GIA Web Conference Will Explore Arts Education Under New Legislation

The Every Student Succeeds Act: What It Means for Arts Education in Your State and Local Community will be held on Tuesday, February 23 at 2pm EST / 11am PST. Alex Nock and Kara Marchione of Penn Hill Group will present information on the impact of the recently enacted law on K-12 arts education in public schools.

From the GIA archives: You may also be interested in a GIA Reader article by Richard Kessler, “A New Consideration for Arts Education Advocacy and Policy Work.”

The next web conference will be Building Collective Capital: A Funders Collaborative Approach to Capitalization on March 29.

GIA Welcomes Monica Thomas

GIA welcomes Monica Thomas to the staff as our Communications and Publications Manager. Monica comes to GIA with several years of experience with nonprofits and as a passionate writer and publisher. This is a new position for GIA supported by the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust. You can read her bio on the GIA Staff page.

Call for Session Proposals for Saint Paul Conference

Grantmakers in the Arts is now accepting session proposals for the GIA 2016 Conference in Saint Paul, October 16-19. If you are a member, you can outline your idea(s) and submit them via an online form. Deadline for submissions is Wednesday, March 23.

Complete details are online.

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