Proceeds from Lichtenstein’s “Masterpiece” will be used to promote criminal justice reform.
Ford Foundation Pledges $1 Billion Toward Impact (and other April stories)
Mission-related investments are trending at home, while cultural initiatives collide with nationalism abroad.
NEA Launches Creativity Connects (And Other February Stories)
Jane Chu’s signature initiative explores how creativity intersects with other sectors, and the infrastructure needed to keep it going.
Who Will Be the Next Arts Revolutionary?
The story of how the nonprofit arts sector got started offers would-be changemakers some clues.
Notes to “Who Will Be the Next Arts Revolutionary?”
The following endnotes accompany our feature article, “Who Will Be the Next Arts Revolutionary?” published on March 7, 2016: Graphic: The Boom in U.S. Nonprofits / The U.S. Arts Nonprofit Growth Spurt Reliable longitudinal data on the size of the nonprofit arts sector is difficult to come by for this period. In his 1984Read More
Capsule Review: Leverage Lost
John Kreidler’s article offers historical analysis and discussion of the nonprofit arts sectors as a dynamic system.
A New Front in the Culture Wars (and other November stories)
November 13 attacks further establish cultural venues as potential terrorist targets.
Charitable Giving on the Rise (and other June Stories)
Charitable donations to arts and culture in 2014 rose by 9.2%.
Cool jobs of the month
Associate Director, Artist INC UMKC Innovation Center Artist Inc. Programming, is seeking an Associate Director Program/Project Operations. This position is the chief administrator of the suite of Artist INC.programs and is responsible for the program’s consistent achievement of its mission and financial objectives. Artist INC programs are delivered through a collaborative partnership of the Charlotte StreetRead More
Around the horn: campaign finance edition
ART AND THE GOVERNMENT A federal judge recently ruled that Pandora must continue to pay ASCAP, which represents song writers and publishers, a 1.85% composition royalty. It was a (not entirely clean) victory for Pandora, which was arguing against a rise to 3%. The Future of Music Coalition has a good primer on the issue.Read More