Grantmakers in the Arts

October 10, 2011 by Steve

I had a great time at GIA’s Chicago gathering last year, and I have been waiting in eager anticipation for this conference all year. Having been a major funder at one point in California when I was at the helm of the California Arts Council, and having had the pleasure to know and work with a lot of arts program officers at foundations of all sizes and stripes over a decade or more now – AND as this conference is in my own back yard – it is been on my radar screen as something I have been looking forward to covering.

October 6, 2011 by Abigail

No coincidence that the photos featured on the banner this month are provided by a Bay Area GIA member! The San Francisco Arts Commission was established in the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco in 1932 to ensure that the arts would be incorporated into the civic infrastructure for the City’s residents. SFAC meets these responsibilities through an extensive set of programs and special projects, including community arts and education, civic design review, and cultural equity grants.

October 6, 2011 by Abigail

Our commitment to supporting individual artists is a testament to our understanding of the importance of artists in our world. We support artists to allow them time to reveal the truths of our existence. We support artists to promote diverse, creative communities engaged in civil dialogue and public service. We support artists to ensure the freedom of their expression and the preservation of our own.

October 4, 2011 by Steve

GIA has published a report on the Thought Leader Forum on Arts and Aging, which was held on April 6, 2011 in Washington, D.C. The report was authored by Suzanne Callahan, Callahan Consulting for the Arts, and Diane Mataraza, Mataraza Consulting, and can now be downloaded from the GIA Library.

October 3, 2011 by Steve

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is now accepting applications for the second year of the Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia from today through Oct. 31. The three-year, $9 million community-wide contest seeks the most innovative ideas in the arts to engage and enrich Philadelphia’s communities.

October 3, 2011 by Steve

Richard Kessler, who will be blogging from the 2011 GIA Conference later this week, posts to his own blog, Dewey 21C:

For about as long as I have been in this field, which is longer than I would now like to admit, I have witnessed the unfortunate tendency for us to shoot ourselves in the foot. It could be the arguments of discipline-based versus integration, it could be residencies versus field trips, aesthetic versus creative, blah, blah, blah.

October 3, 2011 by Steve

The James Irvine Foundation has launched the Exploring Engagement Fund as part of the foundation's new Arts program strategy announced in June. The Exploring Engagement Fund is designed to help nonprofit arts organizations try new ways of engaging audiences and participants.

October 2, 2011 by Steve

From Eric Roper at the Star-Tribune:

Special Series: For the Love of Radical Giving Podcast

You are tuning into For the Love of Radical Giving podcast, a GIA Reader miniseries that deconstructs traditional philanthropy and celebrates the joy and power of giving out of love.

Each episode explores radical, innovative, community-driven approaches that challenge traditional philanthropic models, highlighting the voices and experiences of those actively working to democratize philanthropy and create equitable, impactful change.

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From the GIA Reader: FLOW with Dr. Durell Cooper

In this specially commissioned web series co-produced by Grantmakers in the Arts, Dr. Cooper dives into conversations with practitioners and influential people from the global majority who are leading in arts philanthropy. The overarching question this series investigates is what narratives exist that harm us and how are we intentionally developing strategies to mitigate the harm to foster healing in communities of color?

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