| ARTIST | SOURCE |
|---|---|
| Cory Wong / Vulfpeck | Roo Clue # 3, Cory Wong specifically confirmed by Festive Owl |
| Griz | Roo Clue # 1/ Festive Owl Confirmation |
| MUNA | Roo Clue #2, confirmed by Festive Owl |
| Odesza | Multiple sources confirms they will be listed as a headline, likely Saturday |
| ARTIST | SOURCE |
|---|---|
| Paramore | Active on tour, no dates in Nashville, Sizeable gap during Roo RELIABLE LEAKER SAYS #2 FOR DAY |
| ARTIST | SOURCE |
|---|---|
| My Morning Jacket | The What Podcast hinted towards themThe What Podcast hinted towards them, kmatyler industry friend says friday late night, pineappl44 heard from source close to band |
| Paramore | Active on tour, no dates in Nashville, Sizeable gap during Roo |
| Pond | Same touring members in Tame, could be referring to Pond. |
| Tame Impala | Roo Bus hearing things are possible, Inforoo user Tranter says they're playing |
| Tyler Childers | Tour has a Bonnaroo sized gap, no Nashville dates |
| Umprhey's Mcgee | Source says they'll be playing Sunday |
| Yung Gravy | Source says they'll be playing |
| ARTIST | SOURCE/Reasoning |
|---|---|
| Alt J | Announced tour with a few in March |
| Alvvays | On tour, no dates after June 9th, in Europe |
| America | VA on 14th, PA on 16th. |
| Amos Lee | Playing Railbirds, lots of crossover acts |
| Angel Olson | June dates open, touring with Jason Isbell |
| Belle and Sebastian | Tour dates end in May, no TN dates |
| Bendigo Fletcher | Spring tours, no TN dates |
| Big Gigantic | Touring in US, early February date in Nashville |
| Big Head Todd and The monsters | No TN dates on upcoming tour |
| Billie Eilish | Actively touring, doing festivals |
| Block party | touring with Paramore |
| Bush | Actively touring, Ryman in February |
| Charles Wesley Playing Railbirds, lots of crossover acts | |
| Charley Crockett | Playing Railbirds, lots of crossover acts |
| Dayseeker | Spring tour, no TN dates |
| DJ Mackle | Nice Bonnaroo sized gap in tour, NC day before |
| Doom Flamingo | If Umphrys is true, this one is likely |
| Drake | Roofus liked a post that had Kendrick or Drake plz |
| Drive by Truckers | Touring, doing festival datees |
| DVSN | World tour with no TN dates announced |
| Elderbrook | North America tour partially announced with no TN dates |
| Foals | touring with Paramore |
| Frank Turner | Big tour, no TN dates, tour ends before Roo |
| Genesis Owusu | touring with Paramore |
| Godwin | Playing Railbirds, lots of crossover acts |
| Grace Potter | touring with Big Head Todd and the Monsters |
| Greensky Bluegrass | In Iceland June 3rd, a few dates in US very early in the year. active tour |
| Hippo Campus | Touring, no TN dates, scheduled dates June 3rd |
| Hot Mulligan | March 14th in Nashville, iffy. |
| Iration | Nice Bonnaroo sized gap in tour, NC day before |
| ISOxo | Arrtist manager liked a tweet |
| Jamie XX | Actively touring, doing festivals |
| Jason Isbel | Touring, lots of festival dates, a Bonnaroo favorite |
| Jenny Lewis | Playing Railbirds, lots of crossover acts |
| Jerry Harrison, Adrian Belew (Talking Heads), Cool cool cool (Tukuaz) | Touring, no Nashville dates |
| Joyce Manor | North America tour announced with no TN dates, over before roo |
| Kendrick Lamar | Roofus liked a post that had Kendrick or Drake plz |
| Knuckle Puck | Large spring tour, no TN dates |
| Lana Del Rey | Making an announcement, seems like gearing up for a tour |
| Lewis Capaldi | Massive US tour, Nashville date in March, open all of June |
| Lil Uzi | Planning tour |
| Lotus | NA tour, Nashville stop mid February, dates go up to May |
| Lucius | Playing Railbirds, lots of crossover acts |
| Lydia Loveless | Touring with Drive by Truckers |
| Marcus Mumford (Solo) | Actively touring, active on festiveal circuit, in the area |
| Molly Tuttle | Playing Railbirds, lots of crossover acts |
| Noah Kahan | Tour dates surrounding Roo and in area |
| Noahfinnce | No TN dates, tour ends in May |
| Omar Opollo | Spring tour, no TN dates |
| On step closer | spring tour, no TN dates |
| Oysterhead | Posted a Bonnaroo video, Copleland gave it a shoutout. |
| Passafire | Nice Bonnaroo sized gap in tour, NC day before |
| Pepper | Actively touring US, no tour dates listed in TN |
| PUP | North America tour announced with no TN dates, over before roo |
| Rayland Baxter | Spring tours, no Tn dates |
| Real Friends | Large Spring tour, no TN dates |
| Rebelution | Nice Bonnaroo sized gap in tour, NC day before |
| Ripe (The Band) North America tour, TN date in March, wraps up before Roo | |
| Ruston Kelly | Touring with Noah Kahan |
| See you later space cowboy | Spring tour, no TN dates |
| Sheryl Crow | Playing Railbirds, lots of crossover acts |
| Silverstein | Spring tour, no TN dates |
| Silversun Pickups | Actively touring US, no tour dates listed in TN |
| Sullivan King | North America tour announced with no TN dates, wraps up before roo |
