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What If…Theatres Played Moneyball?
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From Shawn C. Harris for TCG Circle:

Inspired by the film currently playing at a theater near you, the idea is to peel away layers of assumptions that go into our collective wisdom about how to make theatre then replace them with processes that incorporate the scientific method and statistical analysis. The goal is to reveal true value as opposed to guestimating and hoping for the best.
New Formula: Arts philanthropy goes grassroots
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Arts and culture blogger Ellen Berkovitch for the Santa Fe Reporter:

Since 2010... two distinct arts funding initiatives have marched off the federal and private-sector collaborative fields: respectively Our Town and ArtPlaceAmerica. These exemplify the latest linguistic leaps in turning “creative” into a verb: “creative placemaking.”

Just as at the beginning of any new movement, much effort goes to understanding beyond the slogans and into the meaning.

It's a Complex Cultural Eco-System
Posted on by Janet

The blogesphere and pressophere (I made that word up) lit up on Monday, October 10 with the release of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy’s (NCRP) essay on private foundation arts funding to marginalized communities.

The Buzz About HIVE: Digital Learning Media
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Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer's latest post to the conference blog:

In 2011 and 2012, the New York Community Trust made grants to middle and high schools that linked youth, art, science, museums, libraries and new partners with the intent to gain insight to the community, extend into the five boroughs and to serve the most disadvantaged kids. Was it possible to create an innovative process where learning happened anytime, anywhere that could scale? And could this happen on their preferred devices where they become creators?
The Buzz About HIVE: Digital Learning Media
Posted on by Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer

Christian Greer We are tech heads, not lab rats.   Well, there you have it. That is what kids felt about themselves as they entered the space Christian Greer of the Chicago Community Trust created for youth to explore games, … Continue reading →

Racial Equity, Grantmaking & Chandeliers
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Conference blogger Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer sat in on the conference session Grantmaking with a Racial Equity Lens, a salon discussion facilitated by GIA Board member Justin Laing of The Heinz Endowments. For this year's conference, GIA initiated the Salon Session as a way of providing more participatory discussions around a topic.

No question, racial equity is a highly charged topic that brings people together with complex emotions simmering beneath their conference badges. No question, we work in a dominant society that is managing our system of race and culture. It is structured racialism, poverty and colonization, all the time.
Racial Equity, Grantmaking & Chandeliers
Posted on by Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer

F. Javier Torres, Tim Dorsey and Roberto Bedoya Have you ever sat at the edge of the pool with a bunch of friends waiting to see who would jump in first? “Is this the gayest chandelier you ever saw?” Tim … Continue reading →

Why Sixty Is Sexy
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Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer reports on the session on Art and Aging, The Big Shift: The Velocity of Change in America's Aging Society, presented on Monday morning at the GIA conference in San Francisco:

“Age is a time to bloom, a time of great fertility, a time to celebrate their best work when they are ‘over the hill’,” said Marc Freedman, founder and CEO, Civic Ventures. “People think genius happens early in life but actually many artists were late bloomers such as Paul Cézanne.
Why Sixty Is Sexy
Posted on by Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer

Is There More To Life Than Donuts And Bingo?   Tim Carpenter   Tim Carpenter does. Tim, the radio host of Experience Talks and the 2011 Winner of the James Irvine Leadership Award, also believes there must be more for people … Continue reading →

GIA Reader Article Picked up by Boing Boing
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Appropriart! A graphic article about copyright by Susie Cagle, commissioned by GIA and the Media Democracy Fund for the Fall 2011 GIA Reader is featured on Boing Boing this week.