I have now been to the Grantmakers in the Arts Conference five times. I sort of can’t believe I’m writing that — it simultaneously makes me feel old and very, very lucky. I’ve written about my experiences there now four of those five times; you can find my wrap-ups for 2009, 2010, 2011, and ofRead More
Cool jobs of the month
Chief Data Officer, City of San Francisco The Mayor’s Office of Public Policy and Finance is seeking a Chief Data Officer to promote the use of data in municipal government. Cities collect enormous amounts of data daily, yet this data is not always used to inform internal processes or service delivery. The responsibilities of the ChiefRead More
The Virtues and Pitfalls of Open Contests
An interesting back and forth on “contest philanthropy” took place recently in the pixel-pages of Stanford Social Innovation Review between Mayur Patel, the wunderkind VP of Strategy and Assessment for the Knight Foundation, and Kevin Starr, managing director of the Mulago Foundation. Patel started things off in July with a blog post on six reasonsRead More
New York, Philly, DC, Harrisburg
The new school year has started, and you know what that means: conferences and talks galore! For whatever reason 2013 has had me burning up the rails and roads of the Northeast, and that trend continues into September and October. September 27 Town Hall: State of NYC Dance Snapshot and Trends organized by Dance/NYC 92ndRead More
Createquity to swarm GIA Conference, host Philly Office Hours
After a year’s hiatus, Grantmakers in the Arts has resumed its practice of retaining bloggers to provide official coverage of its annual conference, which this year takes place on October 6-9 in Philadelphia, PA. The official conference blogger role is an important transparency measure because the GIA Conference is a closed convening; only grantmakers andRead More
Cool jobs of the month
Head, Theatre Section, Canada Council for the Arts Under the direct supervision of the Director of Arts Disciplines Division, the Head of the Theatre Section manages the successful delivery of large and complex programs and activities; leads a staff of twelve employees (includes eight direct reports); develops, administers and monitors the Section’s budget; develops policies, Read More
Late summer public arts funding update
FEDERAL More than nine months after former chair Rocco Landesman announced he was stepping down, the search for a new National Endowment for the Arts chairperson has stalled – just in time for the fall budget debates to ramp up in earnest. Sphinx Organization founder and president Aaron Dworkin confirms in the article that he was one of theRead More
Announcing the Fall 2013 Createquity Writing Fellows
I’m pleased to announce two additions to the Createquity family! Jena and Lindsey will be contributing posts to the site through December as the newest Createquity Writing Fellows. Lindsey Cosgrove has been external affairs coordinator at the National Guild for Community Arts Education since September 2011. After earning a B.A. in Music at the University of MaryRead More
Collective Impact in the Arts
Implementing Collective Impact in any context is harder than it sounds, but in the arts it’s even harder. Here’s why.
Cool jobs of the month
Director, Arts Indonesia, British Council The Indonesia Arts team works on an extensive programme in the Creative Industries, following the signing of a bilateral MOU in the Creative Industries in 2012 and the selection of Indonesia as a British Council CI focus country. The team is currently preparing for a stronger programme across main artRead More
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