GIA Conference Tuesday IDEA LAB

The IDEA LAB starts the day at the 2018 GIA Conference: Race, Space, and Place in Oakland, California with thought-provoking inspiration while providing the opportunity to hear directly from those creating the work and in the community. The Tuesday morning plenary, hosted by Tom DeCaigny, director of Cultural Affairs for the City and County of San Francisco, will feature presentations by Meklit, Michael Morgan, and Sean Dorsey, innovative artists and activists who continue to break barriers and challenge the norm.

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Grantmakers in the Arts’ Newest Members

GIA is pleased to introduce our newest members, The Pittsburgh Foundation; City of Berkeley, Civic Arts Program; Clare Rose Foundation; Community Foundation for Mississippi; and New Venture Fund. Welcome!

“New Horizons for Arts Education: The Student Support and Academic Enrichment program” Webinar

Earlier this year, Congress approved a $700 million increase to the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE), a block grant program, established in the Every Student Succeeds Act. This 175% increase means that schools and districts across the country can expect to receive significantly more funding to support activities that provide a well-rounded education, which includes the arts. Join Aileen Ma, senior associate, Penn Hill Group, and Alex Nock, principal, Penn Hill Group, as they help participants understand the SSAE grant program and how funders can impact the arts via opportunities and strategies at the state and local level.

“New Horizons for Arts Education: The Student Support and Academic Enrichment program” will be held Tuesday, August 14, at 2:00pm EDT / 11:00am PDT. Details and registration available here.

“Real and Not Real: The history of racialization in the United States” Webinar

Our nation has a long history of racism, discrimination, segregation, and cultural inequity. Since the 15th century, systems and structures were put in place which have perpetuated discriminatory practices. Now, in 2018, we see some of the same issues of discrimination rendering racialized outcomes—but why is this if so much time has passed? Ultimately, what does this have to do with arts philanthropy? Join Nayantara Sen, manager of Cultural Strategies and senior trainer, Race Forward, and Malcolm Shanks, Senior Training and Content Development coordinator, Race Forward, as they provide a foundational introduction to the social construction of race in the United States. This webinar will discuss the creation and perpetuation of the racial hierarchy, ideologies of whiteness, and how institutional strategies for diversity, inclusion, and equity often get conflated or confused. We look forward to an evergreen presentation from Race Forward on how funders can address these issues.

“Real and Not Real: The history of racialization in the United States” will be held Tuesday, August 21, at 2:00pm EDT / 11:00am PDT. Details and registration available here.

Native American organizations and causes have a crucial role in Indigenous communities but are chronically underfunded, according to a recent report of the First Nations Development Institute in partnership with Frontline Solutions…

Arts and cultural organizations in the United States are well-distributed across the country, serving communities both poor and affluent, rural and urban, not just on the coasts and not just in major metropolitan markets, states the National Center for Arts Research (NCAR) introducing its 2018 most vibrant arts communities in America index…

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a $3.5 million grant to Northwestern University’s Center for the Scientific Studies in the Arts, a collaborative partnership with the Art Institute of Chicago to investigate and conserve art. The center has worked to uncover hidden details in paintings by Pablo Picasso, Paul Gauguin, Georgia O’Keeffe, and László Moholy-Nagy…

“Racial equity isn’t something we do because it’s a nice thing to do. It’s the core issue out of which everything else we do flows.” La June Montgomery Tabron, president and CEO of W.K. Kellogg Foundation, shared that idea in an interview, in which she emphasized how racial equity is a crucial part of the transformation needed to improve the United States…