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A New Front in the Culture Wars (and other November stories)
Seward Johnson, “A Reason to Smile,” installed at Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ. (Photo by Flickr user Wally Gobetz) On November 13, gunmen opened fire on approximately 1,500 unsuspecting...
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Reinventing Createquity: A Year (and a half) in Review
“leap” by Flickr user sabrina’s stash. Loyal Createquity readers, In 2014, we took a big leap, and you leaped with us. Running a traditional arts blog wasn’t feeling very exciting to us anymore, and...
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A new editorial team member
Createquity is pleased to welcome Katherine Gressel as our newest editorial team member. Katherine originally got her start with Createquity as a Writing Fellow and occasional contributing writer in...
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The Top 10 Arts Policy Stories of 2015
“Untitled” by flickr user Jakob Montrasio Each year, Createquity offers a list of the top ten arts policy stories of the past twelve months. You can read the previous editions here: 2014, 2013, 2012,...
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Leaving Behind No Child Left Behind (and Other December Stories)
“Second Grade Writing Class” by Flickr user woodleywonderworks. In July, thirteen years after the Bush Administration passed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), ushering in an age of highly...
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Are you better off today than you were 15 years ago?
The New York Times Building, photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid One hot August day last summer, my Facebook news feed suddenly blew up with frustration directed at New York Times fact-checkers,...
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Netflix Is Taking Over (and Other January Stories)
“Netflix” by flickr user Jenny Cestnik. This month, Netflix moved one step closer to media domination, launching its streaming service in 130 countries, bringing the total number of...
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Createquity wants to hear from you!
Speak to Me — photo by flickr user Ian Sane In summer 2014, Createquity overhauled its editorial structure, priorities, and online presence to place a new emphasis on investigating the most important...
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Are The Arts The Answer to Our TV Obsession?
SUMMARY: Television, not baseball, is America’s national pastime. Adults spend an average of nearly three hours in front of the tube daily, outpacing the next most common leisure-time activity by a...
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The most important issues in the arts are __________.
red check mark — photo by Flickr user kkirugi In summer 2014, Createquity overhauled its editorial structure, priorities, and online presence to place a new emphasis on investigating the most important...
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Taking Art into Their Own Hands
the artist’s hand — photo by flickr user farhad sarykov Expanding the reach of arts organizations is notoriously challenging, especially when it comes to people who make less money, have less...
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Who Will Be the Next Arts Revolutionary?
Take a listen to Voice 1: In the past fifteen years, the number of nonprofit theater companies in the United States has doubled while audiences and funding have shrunk. Neither the field nor the next...
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NEA Launches Creativity Connects (And Other February Stories)
Artist at Work – photo by flickr user Graeme Rattray As part of its 50th anniversary, the National Endowment for the Arts has launched Creativity Connects, a threefold leadership initiative designed to...
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Join Us for Conversations About TV & the Nonprofit Arts Sector
With two major feature articles coming out in the past month, we’re excited to discuss the implications with you. Please join us for Twitter conversations on Are the Arts the Answer to Our TV...
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Createquity adds three new editorial team members
Createquity kicked off 2016 by adding capacity in our research, operations and graphic design function areas, thanks to three new team members. Over the past few months, Salem Tsegaye has authored a...
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Introducing a new podcast!
Image: “Gogbot,” Installation at the Gogbot Media Art Festival in Enschede. By Flickr user Ineke Do you love thinking about the most important issues in the arts and what we can do about them, but wish...
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AlphaGo Pulls Off the Impossible (And Other March Stories)
Men playing go – photo by flickr user J.A.G.A. Computers have a long history of beating humans at complex games. This month, Google clinched the crown jewel a decade earlier than anticipated, when its...
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China Further Fortifies its Virtual Borders (And Other April Stories)
China – photo by flickr user Diego Aviles China has a long history of censoring free speech and media content in an effort to control the information its citizens consume. In 2016, Reporters Without...
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Createquity is Recruiting New Leaders
Createquity is looking for three ambitious, talented, and experienced individuals to lead the next phase of our work to build a healthy arts ecosystem through the power of evidence. Having just...
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The BFA’s Dance With Inequality
‘Tis joyful commencement season. If you took home a diploma for a four-year degree in the visual or performing arts last weekend, you’re not alone: in the U.S., more than 91,000 college graduates are...
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