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
Lambent 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