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Grantmakers in the Arts’ Newest Members
GIA is pleased to introduce our newest members, National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation, Blue Rider Group at Morgan Stanley, WESTAF, A & A Co-Lab, First Nations Development Institute, Alexa Rose Foundation, Native Americans in Philanthropy, Kent County Arts Council, Continuum Partners, Walder Foundation, and Lifetime Arts, Inc. Welcome!
“Arts Funding, Storytelling, and the Importance of Narrative Change” Webinar
Grantmakers in the Arts is a community of practice with a shared vision of investing in arts and culture as strategy for social change. One of the major issues we are exploring is dominant and/or mainstream narratives that continue to live on and perpetuate racialized practices and outcomes. With a system that is not broken, but rather structured intentionally to foster inequitable and unjust outcomes, the need for narrative change is more urgent now than ever.

We seek to elevate the importance of changing narratives among arts and culture funders, and we invite you to join us kick off this narrative change series.

Join us on Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 2pm EDT/11am PDT to hear from Rinku Sen, writer and political strategist, and Vanessa Camarena-Arredondo, Beloved Community Fund program officer, Akonadi Foundation. They will anchor the series with a discussion on the national discourse around narrative change, how artists are using storytelling to facilitate this shift, and what this means for funders. Details and registration here.
2019 Kennedy Center Arts Summit: Discount for GIA members
The 2019 Kennedy Center Arts Summit, “The Human Journey: Creating the Story of US,” on April 29 will engage experts from across numerous fields to challenge old ideas, spark new ones, and catalyze potent cross-disciplinary partnerships. The summit will explore how we define and shape our world through the stories we tell (and those we don’t) and the notion of story as an art, a tool, and a strategy for moving us forward.

The Kennedy Center is pleased to offer GIA members a discounted registration of $150 with the code GIARTS. Registration can be completed here until April 23, 2019. For more information about the event or questions about registration, please contact Caroline Hutchison at cahutchison@kennedy-center.org.
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News from the Field
A Partnership Brings Internship to Public High School Seniors at Arts and Culture Organizations
Twenty-five rising high school seniors will have paid internships during the summer at local Boston arts and cultural organizations through the Bloomberg Arts Internship. The program seeks to help them develop career skills and gain professional experience in the arts, besides providing students college-readiness preparation…
A Publicly-Owned Venue Marks an Opportunity for Local Artists in Seattle
A publicly-owned space, ARTS at King Street Station, a combination gallery and offices for the Seattle Office of Art and Culture, as Next City points out, is the house for a new exhibit, yəhaw̓, that features 280 indigenous artworks…
Over Two Thirds of Small Foundations Believe Racial Equity is Relevant to Their Work
Almost three in four foundations (72 percent) with few or no staff report racial equity as “somewhat” or “very relevant” to their mission, with almost two in five (37 percent) reporting that racial equity was “very relevant” to their work, according to Exponent Philanthropy’s 2019 Foundation Operations and Management Report…
A Transformation is Taking Place in American Theater
A shift is underway in American theater. According to a national survey of artistic directors turnover at American theaters conducted by two Bay Area directors, women have been named to 41 percent of the 85 jobs filled since 2015, and people of color have been named to 26 percent…

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