subsidizes insurance premiums through tax credits, making coverage affordable to many. But some of those tax credits are set to expire at the end of the year, raising premiums for more than 74,600 people in Alameda County.
In 1973, gallerist Howard Wise concluded his manifesto with an urgent appeal to build bold and "imaginative funding" structures for video artists. Wise's manifesto would become a foundational document for the video distributor Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), which he founded in 1971 shortly after closing his eponymous gallery. Like many arts manifestos, the text is saturated with a spirit of utopian dreaming; its language is rhetorically structured around "potential" and "possibility," and generates a future-oriented imaginary
With the Trump administration cutting funds to arts and culture - a survey by the American Alliance of Museums found that one-third of U.S. museums have lost government grants or contracts since President Donald Trump took office - the Brooklyn Museum on Eastern Parkway in Prospect Heights received a significant financial boost. At a Nov. 20 press conference in the museum's pavilion and lobby, Assembly Member Robert Carroll and state Sen. Zellnor Myrie presented the 200-year-old institution with a $10 million check
Seriously though, everything is so fragile right now: Arts and culture funding continues draining, healthcare is a shambles, social services are being razed, along with everything else that's bonkers. The one thing that's not fragile? Community. The communities we build around ourselves are what will help us survive. Start a union at work, in your building, at school. Talk to people at shows and protests. Start a soup night, it's November! There're a lot of ways to get through Portland's (and America's) Big Dark, you just gotta chose your own adventure....
"Being a Black LGBT person, there often weren't many spaces that I felt seen or accepted," King says. "I'm from Texas. Coming from a much more restricted state and then being at Columbia, obviously I wasn't necessarily represented there either. So coming into the Kiki scene has just given me a way to be around people that are actually like me."
Deborah Rutter believes living an "artful life" is essential to well-being. The former president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts said that means recognizing that everything that makes daily life beautiful - from the music playing in the grocery store to the architecture of the buildings along your commute - exists because of artists. "I have a personal belief that artists hold up a mirror to who we are as human beings and who our society is," Rutter said. "Our artists are telling the story of what's happening today. They are the truth-tellers."
I n a certain sense, I have been an employee of the Canadian government for the roughly eighteen months during which I wrote my book, How Artists Make Money and How Money Makes Artists. Not in the sense of having job security or benefits or a pension contribution or a direct supervisor or a specific place to be or a title,
The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) has announced five new members of its (Cig)-an exclusive programme for private arts organisations that operate on public land to receive long-term support from the city, including an annual operations subsidy. One arts organisation from each of the city's five boroughs was inducted into the group-Brooklyn's , Manhattan's , the , the on Staten Island and the in Queens.
Naomi Rincón-Gallardo's video installation, Resilience Tiacuache\Opposum Resilience (2019), perfectly encapsulates the hopes of the 18th Istanbul Biennial, a space where "self-preservation and futurity are interdependent", according to curator Christine Tohmé. Using survival-seeking opossums as a metaphor for mankind, this extremely funny and imaginative installation sees the creatures stand up to violent enemies that threaten their happiness and lives, bringing about a child-like joy in the viewer.
The Thrive, Elevate and Nexus programs each target a different segment of Austin's creative community: Thrive is designed for larger nonprofit arts organizations with a track record and dedicated space; Elevate supports mid-sized nonprofits and arts groups; and Nexus provides smaller, one-time grants to individual artists and collectives.
"With this funding, we can ensure that our event is inclusive, accessible, and professionally produced," Annie Le said. "For our communities, it means recognition, representation, and pride."
"After forty years as Artistic Director of his eponymous company, the Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Petronio has decided to close shop—a financial decision brought on by shifting interests in both private and public sources of funding."
"The city of Portland’s arts sector is in a crisis, facing budget cuts from both local and federal levels, jeopardizing the survival of vital cultural organizations."
The arts are under siege, as highlighted by the alarming termination of numerous National Endowment for the Arts grants, indicating a troubling shift in national financial priorities.
The James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation launched its second year of Spark Awards, granting $25,000 to each of 60 Oregon artists to support their careers.
"What knits our communities together is the opportunity to hear each other, to hear differences of opinion, to understand how we're different and how we're similar, and that's what builds the ground on which democracy can grow."
