3/10/16 review of lecture by NEA Chair Jane Chu

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Here is the link to my Twitter thread of a 2016 lecture given by then-Chair of the National Endowment of the Arts, Jane Chu, at Denver's McNichols Civic Center Building.

The thread discusses some points in Chu's lecture, such as Colorado's performance versus other states in the arts; how art adds value to life in states; certain state-level art initiatives; how art creates cultural change; the White House Council on Women & Girls; Free Museum Day; and some people I met while at the event.

Here is the link to the website for Denver's McNichols Civic Center Building.

12/5/15 review of Denver Arts & Venues IMAGINE 2020 Cultural Strategy

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Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Denver Arts & Venues IMAGINE 2020 Cultural Strategy.

IMAGINE 2020 is Denver's cultural strategy for the years 2014 to 2020. My Twitter thread review gives some context on the plan and how I came to read it. It summarizes some basic elements of the plan. It then gives some of my own reactions, especially regarding my experience of the arts in Denver.

Here is the link to Denver Arts & Venues' IMAGINE 2020 web page.

1/31/15 Twitter thread about politics and pornography

Here is the link to a Twitter thread I did on politics and pornography in January of 2015.

The basic idea of this quick thread was to show how people interested in pornography could also be interested in politics. It's sort of naive. And it's hard to believe I thought this was an actually new thought in 2015. But it still lays out some ideas that have guided a lot of my creative and political philosophy over the past few years. There are also some references to Sade, Camille Paglia, and Angela Carter.