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MoviePass Adds a Million Subscribers, Even if Theaters Arenβt Sold on It
By BROOKS BARNES
LOS ANGELES β As streaming services like Netflix and Hulu surge in popularity, movie theaters have been trying to compete by rethinking the concession counter and installing seats that resemble beds.
π Your media arts & culture news π· ALLIANCE eBulletin πΉ October/November 2017
Facilitating collaboration, strategic growth, innovation, and cultural impact for the media arts field
The High Stakes of Limited Inclusion
By KAMAL SINCLAIR
Emerging media cannot risk limited inclusion and suffer the same pitfalls of traditional media. The stakes are too high. Together, we must engineer robust inclusion into the process of imagining our future.
An Urgency to Speak our Truth: Artists, Archives, & Activism
By Arbo Radiko
There was this moment, sitting in the small cozy recording studio at BRIC Arts Media in Brooklyn with visionary artist/activists Martha Redbone and Jaishri Abichandani and my co-collaborator, mastering engineer/archivist Jessica Thompson, when all things felt possible.
Making a New Reality: Furthering equality in emerging media
BY KAMAL SINCLAIR
In 2008 my life took a turn from the world of live performing arts and tangible visual arts to an increasingly more virtual engagement with arts and creativity.
FALLING BACK, SEEING FORWARD: Creativity, Culture, Community
By Wendy Levy
Fall is as a season of renewal. Renewing hope and optimism in the face of it all, renewing grants, renewing memberships, renewing our belief in the mission of our work.
Video Roundtable: Youth Media (October 2017)
Video Roundtable: Youth Media (October 2017) from Wendy Levy on Vimeo.
Video Roundtable: Youth Media (August 2017)
Check out The Alliance's Youth Media Video Roundtable from last month!
π Your media arts & culture news π· ALLIANCE eBulletin πΉ September 2017
Facilitating collaboration, strategic growth, innovation, and cultural impact for the media arts field
Tips from a Foundation Insider: How to Avoid Common Mistakes and Make Your Best Case in Writing Proposals to Foundations
Even the best fundraisers, writers, journalists, and researchers sometimes fall short when they try to communicate the importance and excitement of their work to foundations. Common mistakes include misunderstanding the goals the funder is pursuing in your field, failing to tell an engaging story, being unclear about your strategy and desired change, and providing too much or too little illustrative detail.
Who is VR for?
What are the models we could set up to build a more inclusive group of artists and field builders working in the creative virtual reality space? Over the summer, Iβve been interviewing makers and practitioners about this question.