Arts for Change Funder Portraits

The Arts for Social Change Funder Portraits are a series of brief papers and podcast interviews featuring funders who are supporting arts and culture as a creative strategy to achieve community building and development goals, civic engagement, or social justice goals.


 

 

A Blade of Grass: Nurturing Socially Engaged Art

by Ann McQueen

Listen to a podcast interview by Ann McQueen with A Blade of Grass Executive Director Deborah Fisher.

 

 

 

 

 

The Fledgling Fund: Inspiring a Better World Through Film

by Ann McQueen

Listen to a podcast interview by Ann McQueen with Fledgling Fund Founder and President Diana Barrett, and Executive Director Sheila Leddy.

View the profile: Lioness 

 

 

 

The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation: Inclusion. Sustainability. Resilience. Innovation.

by Ann McQueen

Listen to a podcast interview by Ann McQueen with Stephen Huddart, Executive Director, J.W. McConnell Family Foundation

View the Profile: Jumblies

 

Kenya Burning book coverLambent Foundation: Art. Culture. Justice

by Ann McQueen

Listen to a podcast interview by Ann McQueen with Michelle Coffey, Executive Director, Lambent Foundation

View the Profiles: Art Works for Change and Prospect New Orleans

 

 

East Bay Community Foundation
Weaving Artists into Community Fabric

by Ann McQueen

Listen to a podcast interview by Ann McQueen with Diane Sanchez, Director of Community Investment, East Bay Community Foundation.

View the Profile: Rock Paper Scissors Collective.

 

 

 

 

Orton Family Foundation
Art & Community Planning

by Ann McQueen

Listen to a podcast interview by Ann McQueen with Betsy Rosenbluth, Director of Projects, Orton Family Foundation.

View the Profile: North Fork Valley Heart and Soul Community Planning Projecy

 

 

 

 

Compton Foundation
Art as Strategy for Change

by Ann McQueen

Listen to a podcast interview by Ann McQueen with Executive Director of the Compton Foundation Ellen Friedman and Program Director at the Compton Foundation Jennifer Sokolove

View the Profile: The Moxie Institute