Arts

Mayor from Mass. to speak about arts and economy - roanoke.com (The New River Valley Current)

16 May 2008

Can ailing businesses in downtown Blacksburg cash in on a new Virginia Tech arts initiative and plans to create an arts and culture district in the town's core? And if so, how can that be accomplished?

Economy kills Sarasota's Arts Day (Bradenton Herald)

16 May 2008

Sarasota's popular Arts Day festival, which attracts more than 20,000 art lovers annually, has been cancelled next year, falling prey to a struggling economy.

Tribal Arts (New York Times)

16 May 2008

An installation view of the Joel Cooner Gallery. Benjamin Genocchio writes: All art fairs are messy, but the New York International Tribal & Textile Arts Show is messier than most. It assembles a ridiculously broad range of tribal art from Africa, Oceania, Asia, and North and South America.