GIA Reader (2000-present)

July 8, 2015 by giarts-ts-admin

Presentations and white papers presented at Grantmakers for the Arts Every Child, Every School forum for funders in Minneapolis, May 7, 2015, can be found here.

Return on Investment

July 8, 2015 by giarts-ts-admin

As part of an upcoming Thought Leader Forum titled Every School, Every Child, I was asked by Janet Brown, CEO of Grantmakers in the Arts, to spend some time with their newly released report Foundation Funding for Arts Education: An Update on Foundation Trends by Steven Lawrence, director of research, and Reina Mukai, research manager, both from the Foundation Center.

Performing Policy

March 27, 2015 by giarts-ts-admin

Paul Bonin-Rodriguez. 2015, 208 pages, Palgrave Macmillan; Houndmills

Artists Report Back

March 27, 2015 by giarts-ts-admin

BFAMFAPhD. 2014, 15 pages, BFAMFAPhD. http://bfamfaphd.com/#artists-report-back

Something to Say

March 26, 2015 by giarts-ts-admin

Denise Montgomery, Peter Rogouin, and Neromanie Persaud. 2013, 136 pages, The Wallace Foundation, New York

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March 26, 2015 by giarts-ts-admin

Holly Sidford and Nick Rabkin. 2014, 10 pages, Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.

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March 26, 2015 by giarts-ts-admin

Edited by Don Ball. 2014, 90 pages, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.

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Who We Be: The Colorization of America

March 26, 2015 by giarts-ts-admin

Jeff Chang. 2014, 403 pages, St. Martin’s Press, New York, NY

March 26, 2015 by giarts-ts-admin

The annual GIA conference brings us, in our respective roles as foundation founder-trustee and staff, inspiration for the work of the year ahead, highlights new developments and trends in the arts and funding, challenges conventional thinking, and provides opportunities to exchange ideas with our peers. It is a true highlight of the year for our work as arts funders, and we think it could be for other trustees as well.

Capitalization and Risk

March 26, 2015 by giarts-ts-admin

Capitalization has been a hot topic in the arts funding community — and in these very pages — in recent years. Funders and cultural organizations alike are increasingly invested in the capital structures that undergird a vibrant cultural sector. Driven by a shared desire to increase artistic vitality in the Greater Boston area, two GIA members — the Barr Foundation and The Klarman Family Foundation — are taking a closer look at how capitalization supports their grantees’ ability to both take and manage risk.