Happy Holidays from Grantmakers in the Arts
The staff and board of Grantmakers in the Arts would like to wish you a happy holiday season and a happy new year. Thank you for your contribution to our community of practice and for your continued support of artists and arts organizations.
Our office in the Bronx will close December 24-January 2 for the holiday, and the next time you hear from us will be in January 2019. Until then!
GIA’s Look Back at 2018
Before we say goodbye to 2018, we’re reviewing some of this year’s highlights.
What Do Cultural Institutions of Color Need to Thrive? A Study Provides Some Strategies
Our most read news post reported on a study jointly commissioned by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The New York Community Trust on how to do targeting funding for ALAANA-led organizations. Review it here.
Grantmakers in the Arts’ Guide on Use of Federal Funds for Arts Education
GIA released an online state-by-state guide on how States are using their federal funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) to support arts education and arts programming in K-12 schools in the United States. Explore it here.
An Amendment to Cut Arts Funding was Defeated in House
Published on July 18, this news post about proposed cuts to the NEA and NEH was our most popular content on Facebook reaching more than 8,000 people. See it here.
Member Survey Reminder
Thank you for your 2018 membership. Please take a moment to complete our member survey to help us assess our programs and services.
“GIA’s Annual Research on Support for Arts and Culture” Webinar
In the upcoming Winter 2019 edition of the GIA Reader, the latest edition of GIA’s annual funder snapshot will include “Foundation Grants to Arts and Culture, 2016, based on the most recent completed year of Foundation Center data, and “Public Funding for the Arts, 2018,” prepared by the National Assembly of State Art Agencies (NASAA). How have things changed since the last GIA funder snapshot in April 2018, and what can we look forward to for 2019?
Reina Mukai (Foundation Center), Ryan Stubbs and Patricia Mullaney-Loss (NASAA), will share a summary of key findings and insights into what these findings reveal about the current arts grantmaking environment, as well as an introduction to what we can expect for the new year.
“GIA’s Annual Research on Support for Arts and Culture” will be held Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at 2:00pm EST / 11:00am PST. Details and registration available here.
Reina Mukai (Foundation Center), Ryan Stubbs and Patricia Mullaney-Loss (NASAA), will share a summary of key findings and insights into what these findings reveal about the current arts grantmaking environment, as well as an introduction to what we can expect for the new year.
“GIA’s Annual Research on Support for Arts and Culture” will be held Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at 2:00pm EST / 11:00am PST. Details and registration available here.
A recent news article by Next City showcases investing in the creative economy, focusing on Manhattan's La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club and its capital campaign…
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts announced the expansion of its Regional Regranting Program to Cleveland and Denver where it will be administered by the non-profit arts organizations SPACES and RedLine respectively. Baltimore’s program, The Grit Fund, will come back on line after a one-year hiatus under the new administration of Baltimore Arts Realty Corp…
Michael Bloom, a Fargo, North Dakota-based police officer and rapper, has partnered with Alabama-based rap artist DPB on two music videos that feature the Fargo community and showcase what community policing and creativity can achieve…
The Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced it awarded $3.775 million in arts grants to ten organizations that support artists and the creative process…
In a recent blog post for the American Alliance of Museums, Elizabeth Merritt cites the US Census Bureau's projection that the US will be “majority minority” sometime in the 2040s to make the case “that museum audiences do a pretty good job of reflecting American society…in the year 1900”…
