The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today named 22 new MacArthur Fellows for 2011. Working across a broad spectrum of endeavors, the Fellows include an architect, a sports medicine researcher, a cellist, a developmental biologist, a radio producer, a neuropathologist, a conservator, a poet, a technologist, and a public historian. All were selected for their creativity, originality, and potential to make important contributions in the future.
Grantmakers in the Arts
September 19, 2011 by Steve
From Huffington Post Arts blog:
The art world can be a fickle beast. A young artist may find themselves rapidly ascending to the top only to feel the sting of Warhol's '15 minutes of fame' after they drift back into obscurity. For New York painter, Will Barnet, this is a phenomenon that he has never had to experience. Barnet will be getting his first retrospective show at the National Academy Museum in New York City at the age of 100.
September 19, 2011 by Steve
Diane Ragsdale from her blog Jumper:
Luis A. Ubiñas, president of the Ford Foundation and chairman of the ArtPlace Presidents’ Council, is quoted saying: “The arts are inherently valuable, and they’re also part of what’s going to get us out of this economic problem we’re in.” I must admit I winced as I read this quote.
September 17, 2011 by Steve
Carol Coletta, Director, ArtPlace writes for the NEA's Art Works blog:
In record time, ArtPlace announced its first round of grants, investing $11.5 million in 34 locally initiated projects in cities from Honolulu to Miami.
ArtPlace will also be supported by a $12 million loan fund capitalized by six major financial institutions and managed by the Nonprofit Finance Fund. Participating institutions are Bank of America, Chase, Citi, Deutsche Bank, MetLife and Morgan Stanley. To some, the timing of ArtPlace may seem counterintuitive. More money for art and design in a challenged economy?
September 17, 2011 by Steve
The U.S. Human Rights Fund—in collaboration with The Overbrook Foundation, Ford Foundation, and Just and Fair Schools Fund—invites you to a convening on human rights and racial justice. This gathering of advocates and funders will take place from November 7-9, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. More than 125 social justice advocates working on a diverse range of issues including immigration, housing, education, criminal justice, and poverty alleviation plan to attend.
September 17, 2011 by Steve
John Feather, PhD, will become CEO of Grantmakers in Aging effective October 1. He replaces Carol Farquhar, who served with GIA for more than a decade and is retiring.
September 15, 2011 by GIA News
A consortium consisting of several GIA members including The National Endowment for the Arts and several private foundations have created a grant program to support economic revitalization through the arts. ArtPlace America announced its first round of grants today.
September 15, 2011 by Steve
From Robin Pogrebin at The New York Times:
In the two years since he became chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Rocco Landesman has been trying to make the case that art is an effective linchpin to economic development. Now in a broad effort to build on that thesis, he has helped to enlist an unusual consortium of foundations, corporations and federal agencies that will use cultural enterprises to anchor and enliven 34 projects around the country, from a struggling city block in Detroit to a vacant school in East Harlem.