Posted on October 15th, 2008 by Advance the Arts Admin
San Diego Arts & Culture Working Group
Relevance. Responsiveness. Relationships. Any community foundation working in arts and culture wants more of each. The San Diego Foundation grows these assets through its Arts & Culture Working Group.
It’s an approach adopted in 2003 to connect community members to community foundation initiatives. Through this collaboration with volunteers, The San [...]
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Posted on July 17th, 2008 by Advance the Arts Admin
Sacramento Arts Blog
A bigger table means room for more people. Sacramento Region Community Foundation is expanding the table—virtually—with a blog aimed at encouraging conversation about local arts. It’s at advancesacarts.blogspot.com, and it supports multiple gatherings that are taking place around a single question: What’s the best way to bring new, long-term resources to arts [...]
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Posted on May 23rd, 2008 by Advance the Arts Admin
Community Arts Veterans Share Experience
What should community foundations consider before entering the arts arena? Plenty. That’s the word from more than 30 program, donor services, and communications pros representing ten community foundations—each with multi-year involvement in Irvine’s Communities Advancing the Arts initiative. They represent a wealth of successes, lessons learned, and continued passion for the [...]
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Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Advance the Arts Admin
Orange County Community Foundation
“I am raising my son differently because of our work in the arts.” Shelley Hoss, President of the Orange County Community Foundation, is taking her organization’s newfound role in the arts personally. The story begins in the mid-1990s, when Shelley’s team recognized that arts represented “a gap in both our knowledge base [...]
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Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Advance the Arts Admin
Community Foundation Sonoma County
“The arts are common ground for community, a meeting ground,” says Melissa Kester, Arts Development Officer for Community Foundation Sonoma County. “It’s about expressing different points of view, understanding things in new ways, and coming together around shared experiences.” This insight opens a window for viewing the foundation’s partnership with its local [...]
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