Call for Sessions for the 2021 GIA Conference Opens Today!

Grantmakers in the Arts is currently seeking session proposals for the 2021 GIA Conference, to be held November 7-10 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Proposals must be submitted by April 28 at 5pm EDT. To submit your proposals, or for more information, visit our Call for Sessions page.

Today! “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 today 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.

GIA Releases Report on Arts and Culture Grantmaking in the Solidarity Economy

Grantmakers in the Arts just released “Solidarity Not Charity: Arts & Culture Grantmaking in the Solidarity Economy.” Commissioned by GIA with funding by William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, and Barr Foundation, and written by Natalia Linares and Caroline Woolard, the report shares an overview of the solidarity economy, culture-workers’ role in it, and what grantmakers can do to support. Explore it here.

“Advancing Art & Advocacy: Abolition opportunities in juvenile detention” webinar

The Art for Justice Fund, a five-year initiative established by Agnes Gund, is disrupting mass incarceration by funding artists, youth activists, and advocates working together to reform our criminal justice system. Joining us in our webinar on April 27 are Shaun Leonardo (artist and performer); Margaret Morton (Ford Foundation); Hernán Carvente Martinez (Youth First Initiative); Mark Strandquist (Performing Statistics); and Risë Wilson (Art for Justice Fund) to discuss the program structure, what they learned, and why it is so crucial for art funders and justice funders to collaborate to disrupt and illuminate the inequitable laws and practices that drive mass incarceration and juvenile detention, and disproportionately impact ALAANA communities. Details and registration here.

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