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 will be closed from December 20-January 2, 2020 for the winter holiday, and the next time you hear from us will be in the new year. Until then!
A Look Back at Another Exciting Year
Before we say goodbye to 2019, we’re revisiting highlights from 2019.
The top three stories of the year each highlight components of racial equity, inclusion, and the importance of artists in social change. News of the temporary closing of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) to rethink its galleries and its plans to expand for greater representation of ALAANA and womxn artists held great interest among GIA members who want to create a more equitable and inclusive field. Reflections from Marcus Walton, president & CEO of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) remind us that “Racial Equity Work is People Work”. And, a deep look the Creative City program taught funders of the importance of investing in socially-engaged artists to spark important public conversations and drive community change.
On the GIA website, the area of most critical interest was Arts Funding at the Intersection. This funding focus area highlights support of culture within larger social sector areas such as education, community development, juvenile justice, and indigenous arts, among others.
And finally, our most socially engaged webinar of the year was Beyond the Grant: Supporting communities through alternative economies which featured a discussion on alternative economies, social impact investing, and sustainable change for ALAANA communities with Cleveland Foundation and Community Foundation of San Luis Valley.
The top three stories of the year each highlight components of racial equity, inclusion, and the importance of artists in social change. News of the temporary closing of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) to rethink its galleries and its plans to expand for greater representation of ALAANA and womxn artists held great interest among GIA members who want to create a more equitable and inclusive field. Reflections from Marcus Walton, president & CEO of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) remind us that “Racial Equity Work is People Work”. And, a deep look the Creative City program taught funders of the importance of investing in socially-engaged artists to spark important public conversations and drive community change.
On the GIA website, the area of most critical interest was Arts Funding at the Intersection. This funding focus area highlights support of culture within larger social sector areas such as education, community development, juvenile justice, and indigenous arts, among others.
And finally, our most socially engaged webinar of the year was Beyond the Grant: Supporting communities through alternative economies which featured a discussion on alternative economies, social impact investing, and sustainable change for ALAANA communities with Cleveland Foundation and Community Foundation of San Luis Valley.
Thank You to Our Outgoing Board Members
With immense gratitude, we say goodbye to outgoing members of the Grantmakers in the Arts board of directors. Denise Brown, Leeway Foundation; Kerry McCarthy, New York Community Trust; Glyn Northington, Propel Nonprofits; Angelique Power, Field Foundation of Illinois; and Elizabeth Méndez-Berry, Nathan Cummings Foundation will be transitioning off of the GIA board at the end of the year. We are grateful for their years of service and it has been an honor to have had their leadership, support, guidance, and friendship throughout.
The Tipping Point Fund, a donor collaborative geared towards scaling impact investing, was recently announced by leaders from foundation and family office communities. With $12.5 million in initial funding, the TPF seeks “to make strategic grants to support the creation and development of critical market infrastructure that is necessary to maintain the continued growth and, the integrity, of the impact investing market”…
Americans for the Arts announced Diving into Racial Equity: The MAP Fund’s Exploration, a case study that delves into the MAP Fund racial equity in arts and culture grantmaking, its efforts to change practices toward this goal, and how it has activated the framework “Aesthetic Perspectives”, to help mitigate bias in proposal review…
In his foreword for The Haas Institute’s “Notes on A Cultural Strategy” report, director john a. powell writes that “culture can move people in a way that policies cannot. People largely organize themselves and operate around stories and beliefs, not around facts”…
Solange Knowles has been announced as the recipient of the Lena Horne Prize for Artists Creating Social Impact, The Root reported…
