BILL IVEY: TOWARDS A 21ST CENTURY STRATEGY FOR GRANTMAKERS
Submitted by giarts-ts-admin on January 15, 2009
Director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University and head of the Obama Administration transition team on arts and culture, Ivey spoke about the current nonprofit arts environment at the 2008 GIA conference in Atlanta. His remarks provided a “50,000 foot view” of both the arts and grantmaking. In his opening remarks he said:
I believe that we are truly at a watershed in philanthropy that supports art and culture, and further I am convinced that it will take leadership of the most coordinated, most thoughtful, and most imaginative character if we are to advance, or even maintain, a significant relationship between foundation work and the U.S. arts system. In the past, America’s foundations have demonstrated the capacity to lead and effect change; although the task will be daunting, that is what I am asking of you today.
Listen to his presentation online (.mp3) or download either a full transcription or a short summary of the second half of his talk where he lays out his recommended path to cultural vibrancy.