Exploring Ways to be Antiracist: Strategies for Grantmakers
Starting with high level goals and strategies can strengthen your approach to becoming an antiracist organization. Join Lydia Boss and Luther Hughes, Program Managers at Artist Trust, in a conversation about creating and implementing strategies for enhancing equitable practices in grantmaking. Founded in 1986, Artist Trust is working toward becoming an antiracist organization and collaborating with artists of color to better support artists across Washington State through grants, resources, events, and professional development.Regardless of your organization type or who you fund, increasing your awareness of equitable practices is essential. Sign up for this webinar and explore:
How to remove barriers for your applicants and panelists
How metrics and data can support your work toward more equitable grantmaking
How to work with your community and create future goals through a racial equity lens
Time for Q&A
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Lydia Boss is a Seattle-based artist with a diverse professional background rooted in teaching, curating, and creative programming. Her studio practice includes glass, photography, collage, and new media. Lydia has exhibited her work internationally and was recently named the recipient of the 2019 John and Mary Shirley Scholarship award from Pratt Fine Arts Center. Currently working as a Program Manager at Artist Trust, reach out to Lydia about grants, professional development, and program partnerships.
Born and raised Seattle, Luther Hughes is the author of *A Shiver in the Leaves* (BOA Editions, 2022) and the chapbook *Touched* (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2018). He is the founder of Shade Literary Arts, a literary arts organization for queer writers of color, and co-hosts The Poet Salon podcast. His work has been published in *Poetry, The Seattle Times, Paris Review, The Rumpus,* and others. He is the recipient of the 2020 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship and the 2020 92Y Discovery Poetry Prize. Luther received his MFA from Washington University in St. Louis.
Rachel Mindell is Special Projects Editor at Submittable. One of the highlights of her job is talking with social impact leaders about their work and learning more about how technology can help accelerate positive change.
Hosted By:
Lydia Boss is a Seattle-based artist with a diverse professional background rooted in teaching, curating, and creative programming. Her studio practice includes glass, photography, collage, and new media. Lydia has exhibited her work internationally and was recently named the recipient of the 2019 John and Mary Shirley Scholarship award from Pratt Fine Arts Center. Currently working as a Program Manager at Artist Trust, reach out to Lydia about grants, professional development, and program partnerships.
Born and raised Seattle, Luther Hughes is the author of *A Shiver in the Leaves* (BOA Editions, 2022) and the chapbook *Touched* (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2018). He is the founder of Shade Literary Arts, a literary arts organization for queer writers of color, and co-hosts The Poet Salon podcast. His work has been published in *Poetry, The Seattle Times, Paris Review, The Rumpus,* and others. He is the recipient of the 2020 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship and the 2020 92Y Discovery Poetry Prize. Luther received his MFA from Washington University in St. Louis.
Rachel Mindell is Special Projects Editor at Submittable. One of the highlights of her job is talking with social impact leaders about their work and learning more about how technology can help accelerate positive change.
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