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Foundation announces $9.7 million in awards, projects
For Immediate Release
Contact: Cassandra Stalzer, 907-334-0520
Anchorage – Rasmuson Foundation’s board of directors met last week and made $9.7 million in awards to support nonprofit activities and continue Foundation initiatives aimed at strengthening the nonprofit sector and Alaska communities. The projects receiving funding were (organized by region):
Anchorage
Affinityfilms, Inc.,
Four AK arts groups win national “creative placemaking” grants
For Immediate Release
Contact: Tim Halbur, ArtPlace, 415-948-1398
Chicago, IL – A sweeping initiative to promote Native Arts and connect artists with venues for showcasing and selling their art work will soon launch in Anchorage, thanks to a significant grant from ArtPlace announced today.
Creative placemaking – where arts and economy mix
In January, ArtPlace announced that seven Alaska organizations were among the finalists for $15 million in creative placemaking grants. Recently, National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman addressed a group of foundations about how the idea of creative placemaking evolved into ArtPlace, a new, national initiative to revitalize communities through the arts. We share Landesman's remarks in today's post.The arts as economic driver
Artists and the arts can be – and in many places, already are – central to economic development. That’s the fundamental concept behind ArtPlace, a nationwide initiative to revitalize communities through a new investment model. Read more in this week's post.Media Mentions
- Northrim BanCorp, Inc. Appoints Marilyn F. Romano to its Board of Directors | Insider Tracking January 31
- Small Business - The Stanly News & Press | The Stanly News & Press January 31
- Writer Ernestine Shaankaláx̱t’ Hayes awarded $50,000 from United States Artists fellowship January 31
- An innovative program helps Anchorage residents find a path out of homelessness January 30