#DeborahRutter

Burkely Hermann

@historyhermann.bsky.social

5 months ago

"The Artist Will Always Prevail": A Powerful Defense of Creative Freedom | Deborah F. Rutter YouTube video by Chautauqua Institution

I then shared a video with the former director of the Kennedy Center, who the orange one fired, about creative freedom youtu.be/KK0N1FF1a90 (208/?) #deborahrutter

Marcie Lipsitt

@mlipsitt.bsky.social

9 months ago

Deborah Rutter Releases Statement in Response to Trump Kennedy Center Allegations Ousted Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter released statement in response to allegations by members of the Trump administration regarding the financial health and past stewardship of the John F. K...

Thank you to #DeborahRutter for her brutal truth and honesty on Trump’s unprecedented attacks against the @kennedycenter.bsky.social and unfortunately due to recent changes I will not support nor attend a performance until the stench of Trump has been removed. www.broadwayworld.com/article/Debo...

Daniel Paisner

@danielpaisner.bsky.social

11 months ago

Trump Jokes Fly at Kennedy Center Event Honoring Conan O’Brien The star-studded Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ceremony was the most notable event at the Washington arts center since the president installed himself as its chairman.

“My thanks to the people who invited me here, several months ago: #DavidRubenstein and #DeborahRutter. I don’t know why they aren’t here tonight. I lost Wi-Fi in January. I’m guessing they’re in traffic.”
#ConanO’Brien
#MarkTwainPrize
#AmericanHumor
#KennedyCenter
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/a...

Classical Crescendo

@classicalcrescendo.bsky.social

1 year ago

#OperaNews Deborah Rutter, ousted Kennedy Center chief, will be the keynote speaker at Opera America's 2025 conference in Miami. This move is a bold statement from the national opera forum. What does it mean for Washington? #DeborahRutter #OperaAmerica

Leslye Colvin

@leslye.bsky.social

1 year ago

Former Kennedy Center president Deborah Rutter talks about dismissal | All Things Considered | NPR YouTube video by NPR

#DeborahRutter speaks with @npr.org on the value of the arts and the work of @kennedycenter.bsky.social.
youtu.be/0plTobTOivo?...

Rhuta Bhayga

@rhutabhayga.bsky.social

1 year ago

Art - in all its manifestations - is a critical ingredient of a healthy Democracy. Despots often censor any that is critical of their regime. THAT is what F47 is doing with the Kennedy Center. I understand and support your resignation, but urge you to create an institution that will continue to nurture art in all its genuine, organic forms.

@infobridgerton.bsky.social
@actualbenfolds.bsky.social

#ShondaReims
#ReneeFleming
#DeborahRutter
#DavidRubenstein
#ArtIsDemocracy

#KennedyCenter

Josh Jones

@justjoshingmedia.bsky.social

1 year ago

Former Kennedy Center president speaks out in first interview since her firing NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Deborah Rutter, former head of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in her first interview since the board installed President Trump as its new chair.

Soon, the idea of creative expression in performance art will be dead and that fucking bums me out, man.
#performanceart #deborahrutter

www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...

Marc Fournier Art

@marcfournierart.bsky.social

1 year ago

"…artistic expression must be nurtured, fostered, prioritized, and protected. It is not a passive endeavor; indeed, there is no clearer sign of American democracy at work than our artists, the work they produce, and audiences' unalienable right to actively participate." #deborahrutter

Nonilex

@nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy

1 year ago

New #KennedyCenter board officially elects #Trump as chair.
Trump’s *refashioned* [plants] board of trustees voted him chairman in a meeting Wednesday afternoon.

And in the most unsurprising turn of events, President #DeborahRutter told staff she was leaving the institution.

#TrumpCoup […]