Jeff Chang Featured as Keynote Speaker at the GIA Conference
The Monday luncheon plenary of the 2017 GIA Conference will feature Jeff Chang, executive director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University. Jeff Chang has written extensively on the intersection of race, art, and civil rights, and the socio-political forces that guided the hip-hop generation. As a speaker, he brings fresh energy and sweep to the essential American story, offering an invaluable interpretation at a time when race defines the national conversation. Chang has been a USA Ford Fellow in Literature and a winner of the North Star News Prize.
Register now for the 2017 GIA Conference.
Register now for the 2017 GIA Conference.
Next Webinar: Addressing Accessibility in Arts Funding Programs, Events, and Materials
The next GIA webinar, Addressing Accessibility in Arts Funding Programs, Events, and Materials will take place on Tuesday, November 14, 2:00pm EST / 11:00am PST. Accessibility barriers that impact individuals with disabilities and older adults are often invisible to funders developing and managing grantmaking programs and grantee events. In this session, Anne Mulgrave with Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Raz Rifkind with Chicago Community Trust, and Betty Siegel with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will discuss why accessibility is a social justice issue for arts philanthropy and how to identify and reduce barriers to access in funding programs, events, and materials.
GIA Welcomes Six New Members this Month
As membership continues to grow, GIA would like to thank and welcome six new members who joined in September:
- Akonadi Foundation (Oakland, CA)
- CMA Foundation (Nashville, TN)
- Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs
- Polk County Community Foundation (Tryon, NC)
- South Dakota Arts Council
- Wagner Foundation (Boston, MA)
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