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Early registration for the 2018 GIA Conference: Race, Space, and Place ends next week. Register before Friday, August 31, 2018 to benefit from our special discounted rate.

The preconference session Culture at the Intersection of Race, Space, and Place has sold out! Register now to secure your discounted rated and save your spot for the other preconferences in Oakland.

President’s Blog

Today’s webinar with Race Forward, “Real and Not Real: The history of racialization in the United States,” is the inspiration behind the most recent blog post from Eddie Torres, Grantmakers in the Arts president and CEO, in which he discusses structural racism’s impact, the GIA Racial Equity in Arts Philanthropy workshops, and the re-designing of cultural philanthropy as an anti-racist system.

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

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 today, Tuesday, August 21, at 2:00pm EDT / 11:00am PDT. Details and registration available here.

“Round Two: Art and accessibility without assumptions” webinar

In mainstream culture, there are communities and identity groups who are overlooked, devalued, and passively dismissed. As we move towards a more inclusive and equitable culture, it is critical that we evaluate our understanding of how to be more welcoming, inclusive, and equitable. Last year we talked about the history of accessibility in the United States, types of accessibility, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This year we brought back Anne Mulgrave, manager of Grants and Accessibility, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, and Leah Krauss, senior program officer for Dance and Special Projects, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, and Krauss’ special guest, Alice Sheppard, choreographer and dancer who is disabled. They will provide an overview of welcoming people with disabilities and funding disability arts projects, and they will discuss Sheppard’s piece DESCENT which she says “obliterates assumptions of what dance, beauty, and disability can be…”

“Round Two: Art and accessibility without assumptions” will be held Thursday, September 27, at 2:00pm EDT / 11:00am PDT. Details and registration available here.

The nation’s oldest women’s foundation, Ms. Foundation for Women, announced recently its new strategic plan, which centers its grantmaking and advocacy structure to invest intentionally in women and girls of color as a means to create social, cultural, and economic equity for all genders…

SMU announced the merger of its National Center for Arts Research (NCAR), a provider of evidence-based insights on the nonprofit arts and cultural industry, with DataArts, the Philadelphia-based resource for data about U.S. nonprofit arts, culture, and humanities organizations…

The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) addressed recently the question, “What does it mean for funders to build power?,” as more grantmakers deepen journeys to embed values of equity, diversity, and inclusion into their work…

Actor comedian Cheech Marin’s Chicano art museum is one step closer to reality after Jerry Brown, California’s governor, signed a bill that makes it closer to its fundraising goal thanks to a $9.7 million grant…