Monday, October 30th, 2017
9:00 am – 5:30 pm
Dupont Circle Hotel
1500 New Hampshire Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20036
This one-day conference explored the immediate future of the arts within the dynamic and controversial political environment that has emerged in the wake of the 2016 elections. How does the recent strand of populism affect the arts and humanities moving forward? Are the high arts insulated from the vicissitudes of quotidian life? Or does a populist surge speak directly to the arts in a post-Enlightenment era? Conference participants were uniquely suited to address these questions.
Video Highlights
Panel IV: Consonance and Dissonance in the Music and Art World
Daniel Asia, University of Arizona and Bruce Cole, Ethics and Public Policy Center
Conference Agenda
| 9:00 – 9:15 am |
Introduction and Opening RemarksEd Whelan, Ethics and Public Policy Center Dan Asia, The University of Arizona |
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9:15 – 10:30 am |
Panel IHeather Mac Donald, The Manhattan Institute “Vandals at the Opera House: Identity Politics Comes to the Opera Stage” Respondent: Dan Asia, The University of Arizona |
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10:30 – 10:45 am |
Break |
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10:45 am – 12:00 pm |
Panel IIEric Gibson, Wall Street Journal “Headwinds on the Road to a Democratic Culture” Respondent: Justin Shubow, National Civic Art Society |
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12:00 – 1:00 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00 – 2:15 pm |
Panel IIIRoger Scruton, The University of Buckingham “Why Taste Matters” Respondent: Michael Pack, Manifold Productions |
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2:15 – 2:30 pm |
Break |
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2:30 – 3:45 pm |
Panel IVDaniel Asia, University of Arizona Bruce Cole, Ethics and Public Policy Center “Consonance and Dissonance in the Music and Art World” Respondent: Catesby Leigh, Art and Architecture Critic Andrew Balio, Future Symphony Institute |
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3:45 – 4:00 pm |
Final Break |
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4:00 – 5:15 pm |
Panel VRobert E. Gordon, University of Arizona Aaron D. Mobley, Berkley City College “The Value of Art and Music in a Popular Culture” Respondent: Kelly Jane Torrance, The Weekly Standard |
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5:15 – 5:30 pm |
Wrap-up |