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LINC’s Executive Director Presents at Dynamic Adaptability Conference

LINC joined over 700 artists at the Dynamic Adaptability Conference in San Francisco, January 28, 2010.  Read Judilee Reed's remarks on Bay Area Artists and the Economic Recession here.  

OPEN CALL FOR ENTRIES: 2010 METLIFE FOUNDATION INNOVATIVE SPACE AWARDS

Leveraging Investments in Creativity, in collaboration with MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning, and supported by a funding partnership of the MetLife Foundation and the Ford Foundation, announces an open call for entries to the 2010 MetLife Foundation Innovative Space Awards,  a grant-making program of Space for Change: Building Community through Innovative Spaces.

New Study Explores Native Artists' Careers, Challenges, Impact on Art Worlds and Communities

 

LINC Announces Recipients of the 2009 MetLife Innovative Space Awards

 

Grand Prize distinction has been awarded to the International Sonoran Desert Alliance in Arizona for their work to create The Curley School, a model of community-engaged artist space development that has generated cultural equity, sustained historical memory, and a reinvigorated local economy. Additionally, five organizations spanning from Lexington, KY to Los Angeles, CA have received Honorable Mention for their outstanding work to connect artists with opportunities to deepen their creative practice, create new work, and foster community through the process of artmaking.

New NEA Report: 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts

"The 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA) marks the sixth National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) survey of arts participation in the past 26 years, updating results from 2002. Performed by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the 2008 SPPA collected arts participation data and other information from more than 18,000 adults (18 and above) across the United States."

 

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"A Survey Shows Pain of Recession for Artists" - New York Times

“A major new survey of American artists and how they are weathering the economic downturn has found that slightly more than half experienced a drop in income from 2008 to 2009…"

Click here to view the full New York Times article.

Read Selected Findings from the Artists and the Economic Recession Survey

How are artists in the United States being impacted and managing in the current economic climate? Click here to read Selected Findings from the Artists and the Economic Recession Survey.

2010 EDGE Program for Seattle Area Writers

Applications are now available for the 2010 EDGE Program for Writers, which will take place from February 12 to March 26, 2010. To apply, download and fill in the complete guidelines and application here.