Diem Jones has been tapped for the position of Director of Grants at the Houston Arts Alliance (HAA). Jones comes to the HAA post after an 8-year stretch as deputy director at Arts Council Silicon Valley, where he supervised their Artsopolis program and managed the agency’s grants, arts education and marketing programs.
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From Ron Evans at Group of Minds:
From Simone Wilson at LA Weekly:
Today, Itzhak Perlman spoke in support for continued funding for the Arizona Arts Commission. Also he played with a group of student musicians. Watch the video below.
Council on Foundations Policy Update
February 13, 2012
Obama Budget Again Calls for Cap on Itemized Deductions; Also Would Reinstate Itemized Deduction Phase-Out, Establish "Buffet Rule," and Create a Simplified Excise Tax for Private Foundations
More on the Obama budget from Narric Rome at ArtsBlog:
From The Los Angeles Times Culture Monster blog:
From Justin Davidson at New York Magazine:
From Rick Cohen at Nonprofit Quarterly:
Katherine Gressel, who has just completed her stint as a Writing Fellow for the blog Createquity, published last week a deep-dive review and analysis of the Urban Institute report from 2003, Investing in Creativity: A Study of the Support Structures for U.S. Artists (full report is here). The research and publication of the report, as Katherine explains in her review, led to the formation of the 10-year national initiative Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC) that is in its final stages now, as well as the expansion of NYFA Source into the online database we know today.