NCF, Interference Archive Showcase Art from the Contemporary Climate Justice Movement
A vast movement for climate justice continues to rise worldwide, directly challenging the powerful interests of those most responsible for the climate crisis, while working towards building a just and equitable response that ensures the health, safety and dignity of all people. At its center, the climate justice movement is driven by an understanding that …
Rise Up Initiative: Nourishing the Soul of Jewish Justice
For the past year, Claudia Horwitz, Shifra Bronznick, and I have been working together to discern how the Nathan Cummings Foundation can continue to strengthen Jewish movements for justice for the long-haul at a time of racial injustice, growing antisemitism, assaults on democracy, and growing global authoritarianism. The exploration is part of a larger body of work in …
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The Dominance of the White Male Critic
“It’s 2019 and we are in the middle of a renaissance in black artistic production. And you are telling me the best people to evaluate that are the same ones who basically ignored black artists for decades?” the art critic Antwaun Sargent tweeted in May. He was referring to reviews of this year’s Whitney Biennial, which will …
The State of Latino News Media
Click here to read a new report titled ‘The State of the Latino News Media’, developed by our partners at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York.
Why we need more diverse critics at film festivals
For decades, the critics who have covered this country’s major film festivals have looked like most of the people who make the films: white and male. This means that white men have been at the premieres, writing the all-important first reviews. They have defined the discourse, deciding which films matter and which films don’t, and …
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Pasado y Presente: Art after the Young Lords, an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Young Lords in New York and the continued power of Latinx Art and Activism
The Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) in partnership with the Loisaida Center, is pleased to announce the opening of Pasado y Presente: Art After the Young Lords, an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Young Lords Organization in New York. The show will be on view at the Nathan Cummings Foundation offices …
Faith Matters Network: Rooted in Resilience Mapping Project
“The Rooted in Resilience Mapping Project is an attempt to capture one view of the significant and expanding body of work being done to integrate personal and collective transformation, spiritual practice, and healing, within frameworks for social change. The question of how communities can best equip and ready themselves for both the challenges they face today, …
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2019 Sundance Film Festival: Amid Record High Submissions, Announcing New Hires, Talent Forum, Data-Driven Demographic Initiatives & Critic Stipends
“The Institute’s new Press Inclusion Initiative includes stipend grants to defray travel and lodging costs for over fifty freelance critics and journalists, with founding support from The Nathan Cummings Foundation , Emerson Collective, Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Netflix, Open Society Foundations, and Rotten Tomatoes . Ford Foundation, with additional support from The Nathan Cummings Foundation, Emerson Collective, the …
President’s Remarks: Radical Solidarity – Philanthropy’s Role in Showing Moral Courage
My friends, it’s good to be with you in Pittsburgh today. It is an honor to join you for this important gathering to talk about moral courage in the nonprofit sector. I couldn’t imagine a conversation I’d rather be having at this moment or another community I’d rather have it with. This community has been …
What We Learned from the State of Latinx Media Panel
Elizabeth Mendez Berry shared her experience as a music writer in the 2000s when music criticism was valued in the industry as well as beyond white readership. She has now pivoted to working in philanthropy, most recently for the Nathan Cummings Foundation and is an ardent cultural critic advocate. “Critical thinking is important for artistic practice …
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Teen Girls In Quinceañera Dresses Protest Texas Immigration Law
Teen girls celebrating their quinceañera are protesting on the steps of the Texas capitol Wednesday against a law allowing local police to question the immigration status of anyone they detain.
Jolt Texas’ We Are Texas Report
“We Are Texas is a study undertaken by Jolt Initiative in partnership with Ethnifacts and US-ness to better understand the values, issues, voting patterns and barriers to civic participation of one of the state’s largest and fastest growing demographic groups—young Latinos. Click here to read the full report.” Visit http://www.joltinitiative.org/research/ for more information.
William Barber Takes on Poverty and Race in the Age of Trump
After the success of the Moral Monday protests, the pastor is attempting to revive Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s final—and most radical—campaign.
Why Cultural Critics of Color Matter
The Black Panther dialectic, the MTV News experiment, Vibe, and The Source in their prime: these conversations and platforms show what’s possible when critics of color define the terms of the debate.