| Sunsquabi | Active tour in June in US |
| SZA | Spring tour, no TN dates |
| Tennis | Nashville dates in March, but open otherwise |
| The Blue Stones | Liked a post in regarding Bonnaroo |
| The California Honeydrops | Spring tours, no TN dates |
| The Dune Rats | World tour with no TN dates announced |
| The Expendables | Nice Bonnaroo sized gap in tour, NC day before |
| The Floozies | Actively touring US, no tour dates listed in TN |
| The Head and the Heart | Playing Railbirds, lots of crossover acts |
| The interupters | Big tour, no TN dates, tour ends before Roo |
| The Motet | Actively touring US, no tour dates listed in TN |
| The Wonder Years | Big Tour, Stops in Nashville March 13th, iffy. |
| Transviolet | Possible spring tour has no TN date, ends late May |
| Tyler Childers | Big tour, No Nashville date, Bonnaroo gap. |
| Valerie June | Playing Railbirds, lots of crossover acts |
| Vance Joy | Actively touring US, no tour dates listed in TN |
| Weezer | Playing Railbirds, lots of crossover acts |
| Weyes Blood | World tour with dates announced, TN Date but outside clause |
| YhettI | Actively touring US, no tour dates listed in TN |
| Zac Brown band | Late summeFall tour, no TN dates |
| ARTIST | SOURCE |
|---|---|
| 49 Winchester | Nashville Dates at the end of April |
| Alexisonfire | download fest in Europe |
| Andrew Bird | Dates in Knoxville late March/April |
| Avett Brothers | Playing the Caverns mid April |
| Bonie Raitt | Ends Europe tour June 15th |
| Boy & Bear | Dream Machine Fest in Bali June 8th-12th |
| Bring me the Horizon | Download fest in Europe |
| Carolina Rose | Nashville show in April |
| Client Liaison | Dream Machine Fest in Bali June 8th-12th |
| Coldplay | In Europe week before and week after |
| Death Cab for Cutie | Tour dates end June 17th in Oregon |
| Evanescence | download fest in Europe |
| Fatboy Slim | In Europe weekend before Roo, tour dates throughout AU and EU |
| Flogging Molly | Europe tour starts in May |
| Girl Talk | Dream Machine Fest in Bali June 8th-12th |
| Glass Animals | Artist said they were taking a break after August |
| Goose | Ryman shows but in early April |
| Harvey Sutherland | Dream Machine Fest in Bali June 8th-12th |
| Hot Dub Time Machine | dream Machine Fest in Bali June 8th-12th |
| Kayzo | Large tour announced through May, has March dates in Nashville. |
| Klangkarussell | June 7th in Austria, July 12th in Germany. Seems to be staying in Europe |
| Mac Demarco | Taking a break from touring for the next several years |
| Metallica | Download fest in Europe |
| MØ | Heartland festival in Denmark weekend before |
| Neal Francis Nashville Dates at the end of April | |
| Nickle Creek | Nashville Dates at the end of April |
| Northeast Party House | dream Machine Fest in Bali June 8th-12th |
| Peking Duk | Dream Machine Fest in Bali June 8th-12th |
| Pendulum | Download fest in Europe |
| Phoebe Bridgers | In Nashville May, highly unlikely but exceptions have been made for headliners |
| Simple Plan | download fest in Europe |
| The Disco Bicuits | Three day residency in TN - BUT in mid March |
| The Heavy Heavy | Nashville Dates at the end of April |
| Third Eye Blind | TN Date mid march |
| White Reaper | Stops in Nashville at the end of March |
| ARTIST | SOURCE |
|---|---|
| Architects | Copenhagen fest same weekend as Roo |
| Arctic Monkeys | In Europe during Roo |
| Ashe | Nashville in May |
| Ashley Cooke | Chattanooga in May |
| Beach boys | Shows in Nashville May/July |
| Bikini Kill | Stops in Nashville March and Knoxville in late April |
| Billy Joel | Nashville in May |
| Blink 182 | Tour dates in Cali through whole weekend |
| Blondie | Isle of Wight fest |
| Bon Iver | Playing in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany that weekend |
| Booka Shade | Beyond the Pale (Ireland, Same weekend) |
| Breland | Nashville show in June |
| Brett Young | Chattanooga in May |
| Bruce Springsteen | Tour in Europe during Roo |
| BTS | Mandatory Military |
| Bury Tomorrow | Nashville stops in May |
| Calum | Bergenfest |
| Caroline Polachek | Nashville in May, Primavera before Roo |
| Chemical Brothers | Isle of Wight fest |
| Chris Stapelton | Nashville date in July |
| Crowded House | Shows in Nashville May/July |
| Dead and Company | Will be in PA the day before and NY after HIGHLY unlikely |
| Dean Lewis | Bergenfest |
| Death cab for Cutie | Other side of country |
| Death Grips | Primavera then shows later in Europe |
| Def Leppard | Graspop Metal Meeting (Belgium, same weekend) |
| Depeche Mode | In Europe during Roo |
| Dermot Kenedy | Franklin dates in June |
| Disturbed | p!inkpop Fest in Europe |
| Dogs in a Pile | Northlands same weekend |
| Doom Flamingo | Northlands same weekend |
| Ed Shareen | Shows in Nashville May/July |
| Elle King | Nashville date in late April |
| Ellie Goulding | p!inkpop Fest in Europe |
