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June 18, 2010
Curb Center Associate Director Steven Tepper participated in a panel discussion regarding innovation in concert formats at the League of American Orchestras’ annual conference in Atlanta.
June 16, 2010
Curb Center Associate Director Steven Tepper was featured speaker in a conversation entitled “Trends that Should Influence Your Work” at Chorus America’s 33rd Annual Conference. Drawing on his research in his book Engaging Art: The Next Great Transformation of America’s Cultural Life, Tepper addressed trends in the new “experiential culture” that is influencing the work of musicians.
May 24, 2010
Bill Ivey and Curb Center Associate Director for Policy Paula Cleggett hosted an Arts Industries Policy Forum featuring public former Voice of America director Geoffrey Cowan. As the current director of the University of Southern California’s Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, Cowan discussed his recent research and questions related to media ownership, net neutrality, and broadband access. The event was held at the Curb Center’s Washington, D.C. offices.
May 20, 2010
The Curb Center hosted a reception honoring the life and family of artist Allen C. Carter. Seventy-one pieces of “Big Al’s” original work are on display at The Curb Center on Vanderbilt campus. The reception served as an opportunity to help shape Big Al’s legacy, welcome his family to Vanderbilt, and begin conversations about how students and community members can celebrate this important body of work.
April 17-18, 2010
Curb Center Associate Director Steven Tepper participated in the “Musical Performance as Political Practice” conference held on the Vanderbilt campus. The conference focused on how musical performances themselves—including material, physical, and sensuous characteristics—are political.
April 12, 2010
Bill Ivey was keynote speaker at a book launch and mini conference concerning “International Cultural Policies and Power” at Georgetown University, and Carol Balassa, Curb Senior Fellow, participated in a panel discussion at the conference. The conference focused around the new book entitled An ‘Economic’ Approach Towards the Trade and Culture Debate: The U.S. Position, in which 17 noted scholars contribute essays on ways of analyzing cultural policies. Carol Balassa contributed to a chapter of the book.
April 11, 2010
Paula Cleggett, Curb Center Associate Director for Policy, organized and moderated a panel discussion on cultural policy as part of the 2010 Emerging Arts Leaders Symposium at American University. The panel discussed a variety of issues relevant to arts organizations and included panelists Michael Bracy, Anthony Chavez, Aimee Fullman, and Sunil Iyengar.
March 22, 2010
Bill Ivey joined noted author David Hajdu at Columbia University as a guest speaker for two graduate journalism classes.
Curb Center Associate Director Steven Tepper discussed his upcoming book Not Here, Not Now, Not That! Protesting Art and Media in America at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Fine Arts.
March 9, 2010
Bill Ivey led a discussion on the current state of the arts in America at the Vail Symposium. The discussion focused around his research in his recent book, Arts, Inc: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights and examined forces that have put the expressive life of Americans at risk.
February 21-25, 2010
Curb Center Associate Director Steven Tepper joined with 50 arts leaders from around the world in Salzburg, Austria for a Salzburg Global Seminar focusing on opportunities for reinventing the performing arts. At the seminar, Tepper facilitated a small group workshop discussing the creation of value in the arts. A report by Russell Willis Taylor and Adrian Ellis summarizes the discussions that took place.
January 28, 2010
Bill Ivey was the featured speaker at The Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions at Vanderbilt University. He discussed a significant leadership challenge faced during his career and described noteworthy lessons learned from the experience.
January 25-29, 2010
Bill Ivey joined with 17 “big thinkers” in an online conversation on the Arts Journal blog in discussing the “expressive life.” The “expressive life” is a term Ivey has recently advanced as both a fresh descriptive term and a new framework for arts policy conversation.
January 20, 2010
Bill Ivey joined Americans for Arts president Bob Lynch, American Enterprise Institute president Arthur C. Brooks, and Honolulu mayor Mufi Hannemann in announcing the National Arts Index, the first study designed to measure the health and vitality of the arts industries in the U.S.
January 14, 2010
Bill Ivey served as lead speaker on a panel entitled “What Cultural Rights are Worth Fighting For” at the State of the Arts Conference 2010, an event sponsored by the RSA (The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce) and the Arts Council of England. The event took place in London.
