A List for Arts Philanthropists Who Want to Advance Womxn Arts
In a new blog post, Idelisse Malave, Kerry McCarthy, Debbie Zimmerman, and Erin Zona reflect on next steps from their session at the Grantmakers in the Arts Conference in which funders identified actions to be taken to ensure that womxn arts and feminist arts can thrive in the future. They ask, “what does the support for trans artists look like?” and how arts funders can center the work of womxn of color in this new era. Read the blog here.
From the GIA Reader
In “Annotated Guide to RE-Tool: Racial equity in the panel process,” part of the GIA Reader (Vol 30, No 3) Fall 2019 issue, Eleanor Savage with Tariana Navas-Nieves and Kathy Hsieh write about the importance of tackling racial equity in the panel process and “examining how our organizational practices can support equitable outcomes by assessing/addressing racial disparities and inequity.”
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Training Sessions Discuss Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Philanthropy
RespectAbility, a nonpartisan group working on inclusion efforts for people with disabilities, in partnership with 18 philanthropic and nonprofit organizations, among them, Grantmakers in the Arts, have joined to present a series of free online training sessions on the nuts and bolts of how to include people with disabilities. Learn here about each of these free and online sessions.
Next Week! “I Already Fund ALAANA Arts Organizations—Now What?” Webinar
GIA is committed to addressing structural inequities and increasing philanthropic and government support for African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and Native American (ALAANA) artists and arts organizations. Creating racial equity statements and threading racial equity practices and policies into our work are concrete and important actions to take in order to achieve racial justice. However, there is more to it than that. Funders still need to keep the momentum going, delving more deeply into power structures, partnership, and resistance. But how?
Join us next week for this racial equity webinar on Tuesday, December 3, at 2pm EST/11am PST with Maurine Knighton (Doris Duke Charitable Foundation) and Lori Villarosa (Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity). In this webinar they will take us into a deep discussion on what funders can consider as they continue funding with racial equity at the forefront. Details and registration here.
Join us next week for this racial equity webinar on Tuesday, December 3, at 2pm EST/11am PST with Maurine Knighton (Doris Duke Charitable Foundation) and Lori Villarosa (Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity). In this webinar they will take us into a deep discussion on what funders can consider as they continue funding with racial equity at the forefront. Details and registration here.
In “Who Are Land Acknowledgments Really For?,” Lauren Wingenroth writes about land acknowledgments in the dance world…
The City of Seattle published recently its first Creative Economy report. According to the report, the Office of Film & Music, Office of Economic Development, and Office of Arts & Culture undertook studying the local creative economy “because we know that creativity is vital to the health of our economy, both now and in the future”…
Sometimes information comes from unexpected places. National information on U.S. students’ engagement and performance in music and visual arts came from an unexpected place: NAEP’s 2019 math assessment, as Claus von Zastrow, principal at Education Commission of the States, wrote in a recent blog post…
