MacKenzie Scott Sends Millions to Arts Organizations in a $2 7 Billion Grant Give-Away artfixdaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from artfixdaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
MacKenzie Scott Just Gave Out $2.7 Billion in Grants, Including Millions to Some of America’s Most Progressive Arts Organizations
Souls Grown Deep, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and United States Artists were among the recipients of the major donation.
June 15, 2021
MacKenzie Bezos attends the SEAN PENN J/P HRO GALA: A Gala Dinner to Benefit J/P Haitian Relief Organization and a Coalition of Disaster Relief Organizations at Milk Studios on January 6, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Greg Doherty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images.
There’s a major new arts philanthropist on the scene.
MacKenzie Scott, a novelist who also happens to be the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced today that she has donated a staggering $2.7 billion to 286 organizations across the country including many affiliated with the arts, such as the Studio Museum in Harlem, the New England Foundation for the Arts, and United States Artists.
Four Boston Arts Organizations Receive No Strings Attached Donations From MacKenzie Scott wbur.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wbur.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Park Hill Orchard in Easthampton has hosted the popular “Art in the Orchard” exhibit, the outdoor installation of standing art, five times in the last 10 years and is set to do so again beginning in August.But that’s not all. This month, the orchard.
Jazz artists may apply for residency grants through South Arts organization
South Arts is now accepting applications for the second phase of its national jazz initiative: Jazz Road Creative Residencies. Through Jazz Road Creative Residencies, artists can apply for grants of $5,000 to $40,000 to develop their own personalized residency and further explore their art form. Applications are open through July 1, 2021.
“We are so excited to expand our programs for jazz musicians across the United States,” explained Sara Donnelly, program director with South Arts, “With a Jazz Road Creative Residencies grant, artists will have the flexibility to design and propose their own project, which can be anything from dedicated time writing new work to immersive engagement in a community or completing a new recording. We are putting the direction and power directly in the hands of the artists.”