Irvine Foundation Announces First Round of Grants Under New Strategy
Submitted by Steve on June 26, 2012
A year ago the James Irvine Foundation announced a dramatic new strategy for arts grantmaking. And yesterday the first crop of grants under this strategy was announced.
The group of 20 inventive arts nonprofits funded in this first round of the Exploring Engagement Fund are linked together in that they: represent a new or expanded engagement for the organization toward underserved audiences and participants; investigate active engagement as a way of involving audiences in the artistic process; and/or that explore nontraditional kinds of venues for arts presentations and activities.
These concepts follow one or more of the three "who, how, where" engagement models we created as part of our new strategy:
- WHO engages: Expanding opportunities for all Californians to experience the arts in their lives.
- HOW they engage: Providing ways for Californians to experience the arts as active participants that can contribute to the vitality of their communities.
- WHERE engagement happens: Reaching beyond the walls of traditional arts spaces so the arts live where communities live.