The Alliance of Artists Communities is a national organization that serves the field of artist residencies by hosting conferences and workshops, providing professional development opportunities to member organizations, and conducting research and data-gathering on trends in the field. The Alliance has developed a multi-pronged approach to identifying and expanding opportunities for people of color and people with disabilities in residency settings – both staff and participants. It provides direct support and mentoring to residency staff though fellowships, engages Board members and staff through education initiatives, curates a track of its annual conference dedicated to equity work, and advocates to members, funders, and other organizations about the importance and relevance of this work.
Alliance of Artists Communities – Diversity and Leadership initiatives
2019 Emerging Program Institute (St. Paul, MN) - Lisa Funderburke Hoffman presenting. Photo Credit: Jazz Castañeda
2019 Emerging Program Institute (St. Paul, MN) - Lisa Funderburke Hoffman presenting. Photo Credit: Jazz Castañeda
2019 Diversity + Leadership Fellows Retreat reception (St. Paul, MN). Photo Credit: Jazz Castañeda
2019 Alliance of Artists Communities Conference (St. Paul, MN) - Equitable Capacity Roundtable facilitated by Lisa Funderburke Hoffman.
2019 Alliance of Artists Communities Conference (St. Paul, MN) - Equitable Capacity Roundtable facilitated by Lisa Funderburke Hoffman.
2019 Alliance of Artists Communities Conference (St. Paul, MN) - Equitable Capacity Roundtable facilitated by Lisa Funderburke Hoffman.
"Lived Experience" panel at 2018 Alliance of Artists Communities Conference (Philadelphia, PA) - Panelists: Sharbreon Plummer, Andrea Chung and Pamela Carmen Council. Photo credit: Taylor Baldwin.
“The terrific range of project proposals we receive each year speaks to the mobile and porous disciplinary boundaries of contemporary art practice, and to the rich and inventive ways writers approach art today. They are alert to the urgent need to expand the conventions of art history and criticism with ideas from other discourses, such as black studies, transnational and diaspora studies, gender and women’s studies, and LGBT studies. The work of lesser known and overlooked artists and art communities continues to be mined, with writers articulating new ways to counter the striking imbalances of race, class and gender that continue to affect the arts and the culture industry.”