GIA Conference: Discounted Hotel Rate Ends October 4
The deadline to take advantage of GIA’s discounted hotel room rate ($179/night) for the GIA Conference is October 4 at 5:00pm EDT. This year’s conference takes place at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, located in downtown Detroit on the shore of the Detroit River. Guest rooms at the hotel are reserved for registered conference attendees. Please see your registration confirmation for a link to reserve a guest room at the conference rate. Learn more and register for the 2017 GIA Conference.
Next Webinar: Arts Funding Programs for ALAANA Artists and Arts Organizations
The next GIA webinar, Arts Funding Programs for ALAANA Artists and Arts Organizations will be held on Tuesday, September 26, 2:00pm EDT / 11:00am PDT. This webinar will feature funding programs that support artists and arts organizations from historically underfunded ALAANA (African, Latino/a, Asian, Arab, and Native American) identity groups within their geographic focus areas. Bushra Junaid
from Ontario Arts Council, Dana Payne from Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and Tracie D. Hall from The Joyce Foundation will discuss how their programs developed, whom they serve, and how their programs are strategically used to help close the racial gap in arts philanthropy.
New GIA Podcast: Welcome to Detroit
In the latest GIA Podcast, we speak with two members of the 2017 GIA Conference committee, Regina Smith of The Kresge Foundation, who is chair of the committee, and Sharnita Johnson of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, a Detroit native. They share with us what they are excited about for the upcoming conference, what they love about the Motor City, and what conference attendees can expect
during their visit.
Engaging the Detroit Community
Grantmakers in the Arts has a long-held commitment to engaging the community in each city where the annual national conference is held. Over 100 Detroit-based artists, arts organizations, thought leaders, businesses, and funders are featured in conference-related programming this year as speakers, organizers, hosts, and authors. The artworks featured as part of this year’s conference materials are the abstract expressionist paintings of Gilda Snowden (1954 – 2014), an influential Detroit artist, educator, and
mentor. Learn more about Gilda Snowden.
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