Sewing Sails in a Perfect Storm
Tuesday, October 20, 9:30 am – 11:00 am
Organized by Vickie Benson, program director, The McKnight Foundation; Ann McQueen, senior program officer, Boston Foundation.
Moderated by Bill Cleveland, director, Center for the Study of Art and Community. Presented by Vickie Benson and Ann McQueen.
Do these turbulent times call for new approaches to cultural philanthropy? Vickie Benson and Ann McQueen decided that they did. This conversation between two respected program officers will explore why and how the McKnight and Boston Foundations reconfigured their arts programs in the middle a severe recession.
Along the way the panelists will discuss:
- What conditions and considerations militated for and against changing course?
- What processes were used in the redesign effort?
- How the assumptions and beliefs guiding their programs were affected?
- How the process and resulting changes impacted them, their Foundations, and their constituents?
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