Engine29.org
November 4-13, 2011
The USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Program celebrates its tenth anniversary with the creation of Engine29, a "pop-up" arts journalism lab. The returning Fellow Alumni will work collaboratively on six experimental arts journalism projects, called Engine29, that were competitively chosen in response to a call for proposals among the 64 Fellowship alumni. The projects focus on art criticism, audience engagement, investigative cultural reporting, innovative technology and new forms of storytelling....Read More
A National Summit on Arts Journalism
October 2, 2009
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A partnership of the four National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Arts Journalism Institutes and the National Arts Journalism Program, the first-ever National Summit on Arts Journalism held at USC Annenberg explored new ideas for arts coverage and journalism business models in front of a live and virtual audience of nearly 20,000 people.
Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The University of Southern California's College of Letters Arts & Sciences, School of Cinematic Arts, Roski School of Fine Arts, Thornton School of Music, School of Theatre, School of Architecture, Fisher Museum of Art, The Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, Online Journalism Review and the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.
What Is This Thing Called The Slow Journalism Movement?
November 17, 2008
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Panel-discussion moderated by Douglas McLennan, editor of ArtsJournal.com, with Peter Sellars, festival, opera and theater director, Josh Viertel, president of Slow Food USA, Mister Jalopy, blogger and author of the Maker's Bill of Rights, and Naka Nathaniel, journalist.
The Slow Journalism Movement describes the growing practice of journalists sharing resources and caring less about beating their competition to the big story than about practicing social justice.
Also read:
"Larry Wilson: A new take on an old profession" by Larry Wilson, Pasadena Star-News
"Slow Journalism?" by Marc B. Haefele, Los Angeles CityBeat.
Studio 360 -- Getty Fabulous: Live in L.A.
June 5, 2007
Live-taping of Senior Fellow and host Kurt Andersen's radio show, "Studio 360" at The Getty Center's Harold M. Williams Auditorium. His guests included:
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Iris Bahr, playwright and actress
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Jon Robin Baitz, playwright
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Alexandra Patsavas, American music supervisor for film and television
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Quetzal Flores, bandleader of East L.A. Chicano fusion rock band "Quetzal"
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Martha Gonzalez, vocalist of "Quetzal"
Peter Sellars' "The Children of Herakles"
March 16, 2004
Panel-discussion held in the Annenberg Auditorium at USC on the arts, social justice, religion and journalism to discuss global policies and attitudes affecting refugees and immigrants moderated by Oscar Garza, deputy editor, Los Angeles Times Magazine, with panelists:
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Salam Al-Marayati, Executive Director of Muslim Public Affairs Council
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Larry Gross, Professor & Director, School of Communication, USC Annenberg School for Communication
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Jamal, an exile from Iran and artistic director of Avaz International Dance Theatre
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Rev. Dr. George Regas, convener, Interfaith Communities United for Justice & Peace
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David Sefton, director, UCLA Live!, UCLA Performing Arts
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Peter Sellars, theater, opera, festival, film & television director.
The panel addressed such issues as the role of arts in building new relationships between countries. Can America re-enter foreign cultural policy? Will arts reporters be instrumental in shaping global diplomatic life? Peter Sellars' theater production of Euripides' "The Children of Herakles" as a touchstone.