Beat Notes

Overview: Arts and culture are important fields of expression, exploration, appreciation, entertainment, escapism, and commentary. Washington State University is a rather secluded place, so artistic and cultural events provide opportunities for students who are seeking escape outside of education. Since my passion lies mostly in the arts, particularly music, I thought a beat on arts and culture would be a nice fit. Art and culture are important for exposing people to different perspectives and ideas. The various different departments built around exposing students to the arts allow for many different stories to be told. Everything from Student Entertainment Board events to new exhibits at the Schnitzer Art Museum could be covered as stories. It may not be the most sought after and reported on beat, but I think it is important for students to be exposed to different cultural events and new artistic expressions. Art and cultural organizations are integral for educating students and providing them with creative outlets. On our campus there are a myriad of potential stories for arts and cultural events. For instance, this week WSU’s MLK program is hosting comedian and political commentator W. Kamau Bell. SEB hosts concerts, guest speakers, poets, writers, and various other events. Additionally, there are a lot of students and clubs here on campus that contribute to arts and culture on campus. I think it would be interesting to write pieces on certain individuals and clubs here on campus.Experiencing art and being open to new ideas is important for everybody to participate in. A large population at this school does not attend many of these events, so I think it would be interesting to expose a larger audience to them. Personally I have always connected with artistic and cultural news, most news and information I consume is on these topics. I am comfortable with discussing, reporting, and interviewing on the topic making it an appealing beat. My BeatArts and CultureThree Sources:●Squeak Meisel○Chair and Associate Professor: Sculpture Coordinator○E: squeak.meisel@wsu.edu○T: (509) 335-8686○Office: Fine Arts 5072D●Dean Luethi○Director of the School of Music○T:(509) 335-3898○E: dean.luethi@wsu.edu●Skyeler Sperber○Executive Director of SEB○E:Skyeler.Sperber@wsu.eduThree Stories:●A story on guest speakerW. Kamau Bell. ●A review of “Moonlight” showing January 30th.●A story on SpringFest (a review/news story)