Art Fund
In broad strokes: Lessons from the Art for Justice Fund
It began with a painting. In 2017, philanthropist Agnes Gund was inspired to take a stand against mass incarceration after experiencing three powerful works of art: Ava DuVernay’s documentary 13th, Bryan Stevenson’s memoir Just Mercy, and Michelle Alexander’s nonfiction book The New Jim Crow. So she sold a favorite artwork that she had displayed for decades in her home, Roy Lichtenstein’s Masterpiece, and from its proceeds contributed $100 million to a new grantmaking program that would address inequality in the criminal legal system by aligning the narrative power of art and the momentum of policy change around justice reform.
A grant of £165,000 has been awarded to help develop children’s creativity in Birmingham and the Black Country.
The money was awarded to Arts Connect, a scheme at the University of Wolverhampton, by Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Teacher Development Fund.
The funds will go towards its programme, Classroom as Studio, which aims to embed arts-based learning into the school curriculum and teaching practice.
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It is known as the land of song and as one of the world’s most passionate sporting nations.
But a report has concluded that despite its proud heritage, Wales is languishing behind almost all other European countries in terms of spending on recreational, sporting and cultural services.
The report from the cross-party Welsh parliament’s culture and sports committee found that Wales is third from bottom in government funding for recreation and sport, ahead of Poland and Latvia. For culture, Wales only outspent Greece.
The Scottish arts centre has announced that it is ‘now in a position’ to pay out money owed to artists that performed at the venue during this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe
