Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity will host a webinar on July 27 titled Marking Progress: Evaluating Movement Toward Racial Justice.
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My current work considers the role that culture – namely visual imagery – has on reinforcing and perpetuating racial stereotypes and biases in our minds. Our think tank, American Values Institute (AVI) is a consortium of researchers and social change … Continue reading
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Funders are facing a landscape of unprecedented changes, and technology has accelerated both the pace and reach of these changes. At the same time, our philanthropic community is responding to critical questions of equity in funding programs and practices. The 2010 census is providing a look at the changing faces of our communities and the cultural forces that both bind and separate them. Artists, at the center of our work, continue to challenge and inspire us.
If you ever read information online or download and print materials from the Internet, you are part of the “digital divide.” While most, if not all, members of philanthropic organizations in the United States may take for granted high-quality access to the Internet, many people of color, indigenous people, and people living in rural areas have none or only very limited ability to use computers and gain access to the kinds of information and education that can improve their lives.
GIA has compiled resources, introduced initiatives, and supported member committees that address topics of interest to the arts grantmaking field.
This information is gathered in our arts funding topic pages, which you can access with the links to the left.
Malcolm Margolin:
It's so beautiful here I wish I were a resident. And it was a joy to edit the essays and to work with Frances and Anna on it all. Being an editor gets you into other people's minds and gets you into other people's souls, and you just end up going from one spot to another spot and shaping it, and it's a gorgeous life.
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?
There is increasing interest in the intersection of funding for arts and culture and funding for social justice, equity, and diversity, and a number of funders are developing programs that cross these traditional lines:
A listing of the current Board of Directors for Grantmakers in the Arts.
It’s been a pleasure covering the 2009 Grantmakers in the Arts Conference for you all, and I hope you’ve enjoyed getting a glimpse into sessions you may have missed or the conference as a whole (if you didn’t have the … Continue reading