2018 GIA Conference: Registration Begins Next Week

Registration for the 2018 GIA Conference: Race, Space, and Place in Oakland, California opens next Tuesday, June 26. This year’s conference will be held Sunday, October 21 through Wednesday, October 24, featuring over 50 sessions as well as inspiring keynote presentations and performances. GIA members will receive the first opportunity to register and a first look at the conference offerings before they are announced to the public. All GIA members are eligible for discounted conference registration.

From the GIA Reader

In the article “Tejano: Local music, global identity,” from the 2014 Conference Proceedings and Fall GIA Reader, Juan Tejeda, lead faculty for the Palo Alto College Center for Mexican American Studies in San Antonio, Texas provides a comprehensive history of this genre that showcases the differences and shared history between Chicano and Mexican culture and how this music “continues to be an important and viable form of creative expression and cultural identity for the Tejano/Mexicano people.”

Read the piece here.

“Taking Things a Step Further: Strategic planning for ALAANA funding” Webinar

Last year, Tracie D. Hall, program director of culture at The Joyce Foundation; Bushra Junaid, outreach and development manager at Ontario Arts Council; and Dana Payne, program director at Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, joined us to discuss their efforts to close the racial gap in arts philanthropy through their respective programs. This year, they are back to take things a step further and discuss the various stages of the strategic planning process for ALAANA (African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and Native American) arts organizations. It is GIA’s belief that ALAANA individuals whose identities intersect with those of other “minority” social statuses often experience compounded mistreatment that is amplified by the interaction of race. We look forward to an in-depth presentation on how funders can address this issue.

“Taking Things a Step Further: Strategic planning for ALAANA funding” will be held Tuesday, June 26, at 2:00pm EDT / 11:00am PDT.

Details and registration available here.

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