This commentary is an excerpt from the February issue. Reframe. Restore. Reimagine., Kresge Arts and Culture Program Newsletter. Sign up for other Kresge newsletters here.
As a national funder that supports place-based initiatives, Kresge’s Arts and Culture Program positions culture and creativity as drivers of more just communities. Through this strategy, a cross-disciplinary approach that integrates creative practices into community development, we demonstrate that creativity is essential for healthy, sustainable places and for people of color to live rich and self-determined lives. We aim to make it widely valued as a valuable resource.
At the beginning of this year, we announced where, with whom, and how we would be deploying grant funding to ensure that it was channeled through the right locations, people, and partnerships to advance our prerequisites in the long term. In order to clarify this, we have announced that we will be narrowing down our focus areas for fundraising. -Period change. Prerequisites include resident agency, narrative control, social cohesion, and collective action, to name a few.
Newly updated areas of focus include:
In the interest of transparency, we’re sharing these improvements that reflect how we’ve invested over the past few years. Learn more about our complete program strategy. We do not accept unsolicited applications, but if you have any questions, please contact us below. [email protected].
We know that our work does not exist in a bubble. In his February issue of the Arts and Culture Program Newsletter, he said: Reframe. Restore. Reimagine., providing a variety of updates, new reports, resources, and announcements. If you missed the White House Domestic Policy Council and National Endowment for the Arts Summit “Philanthropy for Healing, Bridging and Prosperity, or Civic Engagement” podcast on how we need poetry in democracy, read our newsletter recommend to.
Finally, this year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Kresge Foundation. Since 1924, the foundation has distributed more than $5 billion of his gifts throughout the United States and other countries. This year’s plans include several events to bring community and grantee partners together to reflect on the past and dream of a more just future for the city. Her website at Centennial is the place to keep track of what’s going on.
Together with us and our many partners, there is still much work to do. The Arts and Culture Program looks forward to maintaining a policy of ensuring that culture and creativity are elements of achieving sustainable places where residents live rich and self-determined lives.