LISC NYC, in partnership with Upstart Co-Lab, a national organization that connects impact investing to the creative economy, launched the NYC Inclusive Creative Economy Fund, "an opportunity for accredited investors to finance affordable, inclusive creative workspaces," states the press release.
Grantmakers in the Arts
by Carmen Graciela Díaz
Nia King reports from the After Ghost Ship preconference at the 2018 GIA Conference in Oakland:
by Carmen Graciela Díaz
Nia King, the third of our Oakland Conference bloggers, covered the preconference After Ghost Ship: Supporting artist-led solutions to equitable and accessible space development on Sunday, October 21. Here she opens her reporting from the preconference:
by Steve
Lara Davis reports from day 2 and day 3 of the Oakland conference:
I got up at 6:00 AM on the final day of the conference to attend a 7:30 AM session (ouch!) on Impact Investing in the Creative Economy. For most of us in the room, impacting investing was a newer concept. We were eager to learn about the diversity of resources available to build and sustain art-making endeavors through both philanthropic and investment opportunities.
by Steve
Blogger Tram Nguyen offers some of her initial takeaways following the 2018 GIA Conference in Oakland, California:
by Steve
Blogger Lara Davis reports on day one (Monday) at the GIA Conference in Oakland
Today’s post focuses primarily on young people and the arts, and artists, with a little bit of, well, everything that’s inspiring me.
by Steve
GIA Conference blogger Lara Davis turns in her initial notes on the 2018 GIA Conference in Oakland, California.
When I walk the streets of downtown Oakland to attend various conference sessions, I think of Angela Davis who wrote about art on the frontlines, cultural organizing at the intersection of art and activism – people’s art as she deemed it, as exemplified by struggles for Black liberation which have always been steeped in musical, artistic, and cultural narratives.
by Steve
GIA Conference Blogger Tram Nguyen reports from the preconference, Culture at the Intersection of Race, Space, and Place, that took place on Sunday, October 21, in Oakland, California.