| First Aid Kit | Nashville in July |
| Florence and the Machine | In Europe during Roo |
| Foreigner | Nashville Date in July |
| Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls In Europe durring Roo | |
| Fruit Bats | Late April in Nashville |
| Gang of Youths | Isle of Wight in Europe |
| George ezra | Isle of Wight in Europe |
| George Strait | Nashville date in July |
| Ghost | Graspop Metal Meeting (Belgium, same weekend) |
| Gojira | Graspop Metal Meeting (Belgium, same weekend) |
| Goo Goo dolls | Franklin TN dates |
| Half.Alive | Tour dates in Nashville late April |
| Hot Chip | Beyond the Pale (Ireland, Same weekend) |
| I Prevail | p!inkpop Fest in Europe |
| Iggy Pop | Azkena Rock Festival |
| Ingrid Andress | Nashville show in June |
| Iron Maiden | European tour starts June 13 |
| Jack Johnson | Europe tour throughout June |
| James Bay | Isle of Wight in Europe |
| Janet Jackson | TN Date in May |
| Joshua Bassett | TN late March |
| Joy Wave | Playing Nashville mid April |
| Jxdn | TN in april |
| Kanye | Ain't nobody bookin Ye. |
| Karina Rykman | Northlands same weekend |
| Kaytanada | In Europe with Weeknd |
| Khalid | Shows in Nashville May/July |
| Kitchen Dwellers | Northlands same weekend |
| Kitchen Dwellers | Northlands same weekend |
| Lionel Richie | Tour dates in Europe in June |
| Little Big Town | Nashville date in July |
| Little Dragon | Beyond the Pale (Ireland, Same weekend) |
| Lizzy McAlpine | Ryman date in May |
| Lolo Zouaï | World tour dates announced, stops in Nasvhille May |
| Louis Tomilson | TN show in July |
| Lucinda Williams | Azkena Rock Festival |
| Ludacris | TN Date in May |
| Matchbox 20 | Shows in Nashville May/July |
| Metallica | Touring Europe (Also out for 2024) |
| Mike Gordon | Northlands same weekend |
| Morgan Evans | Chattanooga in May |
| Morgan Wallen | Pennsylvania shows during Roo |
| Motley Crue | Graspop Metal Meeting (Belgium, same weekend) |
| Muse | Hurricane Festival |
| Neighbor | Northlands same weekend |
| Nial Hornan | Isle of Wight in Europe |
| OAR | Franklin TN Dates |
| Of the Trees | Two night residency at TN Caverns late April |
| One Republic | p!inkpop Fest in Europe |
| Orebolo | Northlands same weekend |
| P!nk | P!inkpop Fest in Europe |
| Pantera | Europe tour during Roo |
| Parkway Drive | Graspop Metal Meeting (Belgium, same weekend) |
| Pete Tong | Nocturne Live June 17th in UK |
| Peter Gabriel | Playing in Europe that weekend |
| Phoenix | Festival in Norway June 16th |
| Placebo | Hurricane Festival |
| Pulp | Isle of Wight fest |
| Queens of the Stone Age | Hurricane Festival |
| Rage Against The Machine | Cancelling 2023 tour |
| Rancid | Azkena Rock Festival |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | p!inkpop Fest in Europe |
| Robbie Williams | P!inkpop Fest in Europe |
| Sam Fender | Italy during Roo |
| Savannah bananas | |
| Scott | Bergenfest |
| Seven Lions | Tour dates in Nashville April 21 |
| Shaniah Twain | Playing in Nashville in June |
| Sigrid | Bergenfest |
| Slipnot | Graspop Metal Meeting (Belgium, same weekend) |
| Spiritbox | Copenhagen fest same weekend as Roo |
| Spoon | Europe during Roo |
| Sting | In Europe Throught June/July |
| Stringcheese Incident | Northlands same weekend |
| Sullivan King | As per artist, unless management wasn't telling him |
| Taylor Swift | Nashville in May |
| Tenacious D | Touring in Europe |
| The 1975 | Hurricane Festival |
| The Arcs | Dan at P!nkpop |
| The Backseat Lovers | Nashville May 25th |
| The Black Keys | p!inkpop Fest in Europe |
| The editors | P!inkpop Fest in Europe |
| The Lumineers | Hurricane Festival |
| The Postal Service | Other side of country |
| The Ready Set | TN in May |
| The Script | p!inkpop Fest in Europe |
| The War on Drugs | p!inkpop Fest in Europe |
| The Weeknd | Europe tour during Roo |
| Too Many Zooz | Northlands same weekend |
| Twiddle | Northlands same weekend |
| Two Friends | Nashville date in July |
| Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Will be in Europe during Roo |
| Walker Hayes | Nashville show in June |
| War and Treaty | Nashville dates in May |
| Wet Leg | Tour date conflicts |
| Yungblood | Shows in Nashville May/July |
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Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 – October 15, 2018) was an American business magnate, computer programmer, researcher, investor, and philanthropist. He co-founded Microsoft Corporation with childhood friend Bill Gates in 1975, which helped spark the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s. Microsoft became the world's largest personal computer software company.[1] Allen was ranked as the 44th-wealthiest person in the world by Forbes in 2018, with an estimated net worth of $20.3 billion at the time of his death.[2][3]Mr. Allen was an exceptional person, however I'll focus on his philanthropic efforts only.
