Are the Arts Essential? / / ed. by Michael DiNiscia, Alberta Arthurs.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2022
• MitwirkendeR: Appiah, K. Anthony,; Arthurs, Alberta,; Becker, Carol,; Berger, Karol,; Brown, Jeffrey,; Brown, Lynne P.,; Campbell, Mary Schmidt,; Cox, Angela,; DiNiscia, Michael F.,; Eustis, Oskar,; Hersch, Fred,; Hirsch, Edward,; Ishizuka, Karen L.,; León, Tania,; Miss, Mary,; Rahman, Zeyba,; Rashid, Hussein,; Reisman, Leah,; Rosen, Jesse,; Sheppard, Alice,; Stimpson, Catharine R.,; Streb, Elizabeth,; Tepper, Steven,; Truscott, Cristal Chanelle,; Walker, Darren,; Wang, Jay,; Weiss, Daniel,; Westermann, Mariët,; Willis, Deborah,; Winner, Ellen,
• HerausgeberIn: Arthurs, Alberta,; DiNiscia, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 24 4/C illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Introduction: Poems Don’t Stay in Place: --; Part I: Strengthening Society --; 1 What Is to Be Done? --; 2 New York Reimagined: --; 3 Leading Institutional Change: --; 4 The Arts Today --; 5 Are the Arts Essential? --; Part II: Benefiting the Individual --; 6 Art in Theory: An Insight from Marcel Duchamp --; 7 “Exchanging Signals with the Planet Mars”: --; 8 Talking of Walking --; 9 Why Teach the Arts: --; 10 A Human Beauty, a Human Risk: --; Part III: Finding and Fostering Community --; 11 Reflections: --; 12 An Urdu of the Twenty-First-Century United States --; 13 Cultural Conservatory: --; 14 It’s Who We Are --; 15 An Artist’s Journey --; Part IV: Engaging the Sciences --; 16 The Work of Art in the Age of Ubiquitous Computing --; 17 City as Living Laboratory: --; 18 Unreasonable Movement; Unreasonable Thought --; 19 Jazz and Consciousness --; Part V: Recording and Sharing Our Histories --; 20 Art and Consciousness from Blombos Cave to Black Lives Matter --; 21 Art Saved Us . . . from What? --; 22 Darkness and Light: --; 23 Art Invites the World In --; 24 On the Value of the Arts and Culture in a Global Community --; 25 The Arts and Global Relations --; Conclusion: The Art of Gathering --; Annotated Bibliography --; Acknowledgments --; Notes --; About the Editors --; About the Contributors --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781479812646; 9783110992809; 9783110992816; 9783110993899; 9783110994810; 9783110751628
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9781479812646.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Michael DiNiscia, Alberta Arthurs.

A timely and kaleidoscopic reflection on the importance of the arts in our societyIn the midst of a devastating pandemic, as theaters, art galleries and museums, dance stages and concert halls shuttered their doors indefinitely and institutional funding for entertainment and culture evaporated almost overnight, a cohort of highly acclaimed scholars, artists, cultural critics, and a journalist sat down to ponder an urgent question: Are the arts essential? Across twenty-five highly engaging essays, these luminaries join together to address this question and to share their own ideas, experiences, and ambitions for the arts. Darren Walker discusses the ideals of justice and fairness advanced through the arts; Mary Schmidt Campbell shows us how artists and cultural institutions helped New York overcome the economic crisis of the 1970s, bringing new investment and creativity to the city; Deborah Willis traces histories of oppression and disenfranchisement documented by photographers; and Oskar Eustis offers a brief history lesson on how theaters have built communities since the Golden Age of Athens. Other topics include the vibrancy and diversity of Muslim culture in America during a time of rising Islamophobia; the strengthening of the common good through the art and cultural heritages of indigenous communities; digital data aggregation informing and influencing new art forms; and the jazz lyricisms of a theater piece inspired by a composer’s two-month coma. Drawing on their experiences across the spectrum of the arts, from the performing and visual arts to poetry and literature, the contributors remind readers that the arts are everywhere and, in one important way after another, they question, charge and change us. These impassioned essays remind us of the human connections the arts can forge—how we find each other through the arts, across the most difficult divides, and how the arts can offer hope in the most challenging times. What answer does this convocation offer to Are the Arts Essential? A resounding Yes.