ARTS SPOTLIGHT

The inaugural sculptural bike rack, “Tours de Cincy” designed by artists Pam Kravetz, Carla Lamb, and Karen Saunders.

The installation launched Cincinnati’s Queen City Art Racks, a new initiative developed by ArtWorks.

The project brings artist-designed, functional bike racks to public spaces across Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

Queen City Art Racks supports ArtWorks’ mission of creating public art projects and employing professional artists.  The project was funded in part by the NLT Foundation.

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: CBS Evening News

A program in Boston his helping inner city kids learn about art and humanity. CBS Evening News correspondent Michelle Miller reports on Artists for Humanity and how it has encouraged thousands of art entrepreneurs.

To watch the report, click here.

Featuring Artists for Humanity, a grantee of the Clipper Ship Foundation, the Foley Hoag Foundation and the Schrafft Charitable Trust.

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe profiles the “More than a Number” exhibit taking place at the American Textile History Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts. Produced by Light of Cambodian Children, the exhibit highlights the experiences of Cambodian refugees who entered the United States between 1979 and 1985. Lowell has the second-largest Cambodian American population in the United States after Long Beach, California.

To read the article, click here.

Featuring Light of Cambodian Children, a grantee of the Theodore Edson Parker Foundation.