December and January’s Member Spotlight
For the months of December and January, GIA’s photo banner features work supported by the Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA). Founded by community leaders in 1962, the BCA is dedicated to advancing cultural equity in the Bronx. Learn more about their work and mission here.
GIA’s Look Back at 2018
Before we say goodbye to 2018, we’re reviewing some of this year’s highlights, the first in the South Bronx and under new leadership.
Real and Not Real: The history of racialization in the United States
GIA’s most popular webinar of the year featured Race Forward discussing the creation and perpetuation of the racial hierarchy, ideologies of whiteness, and how institutional strategies for diversity, inclusion, and equity often get conflated or confused. See it here.
GIA’s Podcast Series on Arts Advocacy
Eddie Torres (Grantmakers in the Arts), Jessica Mele (William and Flora Hewlett Foundation), and Sam Massol (Center for Arts Education) explored advocacy through an arts education lens given the current national landscape. Listen here.
“Arts Funding at Twenty-Five: What data and analysis continue to tell funders about the field”
To mark the 25th anniversary of the first Arts Funding benchmark study, GIA commissioned researcher Steven Lawrence for an analysis of trends in arts and culture funding since the first. Read the article here.
Renew your GIA Membership for 2019
Here’s a friendly reminder that your Grantmakers in the Arts membership will end on December 31st. Renew your membership online or mail back this form with your payment.
“GIA’s Annual Research on Support for Arts and Culture” Webinar
In the upcoming Winter 2019 edition of the GIA Reader, the latest edition of GIA’s annual funder snapshot will include “Foundation Grants to Arts and Culture, 2016, based on the most recent completed year of Foundation Center data, and “Public Funding for the Arts, 2018,” prepared by the National Assembly of State Art Agencies (NASAA). How have things changed since the last GIA funder snapshot in April 2018, and what can we look forward to for 2019?
Reina Mukai (Foundation Center), Ryan Stubbs and Patricia Mullaney-Loss (NASAA), will share a summary of key findings and insights into what these findings reveal about the current arts grantmaking environment, as well as an introduction to what we can expect for the new year.
“GIA’s Annual Research on Support for Arts and Culture” will be held Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at 2:00pm EDT / 11:00am PDT. Details and registration soon!
Reina Mukai (Foundation Center), Ryan Stubbs and Patricia Mullaney-Loss (NASAA), will share a summary of key findings and insights into what these findings reveal about the current arts grantmaking environment, as well as an introduction to what we can expect for the new year.
“GIA’s Annual Research on Support for Arts and Culture” will be held Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at 2:00pm EDT / 11:00am PDT. Details and registration soon!
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