Christian Greer We are tech heads, not lab rats. Well, there you have it. That is what kids felt about themselves as they entered the space Christian Greer of the Chicago Community Trust created for youth to explore games, … Continue reading
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Posted on October 16, 2011 by Steve
Conference blogger Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer sat in on the conference session Grantmaking with a Racial Equity Lens, a salon discussion facilitated by GIA Board member Justin Laing of The Heinz Endowments. For this year's conference, GIA initiated the Salon Session as a way of providing more participatory discussions around a topic.
No question, racial equity is a highly charged topic that brings people together with complex emotions simmering beneath their conference badges. No question, we work in a dominant society that is managing our system of race and culture. It is structured racialism, poverty and colonization, all the time.
Posted on October 15, 2011 by Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer
F. Javier Torres, Tim Dorsey and Roberto Bedoya Have you ever sat at the edge of the pool with a bunch of friends waiting to see who would jump in first? “Is this the gayest chandelier you ever saw?” Tim … Continue reading
Posted on October 15, 2011 by Steve
Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer reports on the session on Art and Aging, The Big Shift: The Velocity of Change in America's Aging Society, presented on Monday morning at the GIA conference in San Francisco:
“Age is a time to bloom, a time of great fertility, a time to celebrate their best work when they are ‘over the hill’,” said Marc Freedman, founder and CEO, Civic Ventures. “People think genius happens early in life but actually many artists were late bloomers such as Paul Cézanne.
Posted on October 14, 2011 by Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer
Is There More To Life Than Donuts And Bingo? Tim Carpenter Tim Carpenter does. Tim, the radio host of Experience Talks and the 2011 Winner of the James Irvine Leadership Award, also believes there must be more for people … Continue reading
Posted on October 14, 2011 by Tommer
Appropriart! A graphic article about copyright by Susie Cagle, commissioned by GIA and the Media Democracy Fund for the Fall 2011 GIA Reader is featured on Boing Boing this week.
Posted on October 14, 2011 by Steve
Conference blogger Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer reports on Mondays' morning plenary keynote performance from Marc Bamuthi Joseph:
As a conference blogger, I sat at Marc’s Keynote Performance at the Plenary Breakfast Session on Monday at the Grantmakers for the Arts 2011 Conference, confident in capturing the essence of the experience while having my morning coffee with a ballroom full of my colleagues.
It became very clear that Marc operates at speeds unfamiliar to most people and I was left both delighted and bewildered by his message.
Posted on October 14, 2011 by Steve
The inimitable Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer, our third official conference blogger, checks in post-conference with a rundown of her preconference experience. Photos, and Hoong Yee drawings enrich the report. Look forward to more from her as she documents her San Francisco Conference experience.
Posted on October 13, 2011 by Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer
Marc Bamuthi Joseph How do you listen to a whirlwind? If the whirlwind has a name, such as Marc Bamuthi Joseph, and he is before you – natty, smart, hey let me check you outstylish with a sharp lid tossed … Continue reading
Posted on October 13, 2011 by Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer
Rhodessa Jones, how should I begin? Yes you are a performing artist, writer & director, founder and artistic director of The Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women – is everyone following me? Stay with the tour, people. The Individual … Continue reading