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A year ago the Maine Community Foundation, one of the state’s largest philanthropic enterprises, was preparing for hard times ahead. With the stock market crashing and a global recession strengthening its grip, Henry Schmeltzer, who was then the executive director, … Continue reading
This session reflects session-planning in real time with brief presentations
that attempt to capture the latest information-gathering about:
- the state of the arts disciplines in the face of the weakening economy and
current world events since September 11; - the impact of the myriad emergency funds and their accessibility to and impact on the cultural community;
While “making the pie higher” may have been a Presidential mixed metaphor, the slippage in corporate funding for the arts is a matter for concern. Traditional sources disappear; business pressures drive the shift to strategic grantmaking that builds corporate brand identity; new or realigned corporate donors emerge. What does this mean for the balance of donor support within communities? Are arts and culture holding their own in the face of internal business pressures or have corporate staff and policy changes marginalized the case for the arts?
Community foundations offer unique opportunities for arts philanthropy. In addition to funding arts organizations, these foundations are set up to offer substantial technical assistance and build ongoing relationships with donors. Speakers reflected on how community foundations are succeeding as partners in support of the arts in their communities.
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October 16, 2000, 12:45 p.m.
Commerce and Art
Presenters:
Gail Silva, Executive Director, Film Arts Foundation
Ruby Lerner, President, Creative Capital
Viewing and Evaluating Circles
Presenters:
Robert Byrd, The Jerome Foundation
Alyce Myatt, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Youth Culture
Moderators:
Dan Bergin, Twin Cities Public Television
Alex Rivera, Artist Producer
Commerce and Art
Many grantmakers have been awarding funds for years based on impressions about cities and suburbs that are no longer true. How do the realities concerning where today's arts activities and audiences are converging change how we think about grantmaking? How do we fund the arts in a changing geographic and demographic climate?
Craft Emergency Relief Fund has published Studio Protector: An Artist’s Guide to Emergencies. The fun-to-use, indispensable wall guide and companion web site, www.studioprotector.org, is for artists who want to cover their A’s (their art, assets and archives, that is) in … Continue reading
Beyond Price: Value in Culture, Economics, and the Arts; Edited by Michael Hutter and David Throsby; Cambridge University Press, 2007, 324 pages
The art that matters to us … is received by us as a gift is received. Even if we have paid a fee at the door of the museum or concert hall, when we are touched by a work of art something comes to us that has nothing to do with the price.
— Lewis Hyde
— Lewis Hyde
When I was in college, I had a great work-study job at an organization that placed students in internships with local nonprofits. It was a small outfit and a jack-of-all-trades sort of job. I answered phones, mocked up application forms, stuffed envelopes, filed, ran errands, organized open houses, and learned how to write a business letter. It wasn’t the sort of job you’d want to stay in for too long, but it was a fabulous introduction to the nonprofit sector. It gave me practical office skills to boot.