July Member Spotlight: Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona
July’s GIA Member Spotlight is on Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona. Learn about the organization’s work here.
Introducing the 2021 GIA Preconferences
GIA is pleased to present one day of preconference sessions both in-person and virtual, on Sunday, November 7, as part of this year’s conference. Space in preconference sessions is limited, register as soon as possible to ensure the full experience of this year’s conference.
- People Power: Culture, Climate, and Economic Justice in Puerto Rico
- Catalyzing Philanthropy to Support Puerto Rican Artists
- Constellations: New Infrastructure for Effective Narrative Change
- Plurality, Identity, and Institutions: Cultural Tour
- Arte de base comunitaria: Cultural Tour
- Building Wealth and Reparations for Artists
- We Do This to Free Us: Artists and the Solidarity Economy
“Surviving a Pandemic: From emergency response to best practice” webinar
Over a year after the pandemic took a harsh toll on our communities, we have seen funders exercise trust and solidarity in their emergency responses by making monumental shifts in their practices. This is a great opportunity to explore and transform emergency practice into best practice as we reimagine the possibilities of supporting communities. Don’t miss our upcoming webinar on July 28 in which Eddie Torres (Grantmakers in the Arts); Dr. Mary T. Basset (Harvard School of Public Health); Gary Steuer (Bonfils-Stanton Foundation); and Tempestt Hazel (The Field Foundation); will discuss how they are reimagining funding for their grantees. Details and registration here.
Christine Yoon, senior program officer, Arts, at the Wallace Foundation sat down with Imagine This Podcast to discuss “navigating culture shifts in the workplace, the philanthropic community’s shifts over the last year, leadership development in nonprofits, managing uncertainty, and more”…
HueArts NYC, a map, online directory, report, and hub for New York City’s arts entities that have been created by and center Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, and all People of Color, will be completed and publicly released in December 2021…
An article in Chalkbeat discusses efforts that have “attempted to ban critical race theory, the academic framework that examines how policies and the law perpetuate systemic racism”…
