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March Webinar: GIA’s Annual Research on Support for Arts and Culture
The next GIA webinar, to be held Tuesday, March 28, 2:00pm EDT / 11:00am PDT, will offer a summary of our annual research on support for arts and culture. Join Reina Mukai, research manager for the Foundation Center, and Ryan Stubbs, research director for NASAA, for a summary of key findings, as well as insight into what these findings reveal about the current arts grantmaking environment.
New in the GIA Reader: GIA’s Annual Arts Funding Snapshot
The latest issue of the GIA Reader features our annual Arts Funding Snapshot, an overview of national arts funding by the numbers. The snapshot includes “Foundation Grants to Arts and Culture, 2014,” based on the most recent completed year of Foundation Center data, and “Government Funding for the Arts, 2016,” prepared by the National Assembly of State Art Agencies (NASAA). Findings of these two reports will be presented in our March webinar.
Webinar Series: Grantmaking Designs for Supporting Individual Artists
During the month of April, GIA will present a series of three webinars examining common myths about, and funder approaches to, some of the philosophical questions and technical issues related to supporting individual artists.

Tuesday, April 18
Common Myths about Support for Individual Artists

Thursday, April 20
Models of Distributing Grants and Awards to Individual Artists

Tuesday, April 25
Using Feedback and Data to Strengthen Individual Artist Support
Call for Sessions: Deadline is March 29
The deadline to propose a session for the 2017 GIA Conference is Wednesday, March 29 at 5pm PDT. As the national conference of arts grantmaking, the GIA Conference aims to present engaging, informative sessions which reflect the diversity of topics important to the field. We greatly value the experience, ideas, and programs that members share with each other and the field at large. More information about making session proposals can be found on our website.
New GIA Podcast: Wendy Hsu on Innovations in Data Collection
In the latest installment on the GIA Podcast, we speak with Wendy Hsu, PhD, senior project coordinator and digital strategist at the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA). They share some of the innovative research projects that DCA has been embarking on to collect more meaningful data that is driven and used by staff in different city departments and Los Angeles community members.
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News from the Field
Vickie Benson on Why Our Communities Need the NEA
In a new blog post at The McKnight Foundation, Arts Program Director Vickie Benson makes the case that the National Endowment for the Arts continues to illuminate the power of the arts, and that our communities are better off because of their work…
NASAA: “Eliminating the NEA would hurt every state in our nation”
In a statement released last week, the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) argues that “eliminating the NEA would hurt every state in our nation.”…
Statement from National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu
Jane Chu, chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, has released a statement following the release of the President’s budget plan…
Trump Budget Plan Released, Includes Elimination of NEA, NEH, and CPB
President Trump released his first federal budget plan, as reported by The New York Times
Op-ed: Cuts to Arts Funding Could Be Detrimental to Academic Achievement
An op-ed piece written by dance educator Amy M. Wilkinson and published in The Hill argues the importance of the arts as part of a well-rounded education…
Heron Foundation President Reflects on Investing 100 Percent of Endowment toward Mission
The president of The F.B. Heron Foundation, Clara Miller, recently published an article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review about how Heron achieved its goal of investing 100 percent of its endowment toward fulfilling its mission…
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Names Theresa Colvin as its Next Executive Director
Colvin will succeed Alan W. Cooper who is retiring after 23 years as the Foundation’s director. Colvin will begin her tenure on May 1, 2017…

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