Allen left regular work at Microsoft in early 1983 after a Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis, remaining on its board as vice-chairman. He and his sister, Jody Allen, founded Vulcan Inc. in 1986,[4] a privately held company that managed his business and philanthropic efforts. He had a multi-billion dollar investment portfolio, including technology and media companies, scientific research, real estate holdings, private space flight ventures, and stakes in other sectors. He owned the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League[5] and the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association,[6] and was part-owner of the Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer.[7] In 2000 he resigned from his position on Microsoft's board and assumed the post of senior strategy advisor to the company's management team.
Allen founded the Allen Institutes for Brain Science,[8] Artificial Intelligence,[9] and Cell Science,[10] as well as companies like Stratolaunch Systems[11] and Apex Learning.[12] He gave more than $2 billion to causes such as education, wildlife and environmental conservation, the arts, healthcare, and community services.[13] In 2004, he funded the first crewed private spaceplane with SpaceShipOne.[14][15] He received numerous awards and honors, and was listed among the Time 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2007 and 2008.[16]
Allen was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2009. He died of septic shock related to cancer on October 15, 2018, at the age of 65.[17]
PhilanthropyBecause of my field of study, I appreciate him mostly for his contributions to brain sciences in terms of donations and investments. Mr. Allen was alive when his endowments already had helped researchers usher a new age in neuroscience.
Allen gave more than $2 billion towards the advancement of science, technology, education, wildlife conservation, the arts, and community services in his lifetime.[13] The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, which he founded with his sister Jody, was established to administer a portion of Allen's philanthropic contributions. Since its formation, the foundation has given more than $494 million to over 1,500 nonprofits; and,[111] in 2010, Allen became a signatory of The Giving Pledge, promising to give at least half of his fortune to philanthropic causes.[112] Allen received commendations for his philanthropic commitments including the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy[113] and Inside Philanthropy*'*s "Philanthropist of the Year".[114]
Science and research
📷 Allen (right) studies a brain sample with Allan Jones, CEO of the Allen Institute for Brain Science, in 2011.
In September 2003, Allen launched the Allen Institute for Brain Science with a $100 million contribution dedicated to understanding how the human brain works. In total, Allen donated $500 million to the institute, making it his single largest philanthropic recipient. Since its launch, the Allen Institute for Brain Science has taken a Big Science and open science approach to tackle projects. The institute makes research tools available to the scientific community using an open data model.[115] Some of the institute's projects include the Allen Mouse Brain Atlas, Allen Human Brain Atlas and the Allen Mouse Brain Connectivity Atlas. The Allen Institute is also helping to advance and shape the White House's BRAIN Initiative as well as the Human Brain Project.[116]
Founded in 2014, the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2)'s main focus is to research and engineer artificial intelligence.[117] The institute is modeled after the Allen Institute for Brain Science and led by researcher and professor, Dr. Oren Etzioni. AI2 has undertaken four main projects, Aristo, Semantic Scholar, Euclid, and Plato. As of 2015 Project Aristo is working to build an AI system capable of passing an 8th-grade science exam.[118]
In December 2014, Allen committed $100 million to create the Allen Institute for Cell Science in Seattle. The institute is investigating and creating a virtual model of cells in the hope of bringing forth treatment of different diseases.[119] Like the institutes before it, all data generated and tools developed will be made publicly available online.[120]
Launched in 2016 with a $100 million commitment, The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group aims to discover and support ideas at the frontier of bioscience in an effort to accelerate the pace of discovery.[121] The group will target scientists and research areas that "some might consider out-of-the-box at the very edges of knowledge".[122]
Allen launched the Allen Distinguished Investigators Awards (ADI) in 2010 to support scientists pursuing early-stage research projects who often have difficulty securing funding from traditional sources.[123]
Allen donated the seed money to build SETI's Allen Telescope Array, eventually contributing $30 million to the project.[124]
The Paul Allen's flower fly was named in recognition of his contributions to Dipterology.[125]
Environment and conservation
