Swimming Pool, 1970, by Salvador Dalí, Port Lligat, Spain, June 2018
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Tag: arts
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Friday Photo: Swimming Pool, Salvador Dalí
Posted at 8:45 am , on June 15, 2018
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Happy #518Day!
Posted at 11:57 am , on May 18, 2018
Check out some of the great social media posts from Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram celebrating the arts and culture of the 518 area code (more to be added as the day progresses):
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#TBT: Capital District Sings, 2011
Posted at 10:12 am , on October 5, 2017
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- Daniel Persico conducts
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- Albany Gay Men’s Chorus
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- The Mendelssohn Club of Albany
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- Capital District Youth Chorale
Originally posted October 10, 2011: Capital District Sings at timesunion:
Capital District Sings brought together a bunch of choruses on Sunday afternoon at Proctors in Schenectady. Albany Pro Musica hosted the event that also featured Albany Gay Men’s Chorus, Chinese Community Center Chorus, Ne’imah Jewish Community Chorus, Electric City Chorus, Capital District Youth Chorale, Mendelssohn Club and the Octavo Singers.
For more photos, go to http://blog.timesunion.com/localarts/photos-capital-district-sings-a-mohu-event/18471
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#518Day in the News
Posted at 10:12 am , on May 14, 2017
Thank you to The Daily Gazette and Saratogian for highlighting the #518Day social media campaign slated for Thursday, May 18- The Daily Gazette, 05/13/17: #518Day returns Thursday to promote local arts scene
- Saratogian, 05/10/17: #518Day, Thursday, May 18
What is #518Day? Learn more about it on this page.
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Federal Arts Funding Beyond ‘Piss Christ’
Posted at 10:10 am , on March 19, 2017
The short version: Bullies who favor guns over culture distort facts so they can gut federal arts funding; here are some facts.
The news
“The president’s budget would eliminate the NEA’s $148 million budget, the NEH’s $148 million budget and the CPB’s $445 million budget, as well as $230 million for the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which supports libraries and museums across the country.”Here we go again. A GOP budget plan to ax arts funding. Right-wingers cheering it on, saying things like arts are elitist and that people who want arts should pay for it themselves . This all seems to be a reflection of a couple different ways of looking at the world: the libertarian one, in which everyone needs to do everything for themselves (except maybe national defense?); and a kind of anti-intellectualism in reference to culture that can be summed up as “if I don’t understand it, it must be elitist.”
I’m reminded of a story told by a former newspaper colleague who recounted a meeting with an adult person in public. That person, recognizing her from her photo in the newspaper, said something like, “You write those movie reviews, right? You must be a millionaire.”
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