Grantmakers in the Arts

Quality of Place + Quality of Opportunity = ArtPlace

September 17, 2011 by Steve

Carol Coletta, Director, ArtPlace writes for the NEA's Art Works blog:

In record time, ArtPlace announced its first round of grants, investing $11.5 million in 34 locally initiated projects in cities from Honolulu to Miami.

ArtPlace will also be supported by a $12 million loan fund capitalized by six major financial institutions and managed by the Nonprofit Finance Fund. Participating institutions are Bank of America, Chase, Citi, Deutsche Bank, MetLife and Morgan Stanley.  To some, the timing of ArtPlace may seem counterintuitive. More money for art and design in a challenged economy?

September 17, 2011 by Steve

The U.S. Human Rights Fund—in collaboration with The Overbrook Foundation, Ford Foundation, and Just and Fair Schools Fund—invites you to a convening on human rights and racial justice. This gathering of advocates and funders will take place from November 7-9, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. More than 125 social justice advocates working on a diverse range of issues including immigration, housing, education, criminal justice, and poverty alleviation plan to attend.

Grantmakers in Aging Names New CEO

September 17, 2011 by Steve

John Feather, PhD, will become CEO of Grantmakers in Aging effective October 1. He replaces Carol Farquhar, who served with GIA for more than a decade and is retiring.

ArtPlace America Announces Grants

September 15, 2011 by GIA News

A consortium consisting of several GIA members including The National Endowment for the Arts and several private foundations have created a grant program to support economic revitalization through the arts. ArtPlace America announced its first round of grants today.

September 15, 2011 by Steve

From Robin Pogrebin at The New York Times:

In the two years since he became chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Rocco Landesman has been trying to make the case that art is an effective linchpin to economic development. Now in a broad effort to build on that thesis, he has helped to enlist an unusual consortium of foundations, corporations and federal agencies that will use cultural enterprises to anchor and enliven 34 projects around the country, from a struggling city block in Detroit to a vacant school in East Harlem.

September 15, 2011 by Steve

ArtsReady, a national initiative of South Arts, is a new readiness, response, and recovery Web-based platform designed to help ensure post-crisis business continuity for arts organizations. The online tool will be unveiled to the arts community nationwide via a free webcast on Thursday, September 15 at 1:00pm EST.

September 14, 2011 by Steve

While the Northeast, Vermont in particular, picks up the pieces in the aftermath of tremendous flash floods brought on by the former tropical storm Irene, remember that CERF+ Artists' Emergency Resources, an organization dedicated to helping Artists recover from disasters (and an organization itself based in Vermont) continues its good work. You can see the CERF+ Irene response page here.

Likewise, here's a blog post from Stuart Comstock-Gay, president and CEO of Vermont Community Foundation:

The Special and Urgent Needs Fund: Irene Recovery will support nonprofit organizations that lost facilities and materials at a time when their services were needed most. Not only is Vermont’s nonprofit sector particularly large—it makes up 18 percent of our state’s gross product—it also supports our communities and basic infrastructure.

September 14, 2011 by Steve

From Allison Fine in The Chronicle of Philanthropy:

Explore Solidarity Economy resources here

Future of the Field: Cross-Sector Creative Placemaking Series

Video from the GIA 2021 Conference are now available for streaming.

The Racial Equity Coding Project: Unpacking The “Why”

In this first of a three-part discussion, we are joined by Susan Feder, Adam Fong, and Maurine Knighton, as they discuss the Racial Equity Coding Project, why it was started, their experience with the earliest iterations of the coding measures, and how their reflections will inform steps forward.

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