Allen provided more than $7 million to fund a census of elephant populations in Africa, the largest such endeavour since the 1970s. The Great Elephant Census team flew over 20 countries to survey African savannah elephants. The survey results were published in 2015 and showed rapid rates of decline which were accelerating.[126]
He began supporting the University of British Columbia's Sea Around Us) Project in 2014 to improve data on global fisheries as a way to fight illegal fishing. Part of his $2.6 million in funding went towards the creation of FishBase,[127] an online database about adult finfish.[128] Allen funded the Global FinPrint initiative, launched in July 2015, a three-year survey of sharks and rays in coral reef areas. The survey is the largest of its kind and designed to provide data to help conservation programs.[129][130]
Allen backed Washington state initiative 1401 to prohibit the purchase, sale and distribution of products made from 10 endangered species including elephants, rhinos, lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs, marine turtles, pangolins, sharks and rays. The initiative gained enough signatures to be on the state's ballot on November 3, 2015, and passed.[131]
Alongside the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), Allen and Vulcan Inc. launched the Smart City Challenge,[132] a contest inviting American cities to transform their transportation systems. Created in 2015 with the USDOT's $40 million commitment as well as $10 million from Allen's Vulcan Inc., the challenge aims to create a first-of-its-kind modern city that will demonstrate how cities can improve quality of life while lowering greenhouse gas emissions.[133] The winning city was Columbus, Ohio.[134]
As a founding member of the International SeaKeepers Society, Allen hosted its proprietary SeaKeeper 1000TM oceanographic and atmospheric monitoring system on all three of his megayachts.[135]
Allen funded the building of microgrids, which are small-scale power grids that can operate independently, in Kenya, to help promote reusable energy and empower its businesses and residents.[136] He was an early investor in the Mawingu Networks, a wireless and solar-powered Internet provider which aims to connect rural Africa with the world, and Off Grid Electric, a company focused on providing solar energy to people in emerging nations.[137]
Ebola
In 2014, Allen pledged at least $100 million toward the fight to end the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa,[138] making him the largest private donor in the Ebola crisis. He also created a website called TackleEbola.org[139] as a way to spread awareness and serve as a vehicle for donors to fund projects in need. The site highlighted organizations working to stop Ebola that Allen supported, such as International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Médecins Sans Frontières, Partners in Health, UNICEF and World Food Program USA. On April 21, 2015, Allen brought together key leaders in the Ebola fight at the Ebola Innovation Summit in San Francisco. The summit aimed to share key learnings and reinforce the need for continued action and support to reduce the number of Ebola cases to zero, which was achieved in January 2016.[140]
In October 2015, the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation announced it would award seven new grants totaling $11 million to prevent future widespread outbreaks of the virus.[141]
Exploration
📷 RV Petrel arriving at Surigao City in 2018
In 2012, along with his research team and the Royal Navy, Allen attempted to retrieve the ship's bell from HMS Hood), which sank in the Denmark Strait during World War II, but the attempt failed due to poor weather. On August 7, 2015, they tried again and recovered the bell in very good condition.[142] It was restored and put on display in May 2016 in the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, in remembrance of the 1,415 crewmen lost.[143]
Since 2015, Allen funded the research ship RV Petrel, which he purchased in 2016. The project team aboard Petrel was responsible for locating the Japanese battleship Musashi in 2015.[144] In 2017, at Allen's direction, Petrel found USS Indianapolis), USS Ward), the wrecks of the Battle of Surigao Strait and the Battle of Ormoc Bay. In 2018, Petrel found a lost US Navy C-2A Greyhound aircraft in the Philippine Sea, USS Lexington) in the Coral Sea and the USS Juneau) off the coast of the Solomon Islands.[145][146][147]
Museums and community institutions
Allen established non-profit community institutions to display his collections of historic artifacts. These include:
Museum of Pop Culture, or MoPOP, is a nonprofit museum, dedicated to contemporary popular culture inside a Frank Gehry–designed building at Seattle Center, established in 2000.[148]
Flying Heritage Collection, which showcases restored vintage military aircraft and armaments primarily from the World War II era, established in 2004.[149]
STARTUP Gallery, a permanent exhibit at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque dedicated to the history of the microcomputer, established in 2007.[150]
Living Computer: Museum + Labs, a collection of vintage computers in working order and available for interactive sessions on-site or through networked access, opened to the public in 2012.[151][152]
