Do Musicians have Better Brains?
A new study here summary here) argues that musicians have more highly developed brains than the rest of us. The research relates the concept of high mind development to the Continue Reading →
Category: advocacy
Arts Summit 2011
Arts Summit 2011 will showcase our excellence en masse, our group wisdom in action, and you our culture makers. For two days we will be gathering collaborative and ingenious minds Continue Reading →
Art of Science and Technological Innovations
I’ve just published a study that shows that almost all Nobel laureates in the sciences are actively engaged in arts as adults. They are twenty-five times as likely as average Continue Reading →
Diane Ragsdale on the State of the Art
This keynote address is very similar to the one Diane gave at the Arts Alliance in Vancouver about 2 years ago. Well worth a few minutes of your time. Diane Continue Reading →
Perhaps we need to rethink which nonprofit arts groups are considered leaders in their fields?
Diane Ragsdale who was here in Vancouver two years ago as the keynote speaker for the Arts Alliance conference now has her own blog where she comments on her own Continue Reading →
Why Cutting Arts Funding Is Not a Good Idea
From Psychology Today Feb. 14, 2011 Congress is once again making plans to gut the National Endowment for the Arts, so it is time for us to post more data Continue Reading →
Coalition for Music Education – new web site
Here in Canada, the Coalition for Music Education has a new site – branded “Music Makes Us”Check out the site for information about music advocacy for school music programs, national Continue Reading →
Spending on the arts in Canada – musical instrument purchases down 16%
Looking at this report from Hill Research over my morning coffee, I am struck by a couple of items that kind of leap off the page at me that seem Continue Reading →
British Columbians spend nearly $4 billion on cultural goods and services, over 4 times higher than government spending on culture in the province
Consumer Spending on Culture in Canada, the Provinces and 12 Metropolitan Areas in 2008, the 32nd report in the Statistical Insights on the Arts series from Hill Strategies Research, shows Continue Reading →
Interview with Stop BC Arts Cuts’ Lindsay Brown
Lindsay Brown is the founder of Stop BC Arts Cuts Q. The Chair of the BC Arts Council recently resigned. What was your reaction? Jane Danzo’s resignation broke the logjam Continue Reading →