November 2, 2009
Bill Ivey and Curb Center Associate Director for Policy Paula Cleggett hosted an Arts Industries Policy Forum focusing on equitable access to airwaves. Guest speakers, including consultant Cheryl Leanza and activist Michael Shay, addressed low power FM Radio, localism, and minority ownership in the radio industry. The event took place at the Curb Center’s Washington, D.C. offices.
Curb Center Associate Director Steven Tepper participated in a panel discussion regarding innovation in concert formats at the League of American Orchestras’ annual conference in Atlanta.
Bill Ivey and Curb Center Associate Director for Policy Paula Cleggett hosted an Arts Industries Policy Forum featuring public former Voice of America director Geoffrey Cowan. As the current director of the University of Southern California’s Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, Cowan discussed his recent research and questions related to media ownership, net neutrality, and broadband access. The event was held at the Curb Center’s Washington, D.C. offices.
The Curb Center hosted a reception honoring the life and family of artist Allen C. Carter. Seventy-one pieces of “Big Al’s” original work are on display at The Curb Center on Vanderbilt campus. The reception served as an opportunity to help shape Big Al’s legacy, welcome his family to Vanderbilt, and begin conversations about how students and community members can celebrate this important body of work.
Curb Center Associate Director Steven Tepper participated in the “Musical Performance as Political Practice” conference held on the Vanderbilt campus. The conference focused on how musical performances themselves—including material, physical, and sensuous characteristics—are political.
Bill Ivey was keynote speaker at a book launch and mini conference concerning “International Cultural Policies and Power” at Georgetown University, and Carol Balassa, Curb Senior Fellow, participated in a panel discussion at the conference. The conference focused around the new book entitled An ‘Economic’ Approach Towards the Trade and Culture Debate: The U.S. Position, in which 17 noted scholars contribute essays on ways of analyzing cultural policies. Carol Balassa contributed to a chapter of the book.
Paula Cleggett, Curb Center Associate Director for Policy, organized and moderated a panel discussion on cultural policy as part of the 2010 Emerging Arts Leaders Symposium at American University. The panel discussed a variety of issues relevant to arts organizations and included panelists Michael Bracy, Anthony Chavez, Aimee Fullman, and Sunil Iyengar.
Bill Ivey joined noted author David Hajdu at Columbia University as a guest speaker for two graduate journalism classes.
Curb Center Associate Director Steven Tepper discussed his upcoming book Not Here, Not Now, Not That! Protesting Art and Media in America at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Fine Arts.
Bill Ivey led a discussion on the current state of the arts in America at the Vail Symposium. The discussion focused around his research in his recent book, Arts, Inc: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights and examined forces that have put the expressive life of Americans at risk.
Curb Center Associate Director Steven Tepper joined with 50 arts leaders from around the world in Salzburg, Austria for a Salzburg Global Seminar focusing on opportunities for reinventing the performing arts. At the seminar, Tepper facilitated a small group workshop discussing the creation of value in the arts. A report by Russell Willis Taylor and Adrian Ellis summarizes the discussions that took place.
Bill Ivey was the featured speaker at The Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions at Vanderbilt University. He discussed a significant leadership challenge faced during his career and described noteworthy lessons learned from the experience.
Bill Ivey joined with 17 “big thinkers” in an online conversation on the Arts Journal blog in discussing the “expressive life.” The “expressive life” is a term Ivey has recently advanced as both a fresh descriptive term and a new framework for arts policy conversation.
Bill Ivey joined Americans for Arts president Bob Lynch, American Enterprise Institute president Arthur C. Brooks, and Honolulu mayor Mufi Hannemann in announcing the National Arts Index, the first study designed to measure the health and vitality of the arts industries in the U.S.
Bill Ivey served as lead speaker on a panel entitled “What Cultural Rights are Worth Fighting For” at the State of the Arts Conference 2010, an event sponsored by the RSA (The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce) and the Arts Council of England. The event took place in London.
Bill Ivey and Curb Center Associate Director for Policy Paula Cleggett hosted an Arts Industries Policy Forum focusing on equitable access to airwaves. Guest speakers, including consultant Cheryl Leanza and activist Michael Shay, addressed low power FM Radio, localism, and minority ownership in the radio industry. The event took place at the Curb Center’s Washington, D.C. offices.
