Economic Turmoil and Change

At least since the early 1990s, the cultural field has lamented the fact that it is a disaggregated and distributed policy field. Policy agendas and new practices emerge in specific contexts, pushed along by actors and organizations that have particular … Continue reading →

Three articles in the current issue of Dance USA Journal address aspects of evolution and change in dance companies that also have application in other arts organizations and will be of interest to dance funders as those who fund in … Continue reading →

This new research advisory from the FOundation Center, the latest in a series that sheds light on the impact of the economic downturn on the nonprofit sector, examines how U.S. foundations are coping with the crisis. The findings are based … Continue reading →

From the New York Times Even as arts groups around the country are cutting back because of declining endowments and donations, a new foundation to support the work of American Indian, Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native artists is being established … Continue reading →

In the Louisville Courier Journal ( Photo Louisville Shakespeare Company) Amid the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression, Louisville’s principal arts organizations are being challenged as never before. Approaches once considered sacrosanct, realities thought etched in concrete, are … Continue reading →

From The Australian ( image courtesy of the National Library of Australia) “The time has come to bring Australia in line with the civilised parts of the world as far as arts education is concerned,” leading music educator Richard Gill … Continue reading →

Wisdom of Jeff Chang in The Nation… …Artists played a largely unheralded role in Obama’s victory. But they had been tugging the national unconscious forward for decades, from the multiculturalist avant-gardes of the 1970s and ’80s to the hip-hop rebels … Continue reading →

From the Philadelphia Inquirer. At a time when the flow of outside funding seems to be slowing relentlessly, the Pew Heritage Philadelphia Program has awarded a little more than $1 million to seven area cultural organizations. The grants, ranging from … Continue reading →

Taking Part, a new report from Arts Council England, makes the case that childhood arts experience plays a major role in adult arts participation. Findings include: • being encouraged to get involved in the arts as a child increases the … Continue reading →

From the Chronicle of philanthropy It’s now official: Sonal Shah, former head of global development at Google.org, the search-engine company’s philanthropic arm, is head of the new White House Office of Social Innovation. Shin Inouye, a White House spokesman, today … Continue reading →