Objective I: To support arts and cultural organizations partnering with community groups that engage in responsive processes, collective problem solving, cross-cultural initiatives or the education of a broader public about social justice issues and shared community concerns. These programs should have national or multi-state impact and might include: residencies; new works of performing art or exhibitions of visual art that have more than one committed venue; documentation initiatives that have commitments for comprehensive distribution plans; cross cultural and multi-state collaborations; and the dissemination of existing works that have resonance in other communities.
Strategy 4:To convene artists and arts administrators to foster information exchange, coalition building, the development of collective strategies as well as to provide direct support.
List of Grants that fall under this Objective/Strategy:
Alerternate Roots, Inc./General Support
Cornerstone Theater Company, Inc./Cornerstone Institute
Grantmakers in the Arts/GIA 2004 Conference: Dancing with Different Partners
National Black United Fund, Inc./National Hip-Hop Political Convention
National Performance Network, Inc./Regional Meetings & Building the Code
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc./Why Vote?
UBW, Inc./Summer Institute Building Community Through the Arts