The pandemic pushed arts performances outside—and into the public square—like never before. How did communities respond? bit.ly/3V8rcxm
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Surveying over 30,000 individual staffers at 328 participating museums, what does the data tell us about progress towards art museum staff diversity? Read on to find out: bit.ly/3OgzqAB (via )
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“You see all these monumental art pieces celebrating the colonization of Alaska but you don't see our art… That really provoked me to say, ‘We’ve got to put our presence here.’� — President Rosita Worl (Tlingit)
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Master carvers are working with the Sealaska Heritage Institute () to create the Totem Pole Trail, which celebrates the Indigenous tribes who have been historically excluded from the landscape of Alaska’s capital city.
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While art museum staffs have grown more diverse in recent years, particularly among leadership roles, work remains to be done. reports:
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. is accepting applications through 12/1 for the next round of Jazz Road Tours grants. Learn more and apply:
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“Though progress remains slow and uneven, the demographics of museum employees across the country are becoming more reflective of the diverse communities their organizations serve.�—Elizabeth Alexander () bit.ly/3EkBjaE (via )
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"Puerto Ricaness has something to do with a strong sense of belongingness ... based on shared stories, shared experience, shared culture." — Daniel Lind-Ramos on what #PuertoRico means to him & how it shows up in his work.
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Do staffs at American art museums actually look like America?
It’s complicated, shows the third and most recent cycle of the Art Museum Staff Demographic Survey, conducted with , , and .
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As many as five million Indigenous Americans were enslaved between the 16th and 19th centuries. Axios reports on a massive new digital humanities project that will uncover their stories:
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Tomorrow: Latinx Artist Fellows will be in conversation on 11/16 in an event hosted by the US Latinx Art Forum, Mexic-Arte Museum, and the National Museum of Mexican Art. Find out more:
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Why is there a 25-year gap in life expectancy depending on a person’s race & zip code in #NewOrleans?
Read more about how artists and are building trust, hope & wellness through preventive care:
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"For people of the diaspora ... there's this yearning for this idea of a #PuertoRico that we actually were not born in," Alana Casanova-Burgess () of La Brega Podcast.
Watch more from our conversation "Puerto Rico Now": bit.ly/3tvrmSG
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Trans choreographer Sean Dorsey contends well-being is a birthright in ‘The Lost Art of Dreaming’ trib.al/bQUgOPp via :
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🎟 Don't miss the world premiere of ‘s THE LOST ART OF DREAMING 🌌
#TheLostArtOfDreaming #queer #trans #futures
Get your tickets at seandorseydance.com
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Throughout November we will be commemorating the history of the Pamunkey tribe in Richmond and their presence in our community with this monumental light installation at Libby Hill Park made in collaboration with an amazing team of Pamunkey Artists.
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Is there an art to promoting preventive care? #NewOrleans creatives working with as grassroots community health ambassadors think so:
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Make your voice heard – today and every day.
Learn how “Beyond Granite� is reimagining monuments and civic engagement in America’s most iconic public square, : bit.ly/3rvHin6
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Thinking of applying for USArtists International? Join us on Wed, Nov 9 at 1:30pm ET for a webinar overview of Application Tips and Pointers! Sign up at the link: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist
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America is at the Library—Not Just the Ballot Box� (Video Recording of a Mellon Foundation Event) ow.ly/T2Tx50LvkZk #libraries
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"We vote, and we resist disenfranchisement. We vote, and we assert our stewardship – not only of voting today, but of voting tomorrow."—Mellon Foundation President Elizabeth Alexander ()
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What does it take to fund a just and vibrant public square? Find out more in our Q&A with and Mammotsa Makhene of Mellon’s Humanities in Place program: bit.ly/3fslFSn
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On the fifth anniversary of ' African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, shares her thoughts on the initiative and the importance of achieving justice “in our collective future.� bit.ly/3DwSYvn
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“We’re going to suspend disbelief, and trust that your story matters,� says , program officer for Humanities in Place (the first new program created at Mellon in 30 years under the leadership of Mellon President Elizabeth Alexander):
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For the first time in two decades, the American Alliance of Museums () will update standards relating to #museum workforces and #diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion: bit.ly/3TSJ51D
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"We vote, and we resist disenfranchisement. We vote, and we assert our stewardship – not only of voting today, but of voting tomorrow."—Mellon Foundation President Elizabeth Alexander ()
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"We know that free people read freely."-- ()
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"Libraries counter generational poverty...poverty is compounded by lack of information."-- ()
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"One of the biggest book bans in this country is happening beyond bars--we have to stand up for the right for people who are incarcerated to read."-- ()
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"Go to your public library. You will absolutely be surprised by something."—John Szabo ()
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Public #libraries are "where everyone is welcome, and where the word is sacred," says Mellon Pres. Elizabeth Alexander (). "It doesn't get better than that."
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"Audre Lorde was a librarian, but she also taught youth poetry when she was a young librarian. Can you imagine learning poetry from Audre Lorde in your local public library?"— ()
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"Pound for pound, libraries are *the* access point to the humanities—and the arts."— ()
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"[Book bans] are painting libraries as a bad institution. That potential to harm libraries in communities across the country... warrants a very fierce fight against it."—John Szabo ()
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"Books being challenged are by BIPOC or LGBTIA authors—or about those experiences," says (). "[Banning books] has to be stopped...our freedoms are on a slippery slope."
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"[In the past] the librarian was respecting what the scholars needed...but we all come, think, learn in different registers."—Mellon Pres. Elizabeth Alexander ()
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"The modern notion of the library is that we learn together and discover together."— ()
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