On the Radar: Arts Education and Covid Relief Funding Podcast!
States have already received two-thirds of their ARP Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) allocation ($81 billion) and will have access to the remaining $41 billion after the Department approves states’ plans. By June 7, states will need to submit applications to the Department of Education describing how they will use resources under the ARP ESSER fund in order to continue to reopen schools safely, sustain their safe operations and support students. What does this mean for you as a funder group or organization engaged in arts education work?
To dive into more detail and what this means for state and what you can do to support equitable arts education, GIA will be joined by Jamie Kasper (Arts Education Partnership) and Alex Nock and Aileen Ma (Penn Hill Group) for this podcast conversation. Be on the lookout for this new release May 25!
To dive into more detail and what this means for state and what you can do to support equitable arts education, GIA will be joined by Jamie Kasper (Arts Education Partnership) and Alex Nock and Aileen Ma (Penn Hill Group) for this podcast conversation. Be on the lookout for this new release May 25!
PolicyLink’s Racial Equity Data Lab
PolicyLink recently unveiled the Racial Equity Data Lab, a space where you can create data visuals and dashboards to support your campaigns for racial equity and inclusive recovery. Explore the Lab here.
From the GIA Reader
In “Equity. Equity. Equity.,” part of the Fall 2020/Winter 2021 issue of the GIA Reader (Vol. 31, No. 3), Shaunda McDill states her vision for the future of philanthropy is for “a just field, not an equitable one.” McDill writes: “As an artist, program officer of a reputable and compassionate foundation, philanthropist (with my meager personal resources), and Black woman, I invoke the title of Nas’ eighth album release and repeat — equity is dead.” Read here.
The Joyce Foundation launched recently a new grantmaking strategy through 2025 for its programs, focused on racial equity and economic mobility for culture and other funding areas…
PolicyLink recently released “10 Priorities for Advancing Racial Equity Through the American Rescue Plan: A guide for city and county policymakers,” suggesting municipal strategies for deploying ARP funds equitably, efficiently, and strategically…
New York City has established a new $25 million program, the City Artist Corps, to provide funding to artists, musicians, and other performers “to create works across the city, whether through public art, performances, pop-up shows, murals or other community arts projects,” The New York Times reported…
