because art: Commentary, Critique, & Conversation - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Onion River PressISBN-13:9781949066852ISBN-10:1949066851UPC:9781949066852Book Category:ArtBook Subcategory:Criticism & TheorySize:8.25 x 5.50 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.6305Product ID:SC5NDQQYVY
Essays, speeches, and conversations by artist, arts administrator, and Vermont state legislator, John R. Killacky.
Highlights include:
- Cultural, social, and political commentary on leadership, disability, equines, Buddhism, AIDS, arts producing, philanthropy, and legislating.
- Critical analysis of such artists as Ron Athey, John Cage, Douglas Crimp, Keith Haring, Peter Hujar, Dona Ann McAdams, Kevin McKenzie, Eiko Otake, and Sarah Schulman.
- Interviews with such art luminaries as Alison Bechdel, Trisha Brown, Janis Ian, Bill T. Jones, Tony Kushner, and Meredith Monk.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Onion River PressISBN-13:9781949066852ISBN-10:1949066851UPC:9781949066852Book Category:ArtBook Subcategory:Criticism & TheorySize:8.25 x 5.50 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.6305Product ID:SC5NDQQYVY
Killacky, John R.: - John R. Killacky currently serves in the Vermont House of Representatives. Previously he was executive director of Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, program officer for arts and culture at San Francisco Foundation, executive director of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and curator of performing arts for Walker Art Center. Other past positions include program officer at Pew Charitable Trusts, general manager of PepsiCo SUMMERFARE, and managing director of the Trisha Brown and Laura Dean dance companies. He received the First Bank Award Sally Ordway Irvine Award in Artistic Vision, William Dawson Award for Programming Excellence from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Dance USA's Ernie Award as an unsung hero, Fan Taylor Distinguished Service Award for Exemplary Service to the Field of Professional Presenting, and Vermont Arts Council's Kannenstine Award for Arts Advocacy. He co-edited the Lambda Literary Award-winning anthology, Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories.
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