The New School, in New York City, announced a variety of new appointments today, including the appointment of Richard Kessler as dean of Mannes College, The New School for Music. The New School comprises seven distinct schools focusing on social sciences, liberal arts, administration and management, design and performing arts.
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Posted on June 15, 2011 by Steve
On May 4, 2011, the Ford Foundation hosted Fresh Angle on the Arts: Reimagining Culture in a Time of Transformation, a full day of discussion and performances to explore the next frontlines of innovation and free expression in a revolutionary moment.
Video of complete sessions from this event are now available on the Ford Foundation website. This was the first of three foundation forums focusing on a range of social justice issues to mark Ford's 75th anniversary.
Posted on June 15, 2011 by Steve
Ann McQueen recently announced the formation of McQueen Philanthropic, an advisory service for foundations, individuals and nonprofits. McQueen, formerly the senior program officer for arts/culture at the Boston Foundation, served on the GIA board from 2005 to 2010. She is currently a member of the board of Associated Grant Makers, a forum for New England foundations and their nonprofit partners. See McQueenPhilanthropic.com for more information.
Posted on June 15, 2011 by Steve
In the just-published Evaluating Innovation, the fifth in a series of papers on philanthropic field building, Lucy Bernholz explores the meaning of innovation and presents three case studies on evaluation.
Posted on June 15, 2011 by Steve
Philanthropic donors need to understand that “overhead” should not be considered a dirty word when it comes to nonprofit organizations. From Rick Wartzman at Bloomberg Businessweek:
I once heard that, 22 years ago, when Peter Drucker wrote the Harvard Business Review article, “What Business Can Learn from Nonprofits,” some thought that the magazine had committed a colossal typo and gotten it backward. Surely it meant to say: “What Nonprofits Can Learn from Business.”
Posted on June 14, 2011 by Steve
On May 25, 2011 the House Education & Workforce Committee, by a vote of 23-16, approved HR 1891, legislation that terminates 42 federal education programs, including the Arts in Education program at the U.S. Department of Education. This bill is more serious than the annual funding measures that threaten to de-fund arts education, as HR 1891 permanently strips policy language out of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that allows the Arts in Education program to be funded each year.
Posted on June 14, 2011 by Abigail
Please join us next Tuesday, June 21, at 2:00 EST/11:00 PST for Arts Education | Common Core: What Are the Possibilities for the Arts?, a web-based presentation by Julie Fry of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Richard Kessler of The Center for Arts Education.
Posted on June 14, 2011 by Steve
The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies document covering activities in various state governments has new updates today from South Carolina, where legislation is in the works to reduce the funding for the South Carolina Arts Commission. Governor Haley has recommended eliminating the agency. Also, the latest from Kansas and other states.
Posted on June 14, 2011 by Abigail
Next Monday, June 20th, Paul Brest, president of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, will be starting a conversation about general operating support on GIA's Talk Back blog.
Posted on June 14, 2011 by Steve
A list of resources to help arts managers with technology planning, software comparison, trends analysis, best practices, and more. From David Dombrosky at The Center for Arts Management and Technology.