Art
An active art collector, Allen gifted more than $100 million to support the arts.[153] On October 15, 2012, the Americans for the Arts gave Allen the Eli and Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts.[154] Allen loaned out more than 300 pieces from his private art collection to 47 different venues. The original 541-page typescript of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula was in his collection at one point.[155] In 2013, Allen sold Barnett Newman's Onement VI (1953) at Sotheby's in New York for $43.8 million, then the record for a work by the abstract artist.[156][157]
In 2015, Allen founded the Seattle Art Fair, a four-day event with 60-plus galleries from around the world including the participation of the Gagosian Gallery, David Zwirner. The event drew thousands and inspired other satellite fairs throughout the city.[158]
In August 2016, Allen announced the launch of Upstream Music Fest + Summit,[159] an annual festival fashioned after South by Southwest.[160] Held in Pioneer Square, the first festival took place in May 2017.[161] It was cancelled in 2019 following Allen's death in 2018.[162]
In November 2022, Allen's art collection was auctioned at Chrsitie's New York.[163] It was the biggest sale in art auction history, surpassing $1.5 billion in sales. Six works sold for more than $100 million: Seurat’s Les Poseuses Ensemble (Petite version), ($149 million, with fees); Paul Cézanne’s 1888-90 La Montagne Sainte-Victoire ($138 million); van Gogh’s Verger avec cyprès ($117 million); and Gustav Klimt’s 1903 Birch Forest ($105 million). The auction also included paintings by Botticelli, David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, Edward Hopper, Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and Jan Brueghel the Younger. Proceeds from the auction benefitted undisclosed philanthropies. [164][165][166]
Education
📷 Allen and Steve Wozniak at the Living Computer Museum in 2017
In 1989, Allen donated $2 million to the University of Washington to construct the Allen Library, which was named after his father Kenneth S. Allen, a former associate director of the University of Washington library system.[167] In the same year, Allen donated an additional $8 million to establish the Kenneth S. Allen Library Endowment.[168] In 2012, the endowment was renamed the Kenneth S. and Faye G. Allen Library Endowment after Allen's mother (a noted bibliophile) died.[169]
In 2002, Allen donated $14 million to the University of Washington to construct the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering.[170] The building was dedicated in October 2003.[171]
In 2010, Allen announced a gift of $26 million to build the Paul G. Allen School of Global Animal Health at Washington State University, his alma mater. The gift was the largest private donation in the university's history.[172]
In 2016, Allen pledged a $10 million donation over four years for the creation of the Allen Discovery Centers at Tufts University and Stanford University. The centers would fund research that would read and write the morphogenetic code. Over eight years the donation could be as much as $20 million.[173]
In 2017, Allen donated $40 million (with an additional $10 million from Microsoft) to reorganize the University of Washington's Computer Science and Engineering department into the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering.[174]
The relationship between Allen and Gates became strained as they argued even over small things.[24] Allen effectively left Microsoft in 1982 after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, though he remained on the board of directors as vice chairman.[22][35] Gates reportedly asked Allen to give him some of his shares to compensate for the higher amount of work that Gates was doing.[36][37] According to Allen, Gates said that he "did almost everything on BASIC" and the company should be split 60–40 in his favor. Allen agreed to this arrangement, which Gates later renegotiated to 64–36.[38] In 1983, Gates tried to buy Allen out at $5 per share, but Allen refused and left the company with his shares intact; this made him a billionaire when Microsoft went public.[38][39] Gates later repaired his relationship with Allen, and the two men donated $2.2 million to their childhood school Lakeside in 1986.[24] They remained friends for the rest of Allen's life.[40]
 | La maternelle de McCarver, à Tacoma, dans la banlieue de Seattle, n’est pas tout à fait ordinaire. D’abord, c’est une école Montessori. A la rentrée, la semaine du 5 septembre, les élèves de 3 ans à 5 ans ont trouvé dans ses salles de classe en bois clair le genre de matériel pensé par la célèbre pédagogue italienne pour développer l’autonomie : seuls ou en petits groupes, sur une table ou un tapis au sol, ils dessineront dans un bac à sable, compteront avec des galets et des cartes ornées de chiffres… submitted by FrenchSalade to actualite [link] [comments] Source : Foxbusiness Autre originalité, l’établissement n’accueille pas les familles aisées habituelles des écoles Montessori : gratuit et installé dans un quartier défavorisé, il cible les 50 % d’Américains privés de maternelle, car trop riches