MarcyKate Connolly

writer, composer, arts administrator

Tag: arts

Intellectual Property Rights v. Debt

I just read this article and it made me sad.  Photographer Annie Leibovitz may lose the rights to her artwork because she used it as collateral to obtain a loan to fend off her mounting debts. Leibovitz faces a Tuesday deadline to repay a $24-million loan from a New York art-finance company. Art Capital Group [...]

To Text or Not To Text, That is the Question…

I haven’t decided what side of the fence I’m on yet, but I can see both arguments. On one hand, texting could provide an innovative marketing opportunity to reach out to the coveted “younger audience,” but on the other could result in alienating longtime patrons who don’t want any activity happening in theatre save what is playing on the stage.

The Arts + Evolution = Better Than You Think!

I’m loving this article from Newsweek (read the whole thing HERE): A Darwinian understanding of culture begins with the observation that the arts appear in every human society and yield intense delight. When evolutionary psychologists detect those qualities, bells start ringing. Universal appearance of a behavior sometimes leads scientists to infer that it evolved before [...]

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