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From Graydon Royce at the Star-Tribune:
If you don't cross every t and dot every i, you can kiss your cultural Legacy Amendment money goodbye.
More than a dozen Twin Cities groups that received Legacy Amendment-funded grants through the Minnesota State Arts Board in past years were stunned this year to find their applications rejected on what some say are technicalities.
Teaching Artists and the Future of Education: A report on the Teaching Artist Research Project, the final outcome of the Teaching Artists Research Project, a three-year study by NORC at the University of Chicago, is now in the GIA online library. The extensive report was authored by Nick Rabkin and Michael J. Reynolds along with Eric Hedberg and Justin Shelby, and published in September of 2011.
Surely the Arts funding community has a role in a discussion such as this. If you're on Twitter, join in!
Last month, the Rockefeller Foundation, in partnership with Resource Alliance and the Institute for Development Studies, convened a major summit in Bellagio, Italy, on the future of philanthropy and development in the pursuit of well-being. The summit—the culmination of a process involving regional consultations around the globe, the commissioning of papers on relevant topics, and more—generated key messages for institutions and individuals working in, and with, the development and philanthropy sectors.
Now, these individuals and others in the field of global grantmaking have a chance to weigh in and respond to those messages by joining the Council on Foundations, the Rockefeller Foundation, and The Chronicle of Philanthropy during a special Twitter Chat, December 12, 1–2 p.m. ET, using the hashtag #PhilChat.
Congratulations to the 2011 United States Artists Fellows, and in particular to Roger Shimomura, profiled in Fall 2011 issue of the GIA Reader.
The online Forum on Equity in Arts Funding has added posts from thought leaders across the community. Today's new entries include:
by William Cleveland (bio), director, Center for the Study of Art & Community We are living at a time when many of our societies most closely held assumptions are being assailed. Often the push seems to come from the convergence … Continue reading
by Teresa Eyring (bio), executive director, Theatre Communications Group, Inc. The Fusing Arts, Culture, and Social Change study spotlights concerns about the distribution of private foundation dollars to arts groups in a nation that is witnessing rapidly shifting demographics, emerging … Continue reading
by Lynn Stern (bio), program officer for Thriving Cultures, Surdna Foundation How can private foundation staff advance equity and inclusiveness in its arts and culture grantmaking? The publication of NCRP’s report, Fusing Arts, Culture and Social Change, comes at an … Continue reading
by Lisa Cremin (bio), director, The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta It was not a surprise to learn the findings of the excellent report Fusing Arts, Cultural and Social Change, because I have experienced the phenomena in my work with … Continue reading
by Jonathan Herman (bio), executive director, National Guild for Community Arts Education I commend the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy and Holly Sidford for reporting on a critical disparity in funding within the arts sector — particularly for community-based organizations … Continue reading