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Steven J. Tepper named dean of Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
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Steven J. Tepper, associate director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy and associate professor of sociology at Vanderbilt University, has been named dean of Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, effective July 1, 2014.

 

Grantmakers in the Arts Goes to Washington
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The work of GIA's Arts Education Funders Coalition is reported on Createquity.

Foundation Center Publishes Key Facts on U.S. Foundations
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Foundation Center has released its annual publication “Key Facts on U.S. foundations.” In a new and more streamlined format, the 2013 edition includes estimates of giving by U.S. foundations in 2012 and it forcasts the direction of giving changes for 2013 based on survey data collected by Foundation Center. The report also documents the overall size of the U.S. foundation community and analyzes the funding priorities of the largest foundations.

New York Mayor Signs Bill to Reveal Which Schools Meet Arts Education Requirement
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On December 17, Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed Intro 925 into law. This law will require the Department of Education to provide detailed reporting on the provision of state instructional requirements for the arts in city public schools and will not only help inform education policy-makers, but will also provide parents, students and the public with the knowledge to make informed decisions and advocate for resources to be provided for their schools.

Expensive Cities are Killing Creativity
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Sarah Kendzior writes for Al Jazeera:

New York — and San Francisco, London, Paris and other cities where cost of living has skyrocketed — are no longer places where you go to be someone. They are places you live when you are born having arrived. They are, as journalist Simon Kuper puts it, “the vast gated communities where the one percent reproduces itself.”
Philanthropy: Imagination, Innovation, and Impact Summary from CPPP
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In January 2013, the Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy at the University of Southern California hosted its fifth National Leadership Forum, Philanthropy: Imagination, Innovation, and Impact. A new report is now available from the Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy that summarizes the proceedings of the forum.

New Study Reports on Survey of McKnight Fellows
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The McKnight Foundation has produced a report, What Artists Say, of findings from a survey of fellowship recipients and artists receiving McKnight funds regranted by the state’s 11 Regional Arts Councils (RACs) in 2011. The survey was conducted by the Center for the Study of Art & Community and was designed to give artists an opportunity to reflect on the environment, conditions, and motivations that affect their work.

Leadership Transitions in Washington
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The Washington Post reports on leadership transitions at a number of Washington, D.C., arts institutions.

Funding Imbalances Continue In The Arts
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NCRP research and policy director Niki Jagpal posts to The NonProfit Times:

As I listened to a webinar hosted by Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) on its report Annual Research on Support for Arts and Culture, I was relatively unsurprised to hear from Steven Lawrence of the Foundation Center that their research found the largest share of arts grants went to the performing arts (36.8 percent) and museums (27.6 percent).
Deborah Rutter to become Kennedy Center’s third president
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From Katherine Boyle, reporting for The Washington Post:

Deborah F. Rutter, president of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, will become the third president of the Kennedy Center in September. The center made the announcement at a press conference on Tuesday, after an 11-month national search for a new president to manage the country’s busiest performing arts center.