At a public panel discussion in Rapid City, South Dakota, today, National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman announced that the agency will award 863 grants to organizations and individual writers across the country. The awards total $22.543 million, encompass 15 artistic disciplines and fields, and support projects in 47 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
Grantmakers in the Arts
November 15, 2011 by Steve
From Nathaniel James at co.exist:
Lucy Bernholz wants the giant organizations that dole out millions in funds to start embracing becoming more transparent, open, and democratic. It’s an uphill battle, but the Open Philanthropy movement is gaining steam.
November 15, 2011 by Steve
Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media (GFEM) has posted presentations and resources from the 2011 GIA Conference Art & Technology Preconference. Presentations slides and video material are available for downloading. To see what that preconference entailed, visit the archived 2011 conference website.
November 15, 2011 by Steve
More on the debate over Ticket Discounting from Future of Music Coalition:
Back in May, Live Nation and online discount service Groupon announced a joint venture to bring live event tickets to the deal-a-day online discounting space. The service, dubbed GrouponLive, is meant to combine the local distribution power of Groupon’s online coupons with Live Nation’s broad reach as concert promoter and ticket broker...
With the initial success of the model, many believe that ticket discount sales will continue to grow in popularity and frequency. Benn, in an interview with BBC’s Radio 1, continued, “It’s definitely emerging. In tough economic times people will look at varying ways of pricing their tickets.” But others in the artist and promoter communities are concerned.
November 15, 2011 by Steve
From The Chronicle of Philanthropy, as the campaign for the GOP nomination progresses, keep track of the Republican candidates’ nonprofit activities, their records on philanthropic issues and stances on tax policy.
November 15, 2011 by Steve
This week, BBC premiered the film "Art for Heroes," an examination of the role of art therapy in the rehabilitation of military persons who are now combating post-traumatic stress disorder. From Cathy Malchiodi at Psychology Today:
Art making is pitched as an "unlikely weapon" against trauma reactions and presenter Tim Samuels explores just how drawing, painting and imagination are helping veterans to repair and recover from the psychological wounds of war.
November 15, 2011 by Steve
From Sean Bowie at Technology in the Arts:
Last month, I wrote about what I consider to be the most important public policy issue affecting the arts/technology community, the issue of net neutrality. Since then, a wave of new developments have shifted the playing field and ratcheted up the fight over what is quickly becoming one of the most contentious policy issues in all of Washington. With the new FCC regulations slated to go into effect this Sunday, the legal and political wrangling over the issue is far from over, and the very future of the Internet as we know it is at stake.