A new repot from Chorus America If you enjoy singing with your neighbors, congregation, or classmates, you’re taking an increasingly popular path to a successful life. According to a new study by Chorus America, an estimated 32.5 million adults regularly … Continue reading
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Posted on June 1, 2009 by Tommer
In the Washington Post At the height of the Brooklyn Museum’s “Sensation” scandal in 1999, Arnold Lehman wore a bulletproof vest. The museum director also avoided taking the subway, regularly changed his route to and from work, and avoided appearing … Continue reading
Posted on June 1, 2009 by Tommer
Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media (GFEM.org) announced the launch of the GFEM Media Database, the first website to help philanthropists across all issue areas support and use media to broaden impact and reach new populations. “We created the GFEM … Continue reading
Posted on June 1, 2009 by Tommer
Community foundations increased their giving in 2008, bucking the belt tightening that swept nearly all quarters of the philanthropic world, according to a new report by the Foundation Center. More than 700 community foundations gave $4.6-billion last year, a 2.7 … Continue reading
Posted on May 19, 2009 by Tommer
Just like real life, it isn’t a simple as one might think, but the research into the connections between arts education and cognition is gaining increased respect. There aren’t many conclusions yet that can be translated into the classroom, but … Continue reading
Posted on May 15, 2009 by Tommer
Or so it would seem to some members of the Minnesota House of Representatives. It took seven years of toil for advocates to get a constitutional amendment passed that would provide a steady source of funding for arts and cultural … Continue reading
Posted on May 15, 2009 by Tommer
John Killacky, artist and arts funder, not only knows that we need the arts now more than ever, but gives us ten survival strategies for arts organizations and one for audience members — and reminds us that all of us … Continue reading
Posted on May 14, 2009 by Tommer
A number of leaders in community arts were invited to a briefing for White House staff on Tuesday, organized by Claudine Brown of the Nathan Cummings Foundation. In her words… Every day, artists and organizers apply their knowledge and creativity … Continue reading
Posted on May 13, 2009 by Tommer
FROM TODAY’S NYTIMES: Rocco Landesman, the colorful theatrical producer and race-track aficionado who brought hits like “Big River,” “Angels in America” and “The Producers” to Broadway, has been nominated as the next chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, … Continue reading
Posted on May 12, 2009 by Janet
The scenario goes like this: a group of funders come together out of concern for their grantees who are having financial troubles. One of the funders has decided one organization would be best served by merging with another organization which is also having budgetary deficits. Funders strategize about how that would work and how to go about it. Funders agree to support the costs of possible merging and will offer that “carrot” to the institution as a lifeline. The artistic directors of the institutions being discussed are in the dark about this discussion.