Future of the Arts

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Reprioritizing Artists Over Industry

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Austin Robey

Oregon Shakes Restructures, Scales Back With Eye to Future

American Theatre americantheatre.org

Jessica Ryan

The job for any studio is to create a great story and exploit it across as many channels as possible—theme parks, merchandise, games, movies, TV, TikTok, etc.

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The Great Work: Alchemy and the Power of Words – Paul Kingsnorth

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Jay Matthews

On one hand, this trend is potentially devastating for the performing arts industry. On the other hand, this challenge may represent a revolutionary opportunity for these organizations to fundamentally adapt engagement methods and means to change up these experiences as we currently know them – or at least to change up business models so that they

Colleen Dilenschneider • The Pandemic Has STILL Shifted the Types of Cultural Entities People Prefer to Visit

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Lil Nas X Is Gen Z's Defining Icon

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The Media Majlis

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Eleven propositions to the question: What is contemporary about craft?

Julia Bryan-Wilson arts.berkeley.edu

Elena Lo Presti

The cast is a group of women and nonbinary people originating at ART, a very specific institution that has a recent, problematic history with how they approach representation for nonbinary people. What did ART learn or not learn from past experiences?

Vulture • 1776’s Sara Porkalob Has Some Notes

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