Relive the 2020 GIA Convening: Creative Practice as Civic Practice Workshop

In Nov. 13, the 2020 GIA Virtual Convening, Power, Practice, Resilience: Remix’d featured the “Creative Practice as Civic Practice: Supporting artist power in community-led transformation” workshop which delved into the power of artists as political leaders and community organizers. Illustration by Toya Beacham and Namrata Jacob.

Watch the video here.

“GIA’s Annual Research on Support for Arts and Culture” Webinar

Join GIA’s first webinar of 2021 on February 23 to hear from Reina Mukai (Candid.) and Ryan Stubbs and Patricia Mullaney-Loss (National Assembly of State Arts Agencies) as they discuss the latest edition of GIA’s funder snapshot which will be available in the upcoming Fall/Winter 2020/2021 edition of the GIA Reader. They 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.

Details and registration here.

Renew your GIA Membership!

Please renew your Grantmakers in the Arts membership. With your partnership, 2021 promises to be a historic year. Click here.

From the GIA Reader

In “Grass Growing through Concrete: Identifying assets, needs, and funding opportunities for small arts organizations,” part of the Summer 2020 issue of the GIA Reader (Volume 31, No. 2), Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts NY discuss their findings about small arts organizations, drawing on the knowledge and experience that exists in the field, detailing how funders can support these organizations as a critical part of healthy, equitable, and thriving communities. Read here.

The inaugural issue of the Nonprofit Wakanda Quarterly, a quarterly publication that seeks to “provide space for Black nonprofit leaders to flex their intellectual muscles in a way that will truly move the sector forward,” according to George Suttles, one of the drivers of this publication, is out…

In an open letter, the BIPOC Executive Directors Coalition of Washington State urge funders to “double the amount of funding you release to nonprofits and ensure the additional funds are going to organizations led by and serving Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color”…

The Guggenheim Museum has named Naomi Beckwith deputy director and chief curator, after Nancy Spector stepped down from that position amid charges of racism, The New York Times reported. Beckwith starts her new position in June, becoming the museum's first Black deputy director and chief curator…