Source: Flickr Courtney Duffy, our Robert W. Deutsch Arts & Technology Policy Fellow, co-wrote an op-ed on 1201 reform with Fractured Atlas member Gordon Quinn of Kartemquin Films. Gordon recently joined Courtney on Capitol Hill to advocate Congress on this issue, which you can read more about here. Below is an excerpt from their article, which appeared in Vice/Motherboard.

Legendary massive graffiti mural space which was whitewashed by developers in 2014. Image courtesy of Flickr Arts, Technology, and Business Stories To Watch by Fractured Atlas Every week, we find the most interesting and important stories at the intersection of the Arts, technology, and business and share them with you. (If you’d like to get these in your e-mail inbox you can subscribe to here).

This past year saw new paradigms for defining entrepreneurship in the arts and culture sector, and we had an amazing group of nominees. We are excited to honor these five organizations whose experimentation and innovation in the field truly stood out. By creatively leveraging the intersection between technology and the arts, giving voice to social justice issues, and creating revolutionary transparency around budgeting, these organizations are each in their own way using cutting edge solutions to deliver their messages.

Arts, Technology, and Business Stories To Watch by Fractured Atlas Every week, we find the most interesting and important stories at the intersection of the Arts, technology, and business and share them with you. (If you’d like to get these in your e-mail inbox you can subscribe to here).

Courtney Duffy continues the #CopyrightWithCourtney blog series with a post on a recent advocacy visit to DC by a Fractured Atlas member. You’ll find additional posts in the series here, and join the conversation with Courtney on Twitter @cduffy90.

Arts, Technology, and Business Stories To Watch by Fractured Atlas Every week, we find the most interesting and important stories at the intersection of the Arts, technology, and business and share them with you. (If you’d like to get these in your e-mail inbox you can subscribe to here).

A Brief Digest of Arts, Technology, and Business Stories To Watch For the past few years we’ve been finding and sharing important stories at the intersection of the arts, technology, and business through our monthly newsletter, CultureFlash. However, over the years we found ourselves with more and more important and interesting stories on the cutting room floor. So we decided to make CultureFlash a weekly affair, and to share it here on medium, as well as via e-mail newsletter (which you can subscribe to here).

A pathway for confronting the cultural sector’s challenges The health of the cultural sector, and its ability to be creative, innovative, and resilient depends on the quality and skills of the people working for our organizations. In order for our sector to remain vibrant and relevant, we need to continually develop and leverage the skills our people possess.

by Courtney Duffy, Robert W. Deutsch Arts & Technology Policy Fellow at Fractured Atlas Courtney Duffy, our Robert W. Deutsch Arts & Technology Policy Fellow, has an update on the results of our advocacy in opposition to proposed changes at the IRS that would have dramatically complicated the way nonprofits accept gifts from donors.

Seven-year-old selves rejoice During the recent holiday gift-giving season I discovered what many of you might already know: coloring books are cool again. And the seven-year-old Tim Cynova with his truck and tractor coloring book is psyched. Where have you been all these years my waxy-smelling Crayola companions?