Relive the 2020 GIA Convening: Luis A. Miranda, Jr. and Lin-Manuel Miranda

Luis A. Miranda, Jr. and Lin-Manuel Miranda, in a conversation with Maurine Knighton, were the Nov. 23 keynote speakers as part of the 2020 GIA Virtual Convening, Power, Practice, Resilience: Remix’d. We also kicked off this keynote with a performance by Kyle G. Dargan. Watch the video here.

Rozsa Foundation: GIA’s Newest Member Spotlight

For the month of March, GIA’s Member Spotlight is on the Rozsa Foundation, based in Alberta, Canada. Learn more about the organization’s work here.

“Native Arts and Culture: Resilience, reclamation, and relevance” Webinar

In February 2020, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) co-hosted the first-ever gathering of the Native arts, cultures, and humanities field in collaboration with federal arts agencies. The big ideas that came out of the convening were compiled into a report that informs movement and mobilization around Native Arts leadership in arts philanthropy, rethinking funding methods and practices, and advancing partnerships in research and social justice.

Joining us on March 30 for a 75-minute webinar to discuss the report and explore action steps will be Lulani Arquette (NACF), Joy Harjo (US Poet Laureate, Muscogee (Creek) Nation), Shelly C. Lowe (Navajo / Harvard University Native American Program), and Clifford Murphy (NEA, Folk & Traditional Arts). Details here.

Renew your GIA Membership!

Please renew your Grantmakers in the Arts membership. With your partnership, 2021 promises to be a historic year. Click here.

Stories of Resilience: South Arts reflects on how grantees have shifted in one year of pandemic programming

Throughout this month, South Arts will be running a series of articles penned by their program participants and grant recipients exploring how their work has changed in response to the pandemic…

“Advancing justice is a Multi-Pronged Act”: What we're reading

In a recent article in Alliance Magazine, Nicolette Naylor and David Sampson examine legal action as a key tool for interrogating and challenging power and advancing justice…

In Case You Missed It: “We must all think about sunsetting, not just foundations”

Vu Le writes in Nonprofit AF about “sunsetting” in philanthropy and how he appreciates “when funders have the courage to do this. So many societal problems could be resolved more effectively if more foundations would spend more now to solve these problems instead of hoarding resources, which allows entrenched issues to persist”…