By Emily Tanner-McLean The past year was one of paradigm shifts around the globe, ranging from subtle to dramatic. As we enter 2012, the United States faces an international landscape in which events – unprecedented political protests in Russia, continued uprising and reconfiguration in Egypt, and elsewhere in the Arab world, and the ongoing diplomacy [...]

By Emily Tanner-McLean “Occupy Museums!,” an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street, recently staged protests at the Museum of Modern Art, The Frick Collection, and the New Museum, under the leadership of the movement’s Organizer, New York-based artist Noah Fischer. Recognizing that “art is for everyone, across all classes and cultures,” the purpose of these protests [...]

By Emily Tanner This past year, I interned in the fundraising department at one of the Nation’s oldest and largest performing arts organizations. This particular organization has cache, as it has brought some of the most experimental, monumental, and high-caliber works to its annual audiences of more than 600,000. It is also known for being [...]