pour accéder aux classes publiques gratuites, et trop pauvres pour payer 13 000 dollars (13 000 euros) par an une école privée. Enfin, un signe encore plus distinctif est écrit en lettres blanches sur un panneau bleu à l’entrée : Bezos Academy. En effet, McCarver est l’une des cinq maternelles Montessori ouvertes depuis 2019 par le fonds philanthropique du fondateur d’Amazon, Jeff Bezos. Cette structure précise vouloir en créer « 17 autres entre 2023 et 2025, dans l’Etat de Washington, en Floride et au Texas », pour « 1 300 élèves ». « Faire un prototype, l’améliorer et le déployer largement »L’essor de ces écoles d’un genre nouveau est, pour l’heure, « modeste », constate Mira Debs, directrice du département de sciences de l’éducation de l’université Yale (Connecticut). Mais la Bezos Academy et son président, Michael George, ont « une approche précise, inspirée d’entreprises comme Amazon », raconte cette autrice d’un livre sur les écoles Montessori, qui, lors d’une séance de dédicaces en 2019, a reçu la visite de ce vétéran de l’entreprise d’e-commerce où il a passé seize ans. « Leur démarche est de faire un prototype, puis de l’améliorer, puis de le déployer largement », analyse-t-elle.« Nous utiliserons les mêmes principes qu’Amazon, notamment une vraie obsession du client. L’élève sera le client », avait théorisé M. Bezos en annonçant le projet. Que pense Mme Debs de la Bezos Academy ? Elle a été « agréablement surprise » que l’organisation prenne contact avec la communauté Montessori, mais aussi noue des partenariats avec des mairies, des bailleurs ou des maisons de retraite, qui lui mettent à disposition des locaux. Mais, regrette l’universitaire, M. Bezos pourrait avoir « un impact encore plus grand » en soutenant aussi les organisations Montessori existantes qui agissent déjà auprès des populations défavorisées. Carol Burris, militante de l’école publique, est plus sceptique : « Dans l’éducation, les entrepreneurs de la tech ne peuvent s’empêcher de s’immiscer dans les décisions. Pourtant, quand des milliardaires font un don à un hôpital, ils ne disent pas au chirurgien comment opérer, ironise la directrice du Network for Public Education. Bill Gates, le fondateur de Microsoft, et Reed Hastings, le patron de Netflix, se sont beaucoup impliqués dans le mouvement de réforme de l’éducation, avec l’idée de s’inspirer des entreprises privées. » Certaines mesures incluses dans les réformes de Barack ObamaAncien professeur de maths au Swaziland, le PDG de la plate-forme de vidéo à la demande a été jusqu’à diriger le conseil de l’éducation de l’Etat de Californie dans les années 2000 : il y a promu les « charters schools », financées sur fonds publics, mais gérées par des entités privées (par opposition aux 85 % d’établissements américains publics, dirigés par des conseils élus, et aux 6 % d’écoles privées payantes).La Fondation Bill et Melinda Gates a aussi financé la création de « petites écoles », en démantelant de grands établissements, ou prôné l’évaluation des enseignants en fonction des notes obtenues par leurs élèves lors de tests. Certaines de ces mesures ont été incluses dans les réformes de Barack Obama, dont un ministre de l’éducation employait un ancien de la Fondation Gates, Jim Shelton. Celui-ci a ensuite été recruté par la Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), la fondation créée, en 2015, par un autre couple de la tech intéressé par l’enseignement : le fondateur de Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, et sa femme, Priscilla Chan. Dès 2010, le duo avait financé, à Newark, une banlieue difficile de New York, un projet controversé fondé sur la fermeture de collèges et de lycées publics affichant de mauvais résultats et l’ouverture de « charter schools ». « M. Zuckerberg et ses alliés n’avaient pas été assez humbles et n’avaient pas assez impliqué les gens localement, raconte Dale Russakoff, ex-journaliste du Washington Post et autrice d’un livre critique. Le projet n’a pas été un échec total, mais pas non plus un succès, car ils espéraient valider un modèle applicable dans tout le pays. » « Il n’y a toujours pas d’étude sérieuse sur les résultats »L’incursion des patrons du numérique suscite aussi un débat sur la place de la technologie. La CZI a ainsi donné 142 millions de dollars – sur 840 millions distribués dans l’éducation depuis 2015 – à Summit Learning, une plate-forme en ligne « d’éducation personnalisée ». Pour « apprendre à leur rythme », les élèves peuvent choisir un sujet, accéder à une « playlist » de ressources en ligne, s’entraîner, puis passer un test.L’enseignant peut aider l’élève quand ce dernier le sollicite, ou lors d’un rendez-vous hebdomadaire de « mentorat ». Le déploiement du service, à partir de 2017, en pleine polémique sur l’impact de Facebook, a suscité des protestations de parents craignant de voir leurs enfants devenir des « zombies » devant un ordinateur, a rapporté le New York Times. Mais la plate-forme – gratuite – est aujourd’hui utilisée par 400 écoles et 80 000 élèves. Et 65 % des professeurs seraient satisfaits, assure la CZI. Alex Molnar, du centre de recherche National Education Policy Center, n’est, lui, pas convaincu : « Il n’y a toujours pas d’étude sérieuse