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The Indiana University Art Museum will receive a $500,000 endowment challenge grant through the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help endow its senior academic officer position.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation currently makes grants in five areas: Higher Education and Scholarship; Scholarly Communications and Information Technology; Art History, Conservation and Museums; Performing Arts; and Conservation and the Environment. Read the Entire Article
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If you're an artist trying to break into the music business, there's a good chance you've never heard of entertainment law. But if you're a law student at Mercer University in Georgia, you may...more
Boston University has a new professorship, and it's looking for its first class of honorees. The school's College of Arts and Sciences is looking for professors who have "demonstrated a sustained...more
The University of Texas at San Antonio has named its faculty and staff members of the year for their "exceptional teaching and innovative research to exemplary team spirit and impactful community...more
Linga TheBoss is a rapper, writer, and speaker from Nashville, Tenn., but she's also the inspiration behind a viral video that's gone viral on YouTube. In the video, the self-described "woman of...more
The University of Colorado at Boulder is in the news this week for an unusual reason: It's hosting a two-day "staff summit" next week that's open to all staff members, reports the Daily...more
"Any conversation centered around Hip-Hop, most notably the southern region's impact on the genre, is null and void without mentioning Bun B," Vibe quotes the rapper as saying in a recent...more
When Christina Reimche walks across the stage at Arizona State University's May 2024 convocation ceremony, she'll have more than just a degree to her name. She'll also have received a prestigious...more
Foundation: Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Skoll Foundation, Target Foundation, Ford Foundation, Philadelphia Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation
"The US creative economy was most recently valued at over $1 trillion by the National Endowment for the Arts," per a press release, "even before considering film, fashion, video games, beauty, food,...more
Foundation: Lancaster County Community Foundation
In 2024, Lancaster County, Pa., will celebrate the 100th anniversary of a group of "visionaries" who "came together to shape a better future for Lancaster County," says Sam Bressi, president and CEO...more
"These figures underscore the vital role that creativity and culture play not only in enriching community life but also in driving economic development." So says the chair of Pennsylvania's...more
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When Hannah Davis traveled to China to teach English, she noticed how Chinese workers and farmers were often sporting olive green army-style shoes. Those shoes served as her inspiration to create her own social enterprise, Bangs Shoes.
