Relive the 2020 GIA Convening: Reimagining Narratives of Power workshop
In November 20, 2020 the Reimagining Narratives of Power: Cultural strategy and philanthropic practice workshop took place as part of the 2020 GIA Virtual Convening, Power, Practice, Resilience: Remix’d. Relive the experience through the illustration by Kay Dugan-Murrell of Drawnversation and Tram Nguyen’s piece on that day’s conversation that explored narrative change and cultural strategy toward a more just and liberated future. Read here. Illustration by Kay Dugan-Murrell of Drawnversation.
Grantmakers in the Arts’ Newest Members
GIA is pleased to introduce our newest members, St. Croix Foundation and Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Welcome!
If you haven’t renewed your membership yet, click here to get started!
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“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.
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.
Grace Nicolette, vice president, Programming and External Relations of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, wrote recently that her observation from working in philanthropy for more than 15 years “is that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are often left out of conversations around race, either purposefully or by neglect”…
In its inaugural year, NPN’s Southern Artists for Social Change program awarded $300,000 through 12 project grants to artists and culture bearers of color engaging in social change in urban, rural, and tribal communities of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi…
A post by Jamie Hipp and Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell, in collaboration with the Arts Education Partnership Higher Education Working Group, says “offering arts integration coursework for preservice teachers can embolden elementary teachers to embed the arts into the crowded curriculum, leading to benefits for students and teachers alike”…
