Supporting Black Leaders + Wellness

In addition to our core programs, we are continually piloting new initiatives and facilitating strategic partnerships at the intersection of arts and activism, with a particular focus on supporting Black leadership and wellness in the arts. Our current initiatives include:

Fiscal sponsorship

We are providing direct fiscal sponsorship to several Black artists whose work we believe has profound cultural and aesthetic resonance.

Program Partnership

We are providing strategic support to several Black leaders who are striving to create their own programs and spaces to serve Black artists and activists.

Individualized Support

We are engaged in groundbreaking efforts to support Black executive leaders and interrupt the “revolving door” phenomenon of Black leaders at predominantly white institutions leaving their positions soon after being appointed. The pilot program supports Tarell Alvin McCraney, Artistic Director, Geffen Playhouse.

Thank You to Our Supporters

artEquity provides tools, resources, and programming at the intersection of art and activism. Our work is made possible in part by the California Arts Council, the Distracted Globe Foundation, The Dramatists Guild Fund, The Ford Foundation, the Getty Foundation, Barbara and Amos Hostetter, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Lark Legacy Fund, the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, The New York Community Trust, the Shubert Foundation, Venturous Theatre Fund of the Tides Foundation, and a growing community of individuals and organizations across the globe.

Supporting Black Leaders + Wellness