sur les résultats, et on manque de transparence sur les algorithmes et l’usage des données, même si Summit assure ne pas partager d’informations nominatives. » Pour lui, les magnats du numérique rêvent d’attirer les élèves dans leurs « souks numériques », comme Facebook ou Amazon et son offre de services de fidélisation Prime. « Egalité raciale et diversité »Benjamin Riley est, lui, plus mesuré. Pour le fondateur de Deans for Impact, une association de formation d’enseignants soutenue par la CZI, la mentalité de ces fondations a évolué : « La pandémie de Covid-19 a permis de tester de nouveaux usages du numérique, mais a aussi réduit les espoirs qu’il soit la solution dans l’éducation, explique-t-il. Plus largement, le départ d’Obama a marqué le début de la fin du mouvement de réforme de l’éducation. » Lucides, Bill et Melinda Gates admettent l’incidence limitée de leurs initiatives : « Il y a vingt ans, nous aurions parié que notre travail le plus incertain porterait sur la santé, et que l’éducation serait le plus aisé. Cela a été tout le contraire », ont-ils écrit en 2020, prônant désormais des « réseaux » d’échange de bonnes pratiques.Comme la Bezos Academy, la CZI défend, elle, « l’égalité raciale et la diversité », ainsi que l’approche « whole child » visant le bien-être général (matériel, psychologique…) de l’enfant. Dans le même esprit, le patron de Netflix a, lui, en 2020, donné 120 millions de dollars à des « universités historiquement noires » (HBCU). Si elle a failli jusqu’ici à changer radicalement l’avenir de l’école, l’éducation philanthropique nous renseigne sur les dirigeants du numérique. Et participe de leur image. Mark Zuckerberg a intensifié son activité pour la CZI consacrée à l’école et à la santé, à mesure que la réputation de Facebook a été attaquée. Il compte parmi ses modèles Bill Gates, brocardé quand il dirigeait un Microsoft dominant et aujourd’hui connu pour sa puissante fondation. Jeff Bezos a, lui, lancé son Day One Fund, dévolu aux sans-abri et à l’éducation, après avoir été longtemps critiqué pour son inaction caritative. « Ces dirigeants extrapolent leur propre expérience »Mme Russakoff décèle, elle, une motivation plus personnelle, voire narcissique : « Ces dirigeants extrapolent leur propre expérience. » Ainsi, Jeff Bezos, élevé par un beau-père immigré cubain, est passé par… une maternelle Montessori. Bill Gates et les fondateurs de Google, Larry Page et Sergey Brin, ont, eux aussi, connu cette méthode, « proche du processus d’expérimentation de la tech », observe Mme Debs.Mark Zuckerberg a, lui, quitté son lycée pour intégrer le très élitiste pensionnat Phillips Exeter, puis a lâché l’université Harvard pour fonder Facebook. « Génie scolaire, il aurait probablement aimé bénéficier de l’éducation personnalisée qu’il promeut », dit en souriant Mme Russakoff. Elon Musk, lui, a assuré dans une conférence, en 2020, « qu’il n’y a pas besoin d’aller à l’université pour apprendre des choses ». Or, le patron de Tesla et SpaceX n’a-t-il pas justement quitté Stanford pour créer PayPal ? Toujours radical, Elon Musk a, un temps, monté une initiative originale : Ad Astra, une micro-école secrète installée dans l’usine de fusées SpaceX, à Hawthorne, en Californie. Il n’était pas satisfait du sort de ses cinq enfants à l’école Mirman… pourtant réservée aux élèves à fort quotient intellectuel. Il a donc débauché leur enseignant Joshua Dahn, en 2014. Les principes d’Ad Astra ? Ne pas « ségréguer » les enfants par âge, recourir au « jeu » et enseigner « non pas les outils, mais la résolution de problèmes », a listé M. Musk, en 2015, sur une chaîne chinoise. « Fondations vaniteuses »Dans les rares images d’Ad Astra, une poignée d’adultes et d’enfants codent sur des ordinateurs ou jouent les apprentis ingénieurs, en cassant un petit pont en bois ou en éteignant un incendie sur une maquette… Ultrasélective, l’école n’a jamais dépassé 40 élèves. Et a fermé en 2020. Depuis, M. Dahn a lancé Astra Nova, une école privée 100 % en ligne et payante – 32 000 dollars l’année. Il assure avoir 150 élèves. Et vante ses modules maison : des petites vidéos de « dilemmes » (« Comment partager un trésor entre le chercheur qui a trouvé la carte, celui qui l’a traduite, etc. ? ») et des jeux collaboratifs (gérer un écosystème océanique, etc.)Une telle start-up élitiste ne trouverait pas grâce aux yeux des partisans de l’école publique aux Etats-Unis. « Plutôt que des fondations vaniteuses, il faut une taxation des milliardaires pour financer des classes avec moins d’élèves », assume M. Molnar. Et aussi améliorer les conditions de travail des enseignants et les laisser gérer l’éducation personnalisée, énumère Mme Debs. « La philanthropie des milliardaires de la tech ne sera jamais qu’une goutte d’eau par rapport aux 750 milliards de dollars de dépenses publiques annuelles dans l’éducation aux Etats-Unis, souligne-t-elle. M. Bezos devrait appeler à une réforme finançant des maternelles pour tous. » Une telle mesure était incluse dans l’ambitieux plan d’infrastructures présenté par le président américain, Joe Biden, fin 2021. Mais celui-ci n’a finalement pas été voté. Alexandre Piquard pour Le Monde |
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