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Re: “Fall.ART.(Dead?)”
Hey Graham,
It's an interesting question, actually!
After OBT canned their long-running free outdoor performance series, "OBT Exposed," this past summer (citing lack of sponsorships), the company decided to muscle up a new city-wide arts festival to open the fall arts season in Portland and, hopefully, introduce audiences to a range of PDX artists and organizations.
This is OBT's first time out attempting a free, multi-organization, festival-like event of this scope, so they get points for manning up to organize and present it (none of the other 5 other major arts institutions in town have attempted something like this, at least in recent memory).
But it's notable that of the 11 performance groups on tap, 9 of them are dance, and many of the organizations hawking tickets at the event opted out of providing performers.
But it may yet grow and prosper!
Re: “Another Week, Another Arts Bailout? Not So Fast...”
PDX97217,
I don't mean to disaparage Ms. Oslund personally. I too have found her to be a person with integrity (and as a non-profit, Conduit is obviously lightyears away from any rampant Annie Leibovitz style of poor business management).
I used the term "disarray" to characterize an organization's asking the public to cough up 1/3 of their annual budget in 30 days or else they will close.
Re: “Another Week, Another Arts Bailout? Not So Fast...”
I agree that $15,000 can go a LONG way for a small to midsize arts non-profit.
But I don't think organizational disarray merits the money. I don't understand why the "squeaky wheels" of the arts scene deserve the money more than other, equally struggling small to midsize arts groups that work intensely and quietly to right themselves... I'm thinking especially of the many many small to midsize theatre companies here, who don't shoot up flares every time they're on the brink of closure. They recalibrate, they reorganize, they move forward.
Portland Center Stage has several million dollars left to raise for its Armory capital campaign. The Oregon Symphony is about to take an ax to its musician's salaries after doing the same to its administrative staff. OBT has no orchestra for its 2009-10 season.
Ultimately, Portlanders - and their pocketbooks - will decide which organizations are most critical to the health and scale of our arts scene here.
Re: “OBT No Longer "Exposed"”
Well, smirk... SORRY. But you're not getting any this year. Well... OK, technically you'll get *some* sort of OBT experience in late summer, but it won't be anything at all like "OBT Exposed." Fingers crossed that the new arts fest proves to be a worthy addition...
Re: “BREAKING (with updates): Tom Potter Announces Support for Adams Recall Campaign”
I agree that there's not been enough reporting done yet to definitely call these "push polls," so I've stricken that. Also: of course Potter was never Adams' boss in any official sense, so I've changed that to colleague.
Re: “Save On Insulation For Your Single Family Home”
Bailey is rawking the hellz out of that suit + tie combo. Smart lookin' fella!
Re: “OBT Leads Big Arts Rally Today in Pioneer Square”
Hey Blabby, just to respond: the evening event tonight at Forkfly is sponsored by Forkfly as a low-dollar fundraiser for OBT. OBT's not footing the bill for the party; Forkfly is (this information comes directly from the company).
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