by Justin Laing (bio), program officer, Arts & Culture Program, The Heinz Endowments For me, one of the most useful elements of NCRP’s Fusing Arts, Culture and Social Change was the section titled “A Funding Typology and Pathways to Change” … Continue reading
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Posted on December 7, 2011 by admin
by Judi Jennings (bio), executive director, Kentucky Foundation for Women Fusing Arts, Culture and Social Change is a wake up call to our field. The report shows that only 10% of grants of $10,000 or more given by private foundations … Continue reading
Posted on December 7, 2011 by admin
by Marta Moreno Vega (bio), president and founder, The Carribean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute; adjunct professor, arts and public policy, Tisch School for the Arts, New York University Fusing Arts, Culture and Social Change: High Impact Strategies for Philanthropy … Continue reading
Posted on December 6, 2011 by admin
by Aaron Dorfman (bio), executive director, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the amount of attention Fusing Art, Culture and Social Change, NCRP’s most recent report, has generated. More than 200 media outlets have run stories … Continue reading
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by Jesse Rosen (bio), president & CEO, League of American Orchestras I heartily support the NCRP report’s recommendation that philanthropic investment in the arts should benefit underserved communities and promote greater equity, opportunity, and justice. But I take issue with … Continue reading
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by MK Wegmann, president and CEO, National Performance Network In response to the question “Can intermediaries be more successful than institutionalized funders in supporting the organic process of art making within the communities described as marginalized by the NCRP report, … Continue reading
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by F. Javier Torres (bio), senior program officer for arts and culture, The Boston Foundation I arrived in the world of philanthropy in 2011 after almost six years overseeing a multidisciplinary art program that is part of an affordable housing … Continue reading
Posted on December 6, 2011 by admin
by Roberto Bedoya (bio), executive director, Tucson Pima Arts Council “Nothing concedes without a demand.” Frederick Douglas In the area of equitable grant-making what are the demands being made? Who is making the demands? Who is responding to the demands? … Continue reading
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by Mario Garcia Durham (bio), president and CEO, Association of Performing Arts Presenters Holly Sidford begins her report Fusing Arts, Culture and Social Change: High Impact Strategies for Philanthropy by quoting Dudley Cocke of Roadside Theater: “Art holds a mirror … Continue reading
Posted on December 5, 2011 by admin
Grantmakers in the Arts designed the Forum to expand the dialogue around funding equity in the arts and to encourage a response to the systemic issues of equity identified during sessions at the recent GIA national conference and in Fusing … Continue reading