By Saki Bowman
I really love listening to people zoom in on their niche. Watching their eyes fill with light, and their cheeks swell with excitement.
Co-Creation, Collaboration and the Making of The Issue
In January 2018, The Alliance for Media Arts + Culture published the first issue of The Issue, a new intergenerational arts and culture magazine.
🎙️Your media arts & culture news 📷 ALLIANCE eBulletin June 2025
From the Executive Director As June comes to an end, Summer of Storytelling begins at the Alliance. During July and August, we sponsor programs and...
Wide Angle Youth Media and a Changing Baltimore
By Ben Shaffron-Davis When working in the midst of a turbulent, increasingly oligarchical world, nothing brings more comfort than the realization that one is not...
Summer of Storytelling: Reclaiming Creative Time in a Production-Obsessed World
Summer of Storytelling:Reclaiming Creative Time in a Production-Obsessed World By Saki Bowman There’s something almost revolutionary about slowing down in June. While the industry machinery...
🎙️Your media arts & culture news 📷 ALLIANCE eBulletin May 2025
From the Executive Director My note this month is a mix of protest song, celebration, and call to action. The work of the Alliance for...
PRODUCING THE PODCAST: Behind the Scenes of Arts2Work Conversations Season 2
There’s this moment that happens right before I hit record. A flutter in my stomach, that quick breath, and then—connection. My guest and I lock...
Guidance for NEA Grantees Facing Termination or Withdrawal of Funds
Last updated: May 4, 12:00 pm ET If you’ve received a termination notice or notice of withdrawn funding recommendation from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA),...
🎙️Your media arts & culture news 📷 ALLIANCE eBulletin April 2025
From the Executive Director This has been another month where we have watched the government illegally obliterate research, journalism, culture, art, and science — defunding...
Women Make Movies’ Debra Zimmerman Slams U.S. Grant Cuts at Visions du Réel
Apr 12, 2025 — by Lisa Penderson reprinted from Variety U.S.-based non-profit Women Make Movies is one of thousands of organizations hit by President Donald...
🎙️Your media arts & culture news 📷 ALLIANCE eBulletin March 2025
From the Executive Director “I sing of Black joy in the hour of chaos…Joy is a human right. Spring is for the taking in…” Marc...
My Notes on Networking: the Myth of the Perfect Professional
by Saki Bowman The first time I walked into a film industry mixer, I felt like I was wearing someone else’s clothes. You know that...