Based at New York University, the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics is a rather unique consortium of various institutions, artists, scholars, and activists dedicated “to exploring the relationship between expressive behavior and social and political life in the Americas”. Equally interesting is the Institute’s desire to move beyond a number of traditional disciplinary boundaries,...

Recently, PBS redesigned the section of its main homepage dedicated to the arts programming featured on the network. The results are quite impressive and the hope is that this new site will "bring audiences directly into the creative process." The homepage has a Featured Art area that includes a digital remix of Mister Rogers singing, along with craft shows from the gifted Randall Darwall. The...

To broaden the reach of its on-site programming, the Smithsonian American Art Museum has compiled links to recordings of lectures, symposia, and performances going back to 2010. For example, from 2011, view a presentation by museum conservators Amber Kerr-Allison and Brian Baade on Henry Ossawa Tanner's painting techniques. Or, skip ahead to 2012 to watch a panel discussion of the book,...