The Arts Fuse is initiating a series of monthly discussions on the threatened state of theater and arts criticism, particularly in our mainstream media.

The evening will be made up of three parts. First Bill Marx will discuss the history of arts criticism in Boston (it has not always been so grim) and then sketch out a vision of what criticism does, at its best. After that, fellow reviewers and members of the arts community will be invited to speak (Interested? Contact me at billmarx@artsfuse.org) about how criticism has made a valuable contribution to their career and/or their art.

Then we will discuss solutions, ways to support arts criticism in the media.