GIA Podcast

Stepping Aside Without Stepping Away: Lessons from an Eight-Year Experiment Designing with Artists

Across the nonprofit arts sector, national regranting programs are ending and institutional infrastructures are shrinking as philanthropy resets how it supports the field

Podcast #60: Disability Culture Lab on AI, Policy, and Creative Power

AI is often framed as either a miracle tool or a looming threat, but what does it actually mean for disabled artists navigating grants, fellowships, and creative partners

Put Your Money Where Your Values Are: Re-envisioning Retirement

In philanthropy, when we think about all of the ways we are invested in our communities, we often don’t think about our retirement savings. Yet, around $20 trillion is in

How Cultural Funders Can Collaborate To Let Go

Sunsetting a foundation isn’t just a financial decision; it’s relational and strategic. In this GIA podcast episode, Cate Fox (Center for Cultural Innovation) and Farhad

Phase 3: Speculating Desired Futures | Visioning the Otherwise

We asked a simple, generative question: Which systems have we replaced, and with what alternatives? A clear chorus answers: we’ve lost too much to speed and spectacle, an

Phase 2: Unearthing Values & Desires | Enough, Reimagioned: From Clocks to Capacity

We asked a body-level question: What does “enough” look and feel like—of time, resources, rest? What emerged isn’t a finish line but a practice. Voices move from accumula

Phase 1: Grounding the Present | Freedom as a Verb

Across these voices, freedom isn’t a destination; it’s a practice. It appears as chosen absence—leaving the phone behind and meeting the world unmediated. It shows up as

Podcast #59: Power in the Middle: Strategies for Effective Regranting

Community-oriented arts organizations are the lifeblood of their communities, and support for their work is more vital than ever. Yet, they are often the hardest for larg

Podcast #58: The Myths of Philanthropy: Exploring Narratives that Define What is Possible

What assumptions have we inherited that limit the transformative potential of philanthropy? And how can funders release ourselves from the constraints of these limiting b

Podcast #57: Living an Artful Life: A Reflection on Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson’s Leadership

In this podcast episode, GIA President & CEO Eddie Torres sat down with Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson, former Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, to reflect on her

EP 06 | Organizing for Narrative Power | For the Love of Radical Giving Miniseries

In this last and final episode, we’re bringing this series full circle by confronting what’s at stake as we choose either to sustain the systems that uphold inequity or t

EP 05 | Appalachian Futurism | For the Love of Radical Giving Miniseries

In this episode, we’ll see how radical, collective giving can do what traditional philanthropy has not—restore, empower, and finally give back to the communities long ask

Podcast #39: The Racial Equity Coding Project: The Path Ahead

Grantmakers in the Arts is participating in the Racial Equity Coding Project, which was kicked off with a culmination of research led by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Podcast #38: The Racial Equity Coding Project: The Necessity of Nuance

Grantmakers in the Arts is participating in the Racial Equity Coding Project, which was kicked off with a culmination of research led by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Podcast #37: The GIA Support for Individual Artist Committee: What’s New for 2022?

In this podcast, the GIA Support for Individual Artist Committee co-chairs Ce Scott-Fitts, artist development director, South Carolina Arts Commission and Celeste Smith,

Podcast #36: The Racial Equity Coding Project: Unpacking The “Why”

Grantmakers continue to reckon with the difficulty of gathering accurate data around racial equity funding. To address this, Grantmakers in the Arts is participating in t

Podcast #35: The American Rescue Plan Act: All policy is cultural policy

We’re circling back on the American Rescue Plan, and we are talking about progressive creative worker policies. Learn how these inspirational leaders are supporting arts

Podcast #34: Coronavirus Response: Where are they now?

As GIA reflects over the past year, we cannot help but look back at the work and recommendations that so many funders offered when we launched our coronavirus response pr

Podcast #33: A Just Transition for Investing in Arts and Culture

In our recently released report, Solidary not Charity: Arts & Culture Grantmaking in the Solidarity Economy(https://www.giarts.org/solidarity-not-charity), we point out t

Podcast #32: The American Rescue Plan Act: A timely opportunity for arts education

The Biden administration signed the American Rescue Plan Act or ARP, which is a $1.9 trillion package in response to the COVID-19 crisis. How can funders and grantees use