amy szerlong

Art is no longer lost among technological babble…

Posted by amy szerlong on April 8, 2009 in Uncategorized

According to an article in Tuesday’s New York Times, the Indianapolis Museum of Art is developing a new website that is now up and running called, “ArtBabble.” This website will serve like a YouTube in that the website features videos of “artist interviews and time-lapse shots of exhibitions installations to short profiles of curators, art […]

What Happened to, “If you BUILD it, they will come?”

Posted by amy szerlong on March 25, 2009 in Uncategorized

Last Tuesday’s issue of The New York Times featured a self-proclaimed “special section” entitled, “Museums.” Within this section, there are numerous full page ads advertising art museums across the country – one even included a coupon for free entrance into MoMA! What was most interesting about this section though, was it’s front page […]

Off Limits Endowments?

Posted by amy szerlong on March 4, 2009 in Uncategorized

In one of the newest articles from Arts Journal, the economic downturn has affected non-profits for the worse. Apparently, two dozen states adopted a uniform law in the 1970s that states that “prohibits drawing money from endowments that fall below their ‘historic dollar value’ – the money given to create the endowment and […]

New Philosophy: If You Give, You Will Get

Posted by amy szerlong on February 18, 2009 in Uncategorized

Although asking for money in a time of financial crisis seems somewhat paradoxical, a recent article in The Boston Globe shows that there is hope in the realm of philanthropy. On Monday The Globe reported that Boston-based foundation, the Eos Foundation, is starting a trend in the area of “counter-cyclical giving.”
            The Eos […]

Art as Assets?

Posted by amy szerlong on February 4, 2009 in Uncategorized

          Due to the overwhelming response from the art world regarding Brandeis University’s recent decision to sell pieces of their art collection and close the Rose Museum, a central issue today is, is artwork an asset? Moreover will the auctioning off of such highly valued pieces benefit the university in the long-run […]

Major Arts Organizations Share Common Ground - Economic Hardships

Posted by amy szerlong on January 21, 2009 in Uncategorized

From reading both a New York Times article that was published last Friday, as well as an article in The Chronicle of Philanthropy dated January 15, it is clear that nowadays most cultural and arts organizations share a great deal of common ground. Unfortunately, this is not necessarily a good thing as that […]