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:
Alternate Roots, Inc./General Support
Creative Capital Foundation/Social Justice Creativity
East-West Players, Inc./Asian American Theatre Conference
Grantmakers in the Arts/GIA 2005 Conference: Culture Jam – Friction, Fusion, Synergy
Intermedia Arts of Minnesota, Inc./Institute for Community Cultural Development
National Black United Fund, Inc./National Hip-Hop Political Convention Retreat
National Performance Network, Inc./Regional Meetings & Community Fund