Three Ways the Arts are Advancing Equity in NYC
Release Date:
04/06/2016
New York Community Trust Program Associate Salem Tsegaye says the arts can help sustain a vibrant, more equitable New York.
Arts, Culture, & Media
Four Projects Supported by NY Community Trust Making Real Estate Cheaper for Artists To Live & Work in NYC
Release Date:
04/01/2016
While finding affordable real estate can be doubly tricky for artists who need to find affordable space in NYC to live and work, four new projects — all of which won grants recently from the New York Community Trust — aim to make it easier for...
Mellon Foundation Awards Guggenheim $3M Endowment For Conservation
Release Date:
03/25/2016
The Guggenheim Museum’s conservation department has received a $3 million challenge grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support its conservation efforts. The grant will endow a position of deputy director and chief conservator and a new...
Rauschenberg Fee Dispute Goes to Florida Supreme Court
Release Date:
03/23/2016
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation is asking the Florida state Supreme Court to take up a dispute about $24.6 million in fees awarded to trustees who managed the assets of artist Robert Rauschenberg after he died in 2008.
Mellon Grant Aims to Raise $75 Million for National Gallery
Release Date:
03/18/2016
The National Gallery of Art announced a $30 million challenge grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Thursday that could bring the Smithsonian museum two and a half times the pledged amount, reports The Washington Post.
National Teen 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Recipients Named (Bloomberg)
Release Date:
03/15/2016
Alliance for Young Artists & Writers announced the national award recipients of the 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the nation's longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in grades 7–12.
Ford Foundation: The Equity Series- Cultural Equity
Release Date:
03/14/2016
In a series of conversations on equity, the Ford Foundation presents a dialogue on cultural equity. Ford Foundation President Darren Walker and acclaimed poet and college administrator Crystal Williams discuss issues of inequity and access in U.S...
Duke Foundation Supports Program for Vets & Active Military in Theatre Experience, Study & Creation
Release Date:
03/11/2016
Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for theatre, launched the Veterans and Theatre Institute (VTI), a pilot program for veterans and active military personnel to experience, study, and create theatre.
Rauschenberg Foundation Eases Copyright Restrictions on Art
Release Date:
03/07/2016
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has decided to adopt a new policy of making images of Rauschenberg work much more widely available free.
Duke Foundation Gives $1.5M for Arts to Increase Understanding of Muslim Societies
Release Date:
03/04/2016
In support of arts-focused efforts to increase public understanding of contemporary Muslim societies, the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art has awarded grants to NY-area muesums, theaters and dance groups,
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