Advocacy & Public Policy Committee News v. 10 n. 6, June 2024

Advocacy & Public Policy Committee News support the committee's mission to monitor governmental activities and social justice issues affecting the professional interests of ARLIS/NA and to keep the ARLIS/NA membership informed. The monthly alerts are intended to be conversation starters, help members keep up on public policy issues and alert members to new developments. The articles compiled in the News Alerts bring to the forefront recent news from a range of perspectives designed to elicit discussion; they are not compiled to represent the views of ARLIS as an organization or the members of the Advocacy and Public Policy Committee.

Previous issues can be found here: https://www.arlisna.org/news/appc-news-alert 

Art & Activism

• Harris, Gareth. “Two Eco-Activists Arrested after Stonehenge Sprayed with Orange Powder.” The Art Newspaper, June 19, 2024.

• Jones, Griffin. "Artist Breaks Her Sculpture in Protest at San Francisco Jewish Museum." Hyperallergic, June 7, 2024.

• Tazewell, Rio. “How Artists Are Uniting to Defeat Donald Trump at the Polls.” The Art Newspaper, May 31, 2024.

• Tracy, Marc. “South by Southwest Cuts Ties to Army After Gaza-Inspired Boycott.” The New York Times, June 26, 2024.

Copyright & Licensing; Open Access

• Aton, Francesca. “Thousands of Picasso’s Rare Works Are Now Available in New Online Archive.” ARTnews, June 17, 2024. 

• Belanger, Ashley. “Appeals Court Seems Lost on How Internet Archive Harms Publishers.” Ars Technica, June 28, 2024. 

• Greenberger, Alex. “Ansel Adams Estate Calls Out Adobe for Selling AI-Generated Art Using Photographer’s Name.” ARTnews, June 3, 2024.

Funding

• Cassady, Daniel. "Florida Gov. DeSantis Vetoes $32 M. in Arts and Culture Grants from 2025 Budget." ARTnews, June 21, 2024.

• Durón, Maximilíano. “A New $25,000 Grant Aims to Support New York–Based Artists’ Childcare Needs.” ARTnews, June 17, 2024.

• Jacobs, Harrison. “Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Council Agree to Restore $111 M. in Funding to Museums and Libraries.” ARTnews, June 28, 2024.

• Kim, Elizabeth. "NYC libraries to get budget funding back — and reopen on Sundays." Gothamist, June 27, 2024.

• Mower, Lawrence. "DeSantis said he cut Florida’s arts funding over ‘sexual’ festivals." Tampa Bay Times, June 27, 2024.

• Nayyar, Rhea. "Florida Art Orgs Scrambling After DeSantis Cuts All Culture Grants." Hyperallergic, June 25, 2024.

• Press Release. "Announcing the 2024-2025 National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Communities." National Endowment for the Arts, June 5, 2024.

• Price, Gary. "Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Awards Nearly $6M in Grant Funding for African American History and Culture." Library Journal, June 7, 2024.

• Trau, Morgan. "Ohio Republican proposes bill that would defund libraries over materials government deems ‘harmful.'" Ohio Capital Journal, June 5, 2024.

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access (IDEA)

• Aton, Francesca. “Australian Museum Installs Toilet as a Loophole to Anti-Discrimination Ruling against Women-Only Exhibition.” ARTnews.com, June 24, 2024.

• Kunze, Jenna. "Nation’s First Online Boarding School Records Repository Launched by NABS." Native News Online, June 7, 2024.

Intellectual Freedom/Access to Information

• Greenberger, Alex. “Artist Tracey Rose Accuses Swiss Museum of Censoring Video Referring to ‘Muslim Holocaust.’” ARTnews, June 17, 2024.

• Ho, Karen K. “Order to Remove Cigarette from Singapore Street Art Mural Prompts Censorship Concerns.” ARTnews, June 25, 2024.

• Holcomb, Madison. “St. Louis Arts Center Shut down Its Artists’ pro-Palestinian Exhibit, Calling It Antisemitic.” St. Louis Public Radio, June 27, 2024.

• Jensen, Kelly. “Colorado Passes Anti-Book Ban Bill for Public Libraries.” BOOK RIOT, June 4, 2024. 

• Jensen, Kelly. “Iowa Senator Tells Schools Use Moms For Liberty’s BookLooks, Book of Books to Remove Books.” BOOK RIOT, June 25, 2024.

• Liscia, Valentina Di, and Maya Pontone Maya. “Kehinde Wiley’s Accusers Respond to Concerns Over Canceled Museum Shows.” Hyperallergic, June 27, 2024.

• Martinez-Keel, Nuria. “Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Edmond Public Schools in Library Book Dispute.” Oklahoma Voice, June 11, 2024.

• Perry, Mitch. “Parents Sue Florida Board of Education over Book Ban Policy.” Florida Phoenix, June 6, 2024.

• Soule, Douglas. “Florida Revises School Library Book Removal Training Following Public Outcry.” Tallahassee Democrat, June 3, 2024. 

• Sutton, Benjamin. “Cancelling Kehinde Wiley Shows ‘Does a Disservice to the Audiences’, Anti-Censorship Group Claims.” The Art Newspaper, June 25, 2024.

Technology and Digital Privacy

• Gilson, Erica. “Columbia University Selects FOLIO as New LSP with EBSCO FOLIO’s Support.” EBSCO Information Services, June 13, 2024. 

• Press Release. "American Library Association welcomes FCC cybersecurity funding pilot for libraries, calls for long-term funding." American Library Association, June 6, 2024. 

• Stockton, Jill. “Nevada Museum of Art, Libraries Partnership: A 360-Degree View of Seven Magic Mountains.” Nevada Today, June 13, 2024.

• Topolsky, Kevin. “Embracing the Digital Evolution: Transforming Libraries for the Future.” Elblog.Pl, June 24, 2024. 

• Vuk, Almir. “OpenAI Releases Official .NET Library.” InfoQ., June 14, 2024. 

Workplace

• Eaglin, Maya, and Umana, Lilly. “A Philadelphia Arts School Gave 7 Days’ Notice It Was Closing. Now Its Students and Faculty Want Answers.” NBC News, June 14, 2024.

• Ho, Karen K. “Staff at American Folk Art Museum, Glenstone Museum Vote to Unionize.” ARTnews, June 10, 2024. 

• Pontone, Maya. "UArts Students and Staff Rally After Abrupt Closure Announcement." Hyperallergic, June 3, 2024.

Miscellaneous

• “‘Gratitude Powers DC’ Art Installation Series Ignites Community Spirit | Octo.”  Office of the Chief Technology Officer-DC.gov, June 12, 2024. 

• Halperin, Julia. “Welcome to the Slow Museum, Where Less Is More.” The Art Newspaper, June 24, 2024.

• Ho, Karen K. “Independent Report Finds Bührle Foundation’s Provenance Research ‘Not Sufficient.’” ARTnews, June 28, 2024. 

• Spangler, Todd. “MTV News Website Goes Dark, Archives Pulled Offline.” Variety, June 24, 2024. 

This issue of News Alerts was compiled by Michele Jennings, Stephanie Kays, Torie Quiñonez, Michelle Riggs Waller, Annie Sollinger, and Petra Warren.