Arts Research

May 31, 2008 by admin

2007, 104 pages. The Foundation Center, 79 5th Ave, NY, NY, 10003, (800) 424-9836, www.foundationcenter.org

May 31, 2008 by admin

When assessing the results of the work of arts organizations, do we measure the right things? Can we measure whether the art itself is good? This continues a dialogue that began in GIA Reader, Vol. 17, No. 3.

Bruce Sievers, Skirball Foundation; Diane Ragsdale, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (co-presenters, moderators); Suzanne Callahan, Dance USA (interlocutor).

Foundation Yearbook

May 31, 2008 by admin

2007, 70 pages. The Foundation Center, 79 5th Ave, NY, NY, 10003, (800) 424-9836, www.foundationcenter.org

May 31, 2008 by admin

A conversation between essayist John Rockwell and Linda Breneman (Breneman Jaech Foundation) about cultural patronage today, from the perspectives of a journalist and an individual donor. Funders with varying relationships to living patrons, donors' estates, and philanthropic institutions chime in on how risky, enduring art is—or might be—supported.

May 31, 2008 by admin

2007, 39 pages. TAG, Council on Foundations, 2121 Crystal Drive, Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22202, (800) 673-9036, www.cof.org

Roadblocks and Bridges

May 31, 2008 by admin

It's a long plane ride from Los Angeles International Airport to Nairobi — twenty-four hours in the air, and you get there two days after you started. I arrived with a couple of extra boxes containing books — theater books of all kinds, textbooks, and play scripts. On the label I had boldly printed their destination: Ford Foundation East Africa Office, Rahimtulla Tower, Nairobi, Kenya. Perhaps because of this address — either that or the literature — I was able to pass through customs without paying the duty for which Kenyan Customs is notorious.

September 30, 2007 by admin

On Multiculturalism

August 31, 2007 by admin

Jeff Chang is widely known for chronicling the story of the hip-hop generation through his book Can't Stop Won't Stop and the recent anthology Total Chaos. In this Taos Journey essay, Chang looks back at the legacy of the multiculturalism movement of the 1960s and '70s; at the last several GIA conferences, grantmakers have gathered to discuss their concerns about crises in important culturally specific organizations formed during that period.

When We Experience Freedom

August 31, 2007 by admin

Changing media policy has affected and will continue to shape how art is made and distributed, whose voices are heard, and who has access to those voices. To take an angle on this multifaceted subject, we invited two articulate media experts into a conversation about their workwork that has profound implications for artists and for social justice activists. Jenny Toomey, executive director of the Future of Music Coalition, interviews Loris Taylor, executive director of Native Public Media.

Essential Services for Aging Artists

August 31, 2007 by admin

2006, 124 pages. The H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Download pdf: www.heinz.cmu.edu