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Last Call for Conference Sessions
Tomorrow is your last chance to submit session proposals for the Grantmakers in the Arts 2016 Conference in Saint Paul, October 16-19. The GIA conference is the largest annual convening of arts funders and the most comprehensive opportunity for our colleagues in the field to learn from each other. GIA members can submit a short description of their session idea using an easy online form. Deadline for submissions is tomorrow, March 23.

Submit your proposal now.
New from the GIA Reader: Unmasking the Hidden Attraction of the Arts
GIA Reader, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Winter 2016)
In an article from the latest issue of GIA Reader, Bill O’Brien discusses the growing role of artists and the arts in cross-sector work, including in healthcare and science.

Read the article.
March 29 Web Conference: Building Collective Capital
The next GIA Web Conference, Building Collective Capital: A Funders Collaborative Approach to Capitalization, will be held on Tuesday, March 29 at 2pm EDT / 11am PDT. Tere Romo from the San Francisco Foundation and Shelley Trott from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation will present a process undertaken by program officers from family, corporate, and community foundations as well as a city arts commission towards a unified and complementary approach to capitalization.

Related material from the GIA archive: You may also be interested in a previous Reader article from Rebecca Thomas, “Investing in Change: Ten Lessons for Cultural Grantmakers.”

You can now register to attend the April web conference, Building a Racially Diverse Organization: A Case Study on Recruiting and Retaining ALAANA Staff.
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News from the Field
The Passing of Claudine Brown
Grantmakers in the Arts mourns the loss of Claudine Brown, who passed away on the night of March 17, 2016. Brown served on the GIA board from 1996 to 2001, including as board chair in 1999-2000…
Tom Rothman Appointed to National Council on the Arts
Tom Rothman, chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Motion Picture Group, a GIA member and funding partner, was appointed by President Obama and has been confirmed by the United States Senate…
NYC Offering New Funding to Promote Diversity in Theatre Management
Responding to a January 2015 report that highlighted a lack of racial diversity in New York arts groups, New York City announced March 16 that it has allocated $2 million to the city's theatre groups…
Report Examines the Emerging Maker Movement in U.S. Cities
The National League of Cities has released a new report examining the maker movement across major U.S. cities…

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