Conference Schedule

11:00-11:45 AM EST (Keynote)

Ruha Benjamin, Salome Asega, and Sage Crump

Performance by viBe Theater Experience

12:00PM - 1:00PM EST

Growing the Pie: Impact investing to close the equity gap - and how to unlock more capital to support your ( delicious ) mission

Organized by Anna Raginskaya and Courtenay Barton

Transforming Public and Philanthropic Practice to Advance Racial Justice

Organized by Eddie Torres and Ted Russell

1:30PM - 2:30PM EST

Inclusive Practices: Developing real-time resources for teaching accessible arts

Organized by Leigh Ross and Rachel Pardoe

Ten Years of Building Healthy communities: The evolving role of arts and culture

Organized by Amy Kitchener

Holding Oursevles Accountable: Measuring progress toward equitable grantmaking

Organized by Maurine Knighton

3:00PM - 4:00PM EST

Empowering Artists: Latinx arts organizations in action

Organized by Rocio Aranda Alvarado

A Foundation's Equity Journey: A work in progress. The work and the progress.

Organized by Sharnita C. Johnson

Disrupting Narrative Through Media Funding: Are podcasts a democratizing medium?

Organized by Gina James and Nadia Elokdah

4:30PM - 5:30PM EST (Roundtables)

White Folks in Support of Black & Indigenous Lives

Organized by Tiffany Wilhelm, Caitlin Strokosch, Eleanor Savage, and Amy Kitchener

This convening is a space to build our collective anti-racist understanding and analysis, support each others’ journeys, growth processes, challenges, and stuck places through candid conversations, and clarify and strengthen our understanding of the role of White people toward racial justice at this time.

African Diaspora at GIA

Organized by Conrhonda Baker

This convening is a space for participants to meet other self-identified attendees, revel in Black joy, discuss learnings/insights, strategize, and build solidarity together.

Community Foundations Supporting Arts & Culture

Organized by Eva Rosenberg, Eddie Torres, and Nadia Elokdah

This convening is a space for folks at community foundations across the GIA membership and from coast-to-coast to gather and connect, share successes and challenges within their home communities, and consider the opportunities to increase community foundation support for arts and culture.

11:00-11:45 AM EST (Keynote)

Maysoon Zayid

Performance by Life Escobar

12:00PM - 1:00PM EST

Arts and Health: Driving us towards stronger and healthier communities

Organized by Jamie Hand and Sherylynn Sealy

Racial Justice Philanthropy in Practice

Organized by F. Javier Torres

Indigenous Art and Narrative in Pandemic Times

Organized by Gaby Strong

1:30PM - 2:30PM EST

What Does a Just Transition Look Like for Arts Philanthropy?

Organized by Tiffany Wilhelm and Quita Sullivan

Beyond Therapy: Arts Learning for Court and Community School Students

Organized by Candice Benge

Strategizing for the “New Normal”

Organized by San San Wong and Laura Poppitti

3:00PM - 4:00PM EST

Community-Powered: Responsible Philanthropic Practice from Afar

Organized by Caitlin Strokosch and Stephanie Atkins

Capacity Building as Equitable Practice in Memphis

Organized by Rychetta Watkins

4:30PM - 5:30PM EST (Roundtables)

White Folks in Support of Black & Indigenous Lives

Organized by Tiffany Wilhelm, Caitlin Strokosch, Eleanor Savage, and Amy Kitchener

This convening is a space to build our collective anti-racist understanding and analysis, support each other’s journeys, growth processes, challenges, and stuck places through candid conversations, and clarify and strengthen our understanding of the role of White people toward racial justice at this time. This session is intended for White-identifying folks, but all are welcome.

African Diaspora at GIA

Organized by Conrhonda Baker

This convening is a space for participants to meet other self-identified attendees, revel in Black joy, discuss learnings/insights, strategize, and build solidarity together.

A note: This space is open to #GIARemixd attendees who self-identify as Black or part of the African Diaspora. To preserve the safety and integrity of this space, and all other affinity group spaces, you should attend only those sessions that correspond with the professional or racial and ethnic identity to which you belong. While we appreciate all authentic allies and accomplices, we ask that this gathering space remain exclusively for those that self-identify as Black or part of the Diaspora.

Support for Individual Artist Committee Roundtable

Organized by the Support for Individual Artist Committee

This session is a closed roundtable for members of the Support for Individual Artists Committee.

11:00-11:45 AM EST (Keynote)

Luis A. Miranda, Jr. and Lin-Manuel Miranda in conversation with Maurine Knighton

Performance by Kyle G. Dargan

12:00PM - 1:00PM EST

Beyond Grant Funding: Artist-Centered, Community-Driven Models of Support

Organized by Lynda Lotich and Liz Fitzgerald

Don’t Make Me Apply for a Grant! Lessons learned from crowdfunding with individual artists

Organized by Leila Tamari

Aligning Partners in the Arts and Public Health: Striking the Best Balance

Organized by Sunil Iyengar

1:30PM - 2:30PM EST

Arts & Technology Field Scan: Summary of findings

Organized by Jax Deluca and Patricia Moore Schaffer

Creating Equitable Spaces

Organized by Felicity Hogan and Gabriella Calandro

Fostering Resilient Cultural Nonprofits

Organized by Zannie Voss

3:00PM - 4:00PM EST

Trust Black Women: How Black female artists, arts workers and cultural leaders are conspiring to reshape the world.

Organized by Jessica Moss

10 Years of ArtPlace America: Reflecting Back and Looking Forward

Organized by Lyz Crane, Judilee Reed, and Regina Smith

Artist Relief: Launching a national emergency fund for artists in three weeks

Organized by Carolyn Ramo

4:30PM - 5:30PM EST (Roundtables)

LAAs and Public Sector Arts Grantmakers

Organized by Ruby Lopez Harper

This convening is a space for folks at LAAs and Public Sector Arts grantmakers across the GIA membership and from coast-to-coast to gather and connect, share successes and challenges within their home communities, and to navigate public sector support for arts and culture now and into the future.

Building the Future We Want

Organized by the GIA Team

This convening is a space to join the GIA team in a future-focused exercise they’ve been practicing throughout this year, given the amount of uncertainty, volatility, change, and possibility present this year. Join to brainstorm and reflect upon the opportunity in front of us to build the future we want, share what’s happening in your home community that you thought wasn't possible, and identify changes that can anchor a "new normal" we can all commit to.

11:00AM - 12:30PM EST (Roundtable)

BIPOC Roundtable Sessions

Organized by Luis Alejandro Tapia

1:00PM - 4:00PM EST (Workshop)

Creative Practice as Civic Practice: Supporting artist power in community-led transformation

11:00AM - 12:30PM EST (Roundtable)

Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Roundtable

Organized by Luis Alejandro Tapia and Nadia Elokdah

1:00PM - 4:00PM EST (Workshop)

Reimagining Narratives of Power: Cultural strategy and philanthropic practice