Derby Museums has been successful in securing funding and support from Arts Council England and…
Torrie Allen, director of development at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, joins the National Arts Strategies Board of Directors. Allen brings more than 30 years wide-ranging experience in the performing arts including executive and artistic leadership, fundraising, marketing, policy, adjudication and performance.
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Jane Chu announced 89 awards totaling $6.89 million supporting projects across the nation through the NEA’s Our Town program. National Arts Strategies (NAS) is one of the recommended organizations for a grant of $75,000 to support the Creative Community Fellows program. The NEA received 274 eligible applications for Our Town this year and will make grants ranging from $25,000 to $100,000.
We would like to thank the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation for their $85,000 grant through its Fund for National Projects to support our partnership with the International Association of Blacks in Dance.
We are thrilled to share that the National Arts Strategies’ (NAS) Creative Community Fellows program has received $35,000 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fund of Akron Community Foundation, to advance community change and cultural entrepreneurship.
The board and staff of NAS are excited to announce that The Kresge Foundation has awarded NAS a multi-year, general operating grant of $1.5 million. Kresge has long been a partner with us, particularly in the broadening of our work in strengthening communities through arts and culture.
We would like to thank the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for their $30,000 grant, which will support a cohort of San Jose, California-based Creative Community Fellows.
This journey began with the final convening of the Chief Executive Program: Community & Culture. Forty-six CEOs who have been learning together for the past fifteen months, gathered for the final time to address some of their most challenging questions at The Summit at Sundance. We built this convening as an ideation summit, an interactive, community-driven process that identifies, clarifies and activates solutions.
On Friday, NAS’ Pearl Bickersteth and Fielding Grasty hit the road and head for Chicago to attend the annual Americans for the Arts Convention taking place this June 12-14.
National Arts Strategies has updated our logo and website design. We think these cosmetic changes…
It is with pleasure that we announce the appointment of Samuel Hoi, President of the Maryland…
We are pleased to announce Kaywin Feldman as the newest member of the National Arts Strategies Board of Directors. Kaywin Feldman has been the Duncan and Nivin MacMillan Director and President of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) since 2008.
We’ve had a fantastic year at National Arts Strategies, full of new programs and exciting…
On November 24-26, 2014, NAS partnered with the United States Consulate Sao Paulo and SESC Sao Paulo to present a three-day program in Sao Paulo, Brazil for senior cultural leaders from around Brazil. The program focused on strategy and strategic innovation and was led by NAS faculty Dr. Violina Rindova and Dr. Robert Wiltbank. They also led a half-day session for emerging leaders from across Brazil. Approximately 110 leaders participated between both groups.
NAS has worked with gifted leaders from a variety of arts and culture organizations for…
Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am writing on behalf of the entire National Arts…
The International Society for the Performing Arts has honored National Arts Strategies President and CEO…
What does it mean to be a cultural leader in this day and age? What…
National Arts Strategies is excited to announce our newest initiative, Field Notes. An ArtsJournal-hosted blog, Field Notes…
National Arts Strategies has developed a series of interactive lessons focusing on key themes from…
The University of Chicago’s Cultural Policy Center, a joint initiative of the Harris School of…
