Our Newest Podcast: A front row seat to the GIA Support for Individual Artist Committee
GIA members have been working together to promote and improve funding for individual artists for over 20 years. The committee has been an incubator for such projects as a scan of scholarly research on artist support, a visual timeline outlining the history of artist support funding, major publications and programs, and the development of a national taxonomy for reporting data on support for individual artists. Committee co-chairs Adrianna Gallego (National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures) and Eleanor Savage (Jerome
Foundation) discuss the committee’s latest data project, upcoming programming, and how you too can join the Support for Individual Artist Committee! Click here to listen.
To apply for the Support for Individual Artist committee today, click here.
To apply for the Support for Individual Artist committee today, click here.
From the GIA Reader
In the Fall 2018 issue of the GIA Reader, in “Toward Sustainable Cultural Infrastructure: Better practices for capital projects,” Katie Oman, principal of the consulting firm KO Projects, states that when planned holistically and carefully, capital projects can bring growth, change, and opportunity. Read the article here.
“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?
“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.
“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.
Member Renewal Reminder
Eddie Torres Discusses Philanthropy and GIA in Barry’s Blog
Eddie Torres, GIA’s president & CEO, talks to Barry Hessenius about his first year guiding GIA along a new path while continuing the work in our core focus areas like racial equity, capitalization, and arts education, and shares his perspective on the present and future of cultural funding. Read the interview here.
Funders supporting legacy institutions that use the arts to address social challenges and promote access across historically underserved populations is the topic of an article last year addressing the partnership between the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust and New York City organizations…
St. Louis’ new Equity Indicators Project responds to “a call to action for a racial equity benchmarking process” that seeks to quantify the state of racial equity in the city and measure progress over time, as the project’s page states…
The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities reopened January 28, after being closed and their federal workers furloughed since the government shutdown began Dec. 22, reported The Washington Post…
The Catalyst Fund, a pilot program of annual grants to adult and youth orchestras that aims to advance their understanding of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and to foster effective EDI practices, was recently launched by the League of American Orchestras…
“#Occupy; #BlackLivesMatter, #TimesUp – hands up if you are familiar with these movements. Le Balai Citoyen, Lucha, Y’en a Marre or Abahlali baseMjondolo. How many have heard of these?” Halima Mahomed, an independent philanthropy consultant, begins that way an article in Alliance Magazine in which she wagers that “unless you’re directly involved in funding in their geographies,” you won’t know about them…
