Introducing Convening Keynotes: Maysoon Zayid
We’re excited to announce we have Maysoon Zayid as one of the keynotes of the 2020 GIA Virtual Convening, Power, Practice, Resilience: Remix’d. Zayid is an actress, comedian, writer, disability advocate, and the co-founder/co-executive producer of the New York Arab American Comedy Festival and The Muslim Funny Fest. Visit the convening website for details. Register now for the 2020 GIA Convening.
Grantmakers in the Arts’ Newest Member
GIA is pleased to introduce our newest member, The Alabaster Fund. Welcome!
Webinar Alert! “Arts and Health: Driving us towards stronger communities”
Join GIA’s upcoming webinar on October 27, 2pm EDT/11am PDT in which David Fakunle (DiscoverME/RecoverME), Tasha Golden artist (Johns Hopkins Medicine), and Jamie Hand (ArtPlace America), authors of the white paper on the Creating Healthy Communities: Arts + Public Health in America initiative, will share the findings of the field scan, the strength of their cross-sector collaboration, and suggestions for what arts and culture funders should consider when funding at the intersection of arts and health in 2020. Details and registration here.
“The Future We Want”: A new President’s Blog series
In the second of a series of blogs titled “The Future We Want,” Eddie Torres, GIA president & CEO, reflects on the importance of advocacy and engagement with the public sector. Click here to read.
Pillars recently introduced its Muslim Narrative Change Cohort, integrated by Muslim artists, practitioners, academics, and thinkers who, according to the announcement, “are creating a transformative narrative strategy that will offer us the opportunity to change stories, ideas, behaviors and, ultimately, society”…
In a recent podcast, Michelle Coffey, executive director of Lambent Foundation, has a conversation with facilitator Gibrán Rivera, Lambent’s “network theory” guide, about “how arts organizations can lead with consciousness, culture, and action through relentless experimentation” in this historic moment…
Filantropía Puerto Rico (FiPR) convened a group of the organizations that have been actively working on managing the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in the island. They discussed the state of things on Puerto Rico, and “on the actions needed to change direction towards a just recovery that guarantees dignified living conditions and safe and healthy environments for the population,” as the report states…
In the midst of this year’s crisis, Forbes writes about companies born in the creative economy…
