Charity to give $100M in grants for new art spaces

Joanne98

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Mon Apr-05-10 03:02 PM
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Charity to give $100M in grants for new art spaces

Source: AP

NEW YORK — A charitable foundation has begun a 10-year, $100 million initiative to help artists and arts organizations create new spaces and projects around the country.

The Ford Foundation said Monday that the support of the arts was even more vital in the current economic downturn.

Its Supporting Diverse Art Spaces initiative says a strong cultural environmental has a role in revitalizing local economies.

Under the initiative, the foundation has already awarded a $1 million grant. It will turn an abandoned East Harlem high school into artist housing and a hub for community arts.

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Manifestor_of_Light

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Mon Apr-05-10 03:35 PM
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1. That is great.

But who is going to BUY the art?

I used to participate (as an artist) in the Houston ArtCrawl every November. But the crowds and the number of studios participating has declined precipitously due to the economy.

What good will it do for us to be artists if nobody buys our stuff?

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Joanne98

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Mon Apr-05-10 03:48 PM
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2. I don't know. Maybe they will let you buy real estate.

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htuttle

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Mon Apr-05-10 04:45 PM
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5. The people that used to buy a lot of art seemed to have spent most of their money

...gentrifying the neighborhoods that artists used to live in, instead of buying their art.

Now nobody can afford to live in them. :shrug:

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Liberation Angel

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Mon Apr-05-10 04:17 PM
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3. That is good. More jobs for artists I hope?

I could use one.

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Mon Apr-05-10 04:39 PM
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4. Outstanding use of a large chunck of change...

Love that 'artist's housing' bit, more of that would be fantastic, and is more needed as our creative hubs become less and less able to provide affordable and alternative housing.

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