Advancing Well-Being in the Arts

What we're doing

Arts organizations founded by, with, and for communities of color play critical roles in their communities. Despite this, they have long been overlooked and underfunded. The Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative seeks to support such organizations in three ways:

Supporting 18 relatively large organizations around the country to advance their organizational well-being. The organizations span visual and performing arts, media arts, and community-based organizations focused on artistic practice.
Funding intermediary organizations to help them support arts organizations founded by, with, and for communities of color.
Supporting research projects proposed by arts service organizations rooted in communities of color.

What we're learning

There are two categories of studies currently underway:

Documentation of the work of the 18 relatively large arts organizations of color. Research fellows paired with the 18 organizations are documenting how these organizations define their well-being, how they work towards it, and how it relates to their communities.
Research studies proposed by arts service organizations rooted in communities of color. These studies explore concerns arts service organizations believe are relevant to their well-being and that of their communities.

Click here to learn more about research commissioned for the initiative and how you can participate.