National Arts Index Reveals Lower Health and Vitality of Arts Industries in 2008
A new report from Americans for the Arts finds that the health and vitality of the arts in the United States was lower in 2008 than it was in 2003, thanks largely to losses in charitable giving and declining attendance at larger cultural institutions. According to the National Arts Index (146 pages, PDF), attendance at art museums fell by 13 percent over that period, while audiences at popular music events were down by 6 percent. At the same time, the report, which looked at seventy-six indicators in nine categories, found that in the ten years between 1998 and 2008 there was a steady increase in the number of artists and arts organizations and in arts-related employment. Indeed, while attendance at arts events is shrinking, advances in technology are changing how Americans experience the arts. Read the article»
Recent Arts News from Philanthropy News Digest
Scripps College Receives $3.5 Million for the Ceramic Arts
The gift will help fund the Joan and David Lincoln Endowment for Ceramic Art, the Joan and David Lincoln Study Center, and construction of the Joan and David Lincoln Ceramic Art Building, which is scheduled to be completed in 2011....
Posted: 1/30/10
Getty Foundation Gives $3.1 Million for Postwar L.A. Art Exhibitions
Grants were awarded to twenty-six Southern California arts institutions participating in the Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980 initiative - the largest collaborative project ever undertaken by the region's museums....
Posted: 1/28/10
New-York Historical Society Receives $5 Million for Children's History Museum
The gift from Joseph A. and Diana DiMenna will help establish the DiMenna Children's History Museum, which will immerse children in American history by allowing them to explore and re-enact the experiences of young New Yorkers throughout the centuries....
Posted: 1/27/10
Dallas-Based Big Thought Receives $4.3 Million From Wallace Foundation for Creative Learning Partnership
The grant will enable the Thriving Minds partnership to expand programs and services designed to give Dallas children access to learning opportunities which allow them to think creatively, excel academically, and make healthy life choices....
Posted: 1/25/10
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Funding Opportunities
Irvine Foundation Announces Creative Connections Fund 2010 Guidelines
Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded to California nonprofits engaged in creating new works or offering a contemporary reinterpretation of classic works involving individual artists in collaboration with local nonprofits....
Deadline: 3/05/10; 8/6/10
Home Box Office and Directors Guild of America Invite Applications for Television Directing Fellowship
Fellows will have the opportunity to observe, consult, and be mentored by select directors of an HBO series and will be paid approximately $50,000 for up to one year for their work....
Deadline: 3/10/10
Knight Foundation Announces Dates for 2010 South Florida Knight Arts Challenge
Grants totaling $20 million over five years will be awarded to fund innovative projects in the arts benefiting Miami-Dade and Broward counties; nonprofits, companies, and individuals are eligible to apply and must supply matching funds....
Deadline: 3/15/10
Applications Invited for 2010 International Ibsen Scholarships
Scholarship funds of up to $150,000 will be awarded to individuals, organizations, or cultural institutions working to encourage critical discourse in regards to existential and society-related subject matters concerning Henrik Ibsen....
Deadline: 4/15/10
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