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Why You Should Consider Supporting Createquity
“Reflection” by Flickr user Skip There’s nothing quite like the experience of reading 160+ pages of someone else’s writing and research about an organization you founded. On the first pass, everything...
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The Top 10 Arts Policy Stories of 2016
“Artificial Intelligence” by Flickr user GLAS-8 Each year since 2009, Createquity has offered a list of the top ten arts policy stories of the past twelve months. And let’s be frank: some of those...
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The Aftermath of Ghost Ship (and other December Stories)
The Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland, CA (Photo by Jim Heaphy, via Creative Commons) A deadly warehouse fire taking the lives of 36 people during a concert in Oakland, CA has ignited a series of legal...
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It’s Time to Break Arts Philanthropy Out of Its Silo
“silo” by Flickr user davedude (Originally published by Stanford Social Innovation Review, December 22, 2016; reposted here with permission. This piece was conceived before the recent election, but is...
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NEA and NEH on the Chopping Block? (and other January stories)
“Why ask why” sign from Defenestration: an art installation in San Francisco. Photo by Lynn Friedman via Creative Commons Amidst the storm and thunder leading up to the Trump administration’s first...
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What Can Humanities do for Humankind?
Can we better understand the impact of the arts via studies in related disciplines? Since 2012, researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Humanities and Liberal Arts Assessment (HULA)...
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Is Net Neutrality in Danger Again? (and other February stories)
Demonstrators protest in front of the White House in support of Net Neutrality | Photo by Joseph Gruber via Creative Commons Just days past his confirmation, Ajit Pai, the Trump administration’s pick...
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Createquity Announces Inaugural Arts Research Prize
A major part of Createquity’s ongoing mission is to spotlight exceptional research in the arts that everyone should know about. As a natural extension of that mission, we’re excited to announce what we...
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Threats to Federal Arts and Culture Funding: What’s at Stake
Yesterday morning, as you’ve likely read by now, the Trump administration released the outline of its budget request to Congress. And it turns out that those early reports were right: it recommends...
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Cultural Policy for the People
“Acrylic DC Capitol – Red White & Blue” by Nicholas Raymond Several months ago, I gathered in a room with a few dozen funders to imagine “the Philanthropia of our dreams.” Among two days’ worth of...
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Obamacare Lives to See Another Day (and other March Stories)
Digital Painting Caricature of Paul Ryan by David Lacasse | via Creative Commons The Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare, will live to see another day after the American Health Care...
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The Kids Are All Right? Lessons from Growing Up in Ireland
Photo by NEC Corporation of America with Creative Commons license Nowadays when we knock on the door of a child’s room to check in, we’re likely as not to see her staring at a screen. Is that a good...
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Ford Foundation Pledges $1 Billion Toward Impact (and other April stories)
“Variations on a windows theme,” near the Ford Foundation in New York City | Photo: O Palsson via Flikr (Creative Commons) Among major foundations, impact investment is gathering new steam. The Ford...
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The Createquity Arts Research Prize is Coming Soon
For the past few months, we’ve been hard at work sifting through arts research publications from 2016 to declare the winner of our inaugural Createquity Arts Research Prize. It’s been all hands on deck...
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Cultural Appropriation Controversies Boil Over (and other May stories)
“I am the walrus” by Steven Coutts | via Flickr (Creative Commons) A controversial editorial published by the Writers’ Union of Canada’s magazine Write has resulted in resignations from the author of...
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Welcome to New Createquity Team Members
Though Createquity remains a welterweight when it comes to overall budget size, our mighty team continues to grow. We’re excited to announce nine new advisors, managers, and associates who have been...
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Looking Down Under for Cross-Cultural Arts Marketing Insights
Seats – photo by flickr user Ryan Wiedmaier Build. Build. Build. So goes the unofficial mantra of arts marketers as arts organizations seek to maintain relevance in a changing society. Along with the...
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Agnes Gund Sells Art for Justice (and other June stories)
“Masterpiece,” by Roy Lichtenstein (1962). Photo by Lindsey Davis, via Creative Commons Art collector and patron Agnes Gund has sold the 1962 artwork “Masterpiece” by Roy Lichtenstein for $150 million...
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Come Feast on Some Knowledge With Us
Each year since 2013, Createquity has taken a moment to gather its globally dispersed editorial team all in one place for an intense session of planning, discussion, and camaraderie. The 2017...
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Createquity Announces Higher Education Resource Guide
Over the years, we’ve been fortunate to have a number of college and university faculty incorporate the work we do here at Createquity into their teaching practice. Given that part of our mission is to...
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