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

Join GIA today to hear from Reina Mukai (Candid.), Ryan Stubbs and Patricia Mullaney-Loss (National Assembly of State Arts Agencies) as they discuss the latest edition of GIA’s funder snapshot in the upcoming Fall 2020/Winter 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.

Support for Individual Artists Committee – GIA Welcomes New Members

GIA is pleased to announce 9 new members to the Support for Individual Artists (SfIA) Committee. GIA members have been working together to promote and improve funding for individual artists for more than 20 years. The Committee has been one of the most active groups of funders within GIA serving the field through a variety of projects including: a scan of scholarly research on artist support; a visual timeline outlining the history of artist support funding; major publications; a research project on data collection to support individual artists; GIA’s annual Individual Artist preconference; and other programs. Welcome!

“Native Arts and Culture: Resilience, reclamation, and relevance” Webinar

In February 2020, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) co-hosted the first-ever gathering of the Native arts, cultures, and humanities field in collaboration with federal arts agencies. The big ideas that came out of the convening were compiled into a report that informs movement and mobilization around Native Arts leadership in arts philanthropy, rethinking funding methods and practices, and advancing partnerships in research and social justice.

Joining us on March 30 for a 75-minute webinar to discuss the report and explore action steps will be Lulani Arquette (NACF), Joy Harjo (US Poet Laureate, Muscogee (Creek) Nation), Shelly C. Lowe (Navajo / Harvard University Native American Program), and Clifford Murphy (NEA, Folk & Traditional Arts). Details here.

Centering Black Artists Contributions Even Beyond February

Thank you for celebrating Black History Month with GIA! We encourage you to continue to read and learn about Black contributions to the US, past, present, and future. While February is coming to an end, our commitment to investing in a future of liberation for Black peoples everywhere remains unwavered. To honor and amplify Black artists who have led and continued to lead us in shaping a future that embodies justice and joy, we share Lucille Clifton’s words of celebration, resilience, and magic. Read here the poem “won’t you celebrate with me”.

The Ongoing Impacts of COVID-19: A survey of NYC arts organizations and creative businesses

The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) has launched a new survey of NYC’s cultural community that will build on DCLA’s report from last year, which captured the impact of the earliest days of the pandemic on NYC’s arts and cultural organizations…

“It’s Time to Shift the Power Inequities Among Arts Nonprofits”: What we’re reading

Toya Lillard wrote a piece in Hyperallergic that asks “the philanthropic, nonprofit, and education sectors to expand their circles of trust beyond white or white-adjacent executive leadership in order to water the roots”…

New Fund Alert! Joint Effort to Invest in Black Power-Building and Organizing in California

Philanthropic organizations and funders launched together the California Black Freedom Fund, a new $100 million initiative to provide abundant resources to Black-led power-building organizations in the state over the next five years…