21 May 2010
Jackhammer Lullaby—Continuum’s Wisdom of the Elders

Toronto cham­ber ensem­ble extra­or­di­naire, Con­tin­uum, per­forms Jack­ham­mer Lul­laby on their final con­cert of the sea­son, Wis­dom of the Elders. Also includes a new work by Juliet Palmer and pieces by Amer­i­can Tom John­son and Brit Geoff Han­nan. Con­tin­uum com­mis­sioned Jack­ham­mer Lul­laby in 2008.

8:00pm, The Music Gallery
197 John Street (map)
Toronto, Canada
Tickets: $20 / $15 / $10 / tickets available at www.musicgallery.org or at the door
www.continuummusic.org    www.musicgallery.org    
Economics vs. Art: Why a good fit has never existed
2 February 2010, 11:35 amTags: , , , , , , ,
money in the pot

The eco­nom­ics of art is a peren­nial source of debate. Pro­po­nents of fund­ing for the arts usu­ally fol­low one of two argu­ments. The first is that art con­tributes intan­gi­bly to soci­ety by con­tribut­ing a rea­son to live, as opposed to a way to live. The sec­ond is that art actu­ally con­tributes tan­gi­bly to the greater econ­omy through the hard work that many artists do for rel­a­tively lit­tle pay. In con­trast, those who oppose fund­ing for the arts argue that fund­ing is waste of money, because valu­able art will be able to sur­vive eco­nom­i­cally on its own any­way: good artists will be in high demand, cre­at­ing scarcity for their work, and hence ensur­ing them a com­men­su­rate level of income.

But art has never been a good fit to any mon­e­tary econ­omy, because money was not really designed to han­dle art. (more…)

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