If you haven’t checked out the new design redux over at St. Austin Review, do so! It’s simple, creative and I think perfectly in tune with their goal and mission is–it’s not trying too hard to be what it’s not.

One feature of the new web site is the StAR blog, the Ink Desk, featuring snippets of the faith and culture conversation.

Read my first entry on Grassroots Films search for interns.

In lieu of being an actual arts marketeer and faith-and-culture non-profit manager, I read about it.

I can’t remember how I came across ArtsJournal, but I read it every so often and love it. It has a great variety of articles, ranging from news to opinion to news opinion. It nicely breaks up the articles by subject: issues, dance, ideas, media, music, people, publishing, theater, visual, etc. It even has a classifieds section where arts-related jobs and educational ops are posted.

As a little appetizer to your arts news consumption, they’ve also got a couple dozen bloggers rockin’ out commentary on, well, rock, among other things. One of my regular web stops is Madison’s own Artful Manager, a blog about the business of arts and culture, by the Director of our local Bolz Center for Arts Administration.

A new favorite, though, is Life’s a Pitch, which has more to offer than punny, pithy and witty titles. She’s got a little insight to arts marketing and promotion, is smart, and best of all, she’s a little critical and, well, bitchy, which isn’t all too different from Mrs. Ruah here. We’re tired of mediocre, folks! Don’t be shrinking flowers in the face of criticism! Face it, own it, and move on and up.

That’s all here for today. I hope you enjoy ArtsJournal and their blogs as much as I do. Perhaps we’ll start a little Sacred Arts Journal???