From the blog Technically Philly:
A quick scan of the 55 recently announced Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia finalists for 2012 (listed below) reveals a rainbow of ideas aiming for the edge of arts and technology in Philadelphia.
Grantmakers in the Arts
January 16, 2012 by Steve
January 12, 2012 by Steve
Today, W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) released a new report, Cultures of Giving: Energizing and Expanding Philanthropy by and for Communities of Color with support from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
January 12, 2012 by Tommer
The Native Arts and Culture Foundation has launched its first artist fellowships program for Native artists to promote further development of their talents. 2011 NACF Artist Fellowships honor Native artists that have made a significant impact in their discipline, are respected by their colleagues and in the greater arts field, and who are emerging as powerful voices in the arts.
January 11, 2012 by Steve
Americans for the Arts will present a series of seven hour-long webinars that will support The Arts Education Field Guide, an upcoming publication that “will illuminate ways to navigate the complex web of citizens, policymakers, government entities, and organizations that influence arts education from the school house to the White House and from the living room to the board room.” The seven webinars will be presented by Narric Rome and Kristen Engebretsen and the first, Understanding Federal Constituents in Arts Education will take place on Thursday, January 26, and will coincide with the publication of the Field Guide.
January 10, 2012 by Janet
Grantmakers in the Arts started to look at how organizations are capitalized in 2010. This was inspired by member studies that reported that a majority of their grantees were under-capitalized…meaning their didn’t have enough resources, primarily financial resources, to fulfill their missions over time. Big surprise? Not for anyone working in the nonprofit world for more than six months.
January 10, 2012 by Steve
Grantmakers in the Arts has posted an opening for the position of Development & Membership Associate.
Supervised by the Director of Development & Membership, the Development & Membership Associate is responsible for maintaining accurate and up-to-date member and donor records and membership and funding partner files; conducting timely membership renewals and member and donor acknowledgements; and assisting with all aspects of member/donor recruitment, retention, engagement, and acknowledgement.
January 9, 2012 by Steve
From Diane Ragsdale in her Jumper blog:
Direct grants to artists may make it possible for an artist, at a particular point in his or her career, to make (better or more ambitious) work (by removing the necessity to maintain a day job). Funds may be used to help an artist acquire a critical resource or asset that has longer term returns (a marketable artistic output, knowledge and skills, marketing and promotion, staff, representation, a piece of equipment, a studio, a car, etc.). And often direct grants (particularly if competitve or associated with awards) send a signal to other gatekeepers (funders, donors, producers, press, intermediaries, curators, etc.) that a particular artist is worthy of time and support and may result in more resources and attention flowing to that artist.
January 6, 2012 by Steve
The Bush Foundation announced today that President Peter Hutchinson has resigned and will transition from his leadership role with the Foundation in January of 2012. After joining the Foundation in November of 2007, Hutchinson led a dramatic redesign of the organization and its work. He will serve in an advisory capacity on select Foundation initiatives.