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The High Stakes of Limited Inclusion
By KAMAL SINCLAIR
Emerging media cannot risk limited inclusion and suffer the same pitfalls of traditional media. The stakes are too high. Together, we must engineer robust inclusion into the process of imagining our future.
An Urgency to Speak our Truth: Artists, Archives, & Activism
By Arbo Radiko
There was this moment, sitting in the small cozy recording studio at BRIC Arts Media in Brooklyn with visionary artist/activists Martha Redbone and Jaishri Abichandani and my co-collaborator, mastering engineer/archivist Jessica Thompson, when all things felt possible.
Making a New Reality: Furthering equality in emerging media
BY KAMAL SINCLAIR
In 2008 my life took a turn from the world of live performing arts and tangible visual arts to an increasingly more virtual engagement with arts and creativity.
FALLING BACK, SEEING FORWARD: Creativity, Culture, Community
By Wendy Levy
Fall is as a season of renewal. Renewing hope and optimism in the face of it all, renewing grants, renewing memberships, renewing our belief in the mission of our work.
Video Roundtable: Youth Media (October 2017)
Video Roundtable: Youth Media (October 2017) from Wendy Levy on Vimeo.
Video Roundtable: Youth Media (August 2017)
Check out The Alliance's Youth Media Video Roundtable from last month!
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Tips from a Foundation Insider: How to Avoid Common Mistakes and Make Your Best Case in Writing Proposals to Foundations
Even the best fundraisers, writers, journalists, and researchers sometimes fall short when they try to communicate the importance and excitement of their work to foundations. Common mistakes include misunderstanding the goals the funder is pursuing in your field, failing to tell an engaging story, being unclear about your strategy and desired change, and providing too much or too little illustrative detail.
Who is VR for?
What are the models we could set up to build a more inclusive group of artists and field builders working in the creative virtual reality space? Over the summer, I’ve been interviewing makers and practitioners about this question.
Blights Out for Mayor Kickstarter Campaign
Last year, we ran for President. (Kinda.) Now, Blights Out is running for Mayor! (Sort of!) While Blights Out isn’t planning a collective occupation of the Mayor’s office (yet), we are launching a year-long creative campaign called ‘Blights Out for Mayor’––a series of 12 billboards and 5 yard sign designs that call for and suggest entry points into a Truth and Reconciliation process that would redress the racist/classist/disaster capitalist policies and values imposed after Katrina. These messages seek to expand the horizon of our political imaginary, calling us to reevaluate our society’s relationship to property, land, and money. It is a call to action, a call to #PutHousingFirst.Click here to change this text
Members of President’s Committee on the Arts & Humanities Resign
By Megan A. Zebrowski
On Friday, August 18th, 16 of the 17 members of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities delivered a letter of resignation to president Trump.