Grantmakers in the Arts’ Newest Members
GIA is pleased to introduce our newest members, Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation, IndieSpace/Indie Theater Fund, Pincus Family Foundation, New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, Whippoorwill Arts, and Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation. Welcome!
Save the Dates: Cultural Policy Action Lab Public Learning Series
Join us for the inaugural GIA Cultural Policy Action Lab, a leadership and professional development community of practice program for public sector workers who seek to advance racial equity through arts and culture and public policy. The Public Learning Series is an open source 8-part online learning series and will be held bi-weekly from June-September (public, open to all). Learn more here!
Join us for the Disability Justice for Individual Artists: Cap, SNAP, Solution Webinar
Tuesday, May 31 at 11am PDT | 2pm EDT
Join us on Tuesday, May 31 for a continued conversation about disability justice and arts funding. We’ll be joined by Revecca Torres (BACKBONES), Laura Poppiti (Center for Cultural Innovation), and Alex Nock (Penn Hill Group) who will build on the conversation from our 2021 webinar on disability justice, which offered discussion on best practices when funding and supporting artists with disabilities. As the sector continues to develop and pivot towards transformational change, we were reminded that our work must be “guided by those most impacted by systems of oppression.” But we know that change can only be as transformational as policy and federal law will allow. Learn more and register here.
Join us on Tuesday, May 31 for a continued conversation about disability justice and arts funding. We’ll be joined by Revecca Torres (BACKBONES), Laura Poppiti (Center for Cultural Innovation), and Alex Nock (Penn Hill Group) who will build on the conversation from our 2021 webinar on disability justice, which offered discussion on best practices when funding and supporting artists with disabilities. As the sector continues to develop and pivot towards transformational change, we were reminded that our work must be “guided by those most impacted by systems of oppression.” But we know that change can only be as transformational as policy and federal law will allow. Learn more and register here.
From Animating Democracy: Aesthetic Perspectives in Grantmaking Webinar
Tuesday, May 10 at 12pm PDT | 3pm EDT
Since its release in 2017, funders, Local and State Arts agencies, and arts and cultural organizations have tapped the framework, Aesthetic Perspectives: Attributes of Excellence in Arts for Change, to support their grantmaking and evaluation. Developed by artists with ally evaluators and funders to address aesthetic and cultural biases and Eurocentric standards of excellence, Aesthetic Perspectives offers 11 attributes to guide the development, implementation, and evaluation of creative practices and products in arts for change work. Join us for a second webinar, Aesthetic Perspectives in Evaluation Webinar, May 10, 3:00 – 4:15 EDT. Susannah Laramee Kidd offers practical applications of the framework in evaluation of civically and socially engaged arts and culture projects and programs. Free. Register here.
Since its release in 2017, funders, Local and State Arts agencies, and arts and cultural organizations have tapped the framework, Aesthetic Perspectives: Attributes of Excellence in Arts for Change, to support their grantmaking and evaluation. Developed by artists with ally evaluators and funders to address aesthetic and cultural biases and Eurocentric standards of excellence, Aesthetic Perspectives offers 11 attributes to guide the development, implementation, and evaluation of creative practices and products in arts for change work. Join us for a second webinar, Aesthetic Perspectives in Evaluation Webinar, May 10, 3:00 – 4:15 EDT. Susannah Laramee Kidd offers practical applications of the framework in evaluation of civically and socially engaged arts and culture projects and programs. Free. Register here.
Image courtesy Magik Theatre.
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