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Diane Ragsdale’s Wonderful Words and Nina Simon’s Participatory Museum

Jackie Hasa — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 16:48:18 +0000

We’re feeling the love from two new arts luminaries today: Diane Ragsdale, provocateur and fellow blogger at Jumper, and Nina Simon, Executive Director at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, have thrown their support behind our Indiegogo campaign. Diane offers some inspiring words of support in the video below, and Nina has given us a new campaign perk to offer: signed copies of her thought-provoking book, The Participatory Museum. We only have two copies to give away, and Nina doesn’t sign books very often, so we’re asking for $100 donations for these. Get ’em while you can!

We’re excited to have passed the $5,000 mark in the campaign, putting us more than 50% of the way to our goal. It’s been utterly humbling to see how many of you think this project deserves your hard-earned dollars. To everyone who has donated or shared the campaign with others, we can’t thank you enough. For those of you just tuning in or still on the fence, we hope Diane and Nina can help convince you. If you value Createquity as a resource and feel that the site is worthy of a financial contribution, there’s never going to be a better time to donate.

If you’re reading this via email, you can check out Diane’s video here.

Video-blogging from GIA: Day 3

Createquity. — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 10:30:49 +0000

Our third and final Grantmakers in the Arts conference video blog is our meatiest yet, covering curation as a moral imperative, rethinking the grant panel, expanding outside of our arts silos, and the nature of radical change. Oh, and there is some gratuitous giggling at the end.

We’ve had a great time in Philadelphia this week. Look out for additional wrap-up posts in this space coming soon!

Video-blogging from GIA: Day 2

Createquity. — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 10:31:14 +0000

Our second video report from Grantmakers covers arts and social justice as a vehicle for systemic change, a fantastic keynote from playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes, and our field’s “weird dance” with evaluation. Perhaps someday we’ll figure out how to make our transitions tighter and remember to keep our faces in the camera frame as we’re talking. Until then, we hope our amateurish charm will carry the day. Enjoy!

Video-blogging from GIA: Day 1

Createquity. — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:15:34 +0000

As a special treat to celebrate the Createquity editorial team’s convergence on Philadelphia for the Grantmakers in the Arts conference, we decided to try out a new format: video. In this inaugural go-round, we discuss the arts education preconference, networking, and our session selection strategy. We’re going to try to create and post two more of these before we skip town. Enjoy!