From Alison Nastasi, at Flavorwire:
Grantmakers in the Arts
June 20, 2012 by Janet
On June 11-13, 2012, thirty individuals met at the August Wilson Center for African American Culture in Pittsburgh for a Grantmakers in the Arts Thought Leader Forum on Racial Equity Grantmaking. They were all there because they were experienced arts funders working in social justice. Some are relatively new to their positions, others have been around for a while leading discussions in and outside of GIA on the topic of the arts, equity, and social justice.
June 18, 2012 by Noah
Over the past 30 years, The McKnight Foundation has supported more than 1,100 individual artists through its Artist Fellowships program. To mark the program’s anniversary, the foundation hosted a celebration on June 16 with hundreds of artist fellows in attendance, work commissioned from former fellows for the event, and remarks by NEA Chair Rocco Landesman and nationally renowned storyteller Kevin Kling.
June 15, 2012 by Steve
From BBC, brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder affect tens of thousands of US veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is known that art therapies can help with the psychological effects of these invisible wounds, but can they promote physical healing? A top military hospital near Washington is conducting the first comprehensive clinical tests to find out how art works. The National Intrepid Center of Excellence is carrying out the study as part of a broader effort to measure the value of creative endeavours in all stages of human development.
June 14, 2012 by Steve
Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media (GFEM) will host its annual funder conversation on June 27-28 at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Special guests include vocalist Renée Fleming; Frontline executive producer David Fanning; NPR's Terry Gross; and Gary Knell, president of National Public Radio. Further details and registration information is available at www.gfem.org.
June 13, 2012 by Steve
From Patrick Hussey at The Guardian:
Let's end with the big picture of what New Curation and this Open Art movement could achieve, breaking down the silos of human knowledge and uniting art with sciences like sociology, archaeology – heck, even chemistry. Imagine you are a scientist researching a project that could be informed by hidden gems from our thousands of years of culture, like the researchers who used Thoreau's journals to track climate change. That connection was spotted by a well-read human brain. With Open Art we could create insights like this more often, more easily, creating a kind of meta-criticism.
June 12, 2012 by Steve
The League of American Orchestras announced yesterday the receipt of a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation to administer a re-granting program that supports orchestras in deepening their involvement with their communities. The Getty Education and Community Investment Grants Program will fund orchestras’ educational and community engagement work, helping to fuel new practices or support longstanding model programs.
June 8, 2012 by Tommer
Americans for the Arts released the findings from Arts & Economic Prosperity IV, the largest and most comprehensive study of its kind ever conducted. Like the past three iterations, it documents the key role played by the nonprofit arts and culture industry in strengthening our nation's economy. But this time around, the results of this study are a bit more extraordinary.