The New York Times reports on a Web site from Saatchi Gallery that allows art students to interact and share their art; a MySpace for artists. When I wrote my museum 2.0 entry, I had not heard of the Saatchi site yet, so it’s amazing how similar the ideas are. Even though the Saatchi...
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Last Saturday was one of the most exciting nights of my employment at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. It wasn’t significant in the way that Barenboim’s farewell concerts or Haitink’s Mahler 3 concerts were; it was significant in that it opened new doors and welcomed new audiences. While the Orchestra was on tour at New...
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Alex Ross: WGMS says goodbye to good music (tags: media classical_music cultural_affairs) Pre-order Lieberson’s Neruda Songs (tags: classical_music) Out Front Blog: LGBT communication issues (tags: blog marketing public_relations) Mexican Traditions for Christmas (tags: mexico cultural_affairs international_affairs latino) NY Times: Questions for Tan Dun (tags: classical_music cultural_affairs) Andrew Taylor on Telling compelling stories (tags: arts_management...
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Edelman just introduced another version of Todd Defren’s original Web 2.0 news release, or social media release, and a tool to create one. It’s not very new or innovative and aesthetically it can be much improved. Nonetheless, it is noteworthy that a large PR agency such as Edelman is rolling this stuff out. I...
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Imagine walking through a museum with every major work of art in history. An entire wing with all of Leonardo da Vinci’s works; an entire wing with all of Vincent van Gogh’s works; and an entire wing with all of Jackson Pollock’s works. Or an entire wing with all the major works from the...
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Interview with Microsoft’s head of web design (tags: new_media blogosphere) Edelman’s Impressions of Chicago (tags: chicago cultural_affairs) Do You Have Your Elevator Speech Ready? (tags: career_insight public_relations) Chicago Tribune: Web empowers victims to `holla back’ (tags: new_media blogosphere across_the_board) Have bloggers libelled an alleged attacker? (tags: new_media blogosphere ethics) La Raza: Mariachi los Camperos...
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