“The arts should be legitimate participants in a larger conversation with society.”
- Rocco Landesman, Chairman, The National Endowment for the Arts
Sep 17 2012
By Erica Sheftman
At the Aspen Institute offices in New York, the Arts Program is gearing up for the inaugural Arts Strategy Group.
Jul 25 2012
By Erica Sheftman
Upon the news that New York City has acquired what will become the final section of the High Line from CSX Transportation for development, it seems fitting that we take a look back at High Line architect Elizabeth Diller’s discussion at the Institute’s Ideas Festival earlier this
Jul 02 2012
By Erica Sheftman
“You have to marry a great story with a Julie Taymor,” Michael Eisner said in his introduction to Thursday’s conversation. “And that is the job of people like me. But there are not enough Julie Taymors.”
Jun 29 2012
By Erica Sheftman
“Beauty is a great way to connect. When you see a painting or a performance that is beauty, you find yourself opening up," Dutch composer Merlijn Twaalfhoven said at Thursday’s Arts panel “Culture and Conflict.”
Jul 09 2002
By Erica Sheftman
“Around the age of eight or nine, kids want to know how to do things right, and there is nothing wrong with that,” development psychologist and Harvard Graduate School of Education professor Howard Gardner said at the Institute’s Ideas Festival. “So we have to provide counter-pressures.
