At the League of American Orchestras conference in June, the Honorable Elijah Cummings, U.S. Representative (MD-7), delivered an inspiring keynote speech on the importance of racial equity and opportunity in arts education. The theme of the conference, “The Richness of Difference,” focused on diversity and inclusion in the sector.
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In a recent blog post from Fractured Atlas, Jason Tseng reflects on how organizations can follow up their racial equity statements with action:
And as organizations like AFTA and GIA have already acknowledged in their statements, ours is a sector that is built on decades of exclusionary practices and reproduces institutionalized oppression. But if we are truly looking forward to the changing demographics of our nation, as AFTA’s cultural equity statement suggests, we must also adapt our platform to reflect the issues that will foster the arts sector of tomorrow.
Thursday, August 4, 2:00pm EDT / 11:00am PDT
- Tony Grant, Executive Director, Sustainable Arts Foundation
- Justin Laing, Senior Program Officer, Arts and Culture Program, The Heinz Endowments
- Ebony McKinney, Program Officer, Community Investments, San Francisco Arts Commission
Tuesday, August 2, 2016, 2:00pm EDT / 11:00am PDT
- Irene Gómez, Project Manager, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
- Felicity Hogan, Acting Director of NYFA Learning, New York Foundation for the Arts
- Lily Kharrazi, Program Manager, Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Thursday, July 21, 2:00pm EDT / 11:00am PDT [PASSED]
- Denise M. Brown, Executive Director, The Leeway Foundation
- Jennifer Cole, Executive Director, Metro Nashville Arts Commission
- Ashley Walden Davis, Programs Director, Alternate ROOTS
The board of Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) is committed to moving forward on its pursuit of racial equity in arts grantmaking with full transparency, sharing our learning with the field as we progress. Maurine Knighton, chair of the GIA board committee on racial equity, and Glyn Northington, GIA racial equity board committee member, will discuss why GIA pursues racial equity as an organizational priority and share its progress on recent and current internal and external activities around advancing racial equity in arts philanthropy. The presenters will report on the process GIA underwent to complete an internal racial equity audit, the status of GIA's research project on current levels of support to ALAANA (African, Latin@, Asian, Arab, and Native American) artists and arts organizations, and the possible development of a workshop on bringing racial equity conversations to funders at the local level. Janet Brown, GIA President & CEO, will moderate the session.
For the month of June, GIA’s photo banner features artists and work supported by 3Arts. 3Arts is a nonprofit arts service organization that advocates for Chicago-based women artists, artists of color, and artists with disabilities who work in the performing, teaching, and visual arts. Now in its ninth year, 3Arts has distributed $1.8 million dollars and directly supported 396 artists through unrestricted cash awards, residency fellowships, project grants, promotion, and professional development.
Four one-hour sessions
Tuesday, July 19
GIA’s Progress Report on Advancing Racial Equity in Arts Philanthropy
Thursday, July 21
Before the Announcement: Eligibility, Criteria, and Application
Tuesday, August 2
The board of directors at The Field Foundation of Illinois has announced the selection of Angelique Power as its new president. Power has more than 20 years' experience in the non-profit and corporate sectors, previously serving as program director at The Joyce Foundation. She serves on the board of directors and racial equity board committee at Grantmakers in the Arts.
In the latest post on Nonprofit with Balls, Vu Le reflects on his experience at the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations conference last week. The post offers insights on hopeful trends in philanthropy with regard to how organizations address racial equity, how trust is built between funders and grantees, and how funders can better serve the needs of organizations and movements.