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• Tale of Two Billsby Tere Barbella - Monday, Oct 24th 2011This month California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law two bills that directly affect the arts. One is a step in a positve ... More >>
• The Right Thing versus The Smart Thingby Tere Barbella - Friday, Oct 21st 2011What if doing the right thing means not doing the smart thing? We are currently living in a time when our decisions, our actions ... More >>
• Listenby Tere Barbella - Wednesday, Oct 12th 2011The passing of Steve Jobs has generated a slew of text, blogs, op/eds and commentaries regarding his legendary status. If there ... More >>
• Seriously Flawedby Tere Barbella - Wednesday, Sep 28th 2011Last week President Obama announced changes to the mandates of the policy “No Child Left Behind’. The Feds have admitted that ... More >>
• Public Art or Public Shame?by Tere Barbella - Wednesday, Sep 21st 2011You have to wonder about an entity that handles millions of dollars a year in commissions and grants awarded to creative, groundbreaking ... More >>

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• Tale of Two Billsby Tere Barbella - Monday, Oct 24th 2011This month California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law two bills that directly affect the arts. One is a step in a positve direction, the other, a crushing blow.   California Assembly Bill 1330 marks a huge victory for advocates of vocational and ... More >>
• The Right Thing versus The Smart Thingby Tere Barbella - Friday, Oct 21st 2011What if doing the right thing means not doing the smart thing? We are currently living in a time when our decisions, our actions and the way we operate may be totally out of sync with our belief system and integrity level. How do we rationalize that? ... More >>
• All About Integrityby Tere Barbella - Wednesday, Jul 13th 2011In my next life I want to come back as someone with no integrity. It seems like those who have the least integrity garish the most rewards in this life. Case in point- Steve Lodge- ex police chief of Santa Clara County, CA. Mr. Lodge, fifty three years ... More >>
• Listenby Tere Barbella - Wednesday, Oct 12th 2011The passing of Steve Jobs has generated a slew of text, blogs, op/eds and commentaries regarding his legendary status. If there is one constant in all the rhetoric it is that Jobs was a unequivocal visionary. “True visionary, icon, genius, prominent ... More >>
• Public Art or Public Shame?by Tere Barbella - Wednesday, Sep 21st 2011You have to wonder about an entity that handles millions of dollars a year in commissions and grants awarded to creative, groundbreaking cultural endeavors and yet fails to recognize the glaringly appalling history of a highly commissioned artist.  In ... More >>