by Gordon Haber | Apr 27, 2022 | Compendium, News
Sarah Burford in her studio. Photo: David Stuck The CANVAS community is growing! What began with a small group of funders concerned for the future of Jewish arts and culture has blossomed into a constellation of foundations and individual donors, grant partners, and...
by Lou Cove | Jan 12, 2022 | Compendium, News
We’re doubling down on arts networks, the key to the arts and culture ecosystem, with a new round of funding. This week we’ve announced a new round of Jewish arts & culture grantmaking: $195,000 to nine emerging arts networks in amounts ranging from $10,000 to...
by Lou Cove | Jul 28, 2021 | Compendium, News
Who would be crazy enough to launch a fund supporting Jewish arts and culture in March of 2020? To our own amazement, we did.It’s been barely a year since we made our first grants to Jewish arts and culture networks. Since then, CANVAS has committed more than $1.4...
by CANVAS Staff | Apr 4, 2021 | Compendium, News
At JFN’s 2021 conference, Hyperallergic Editor Hrag Vartanian asked Jewish funders: Why invest in Jewish arts and culture? Passover comments from the audience illustrated by the New Yorker’s Liana Finck. See the drawings and watch the video.
by Gordon Haber | Apr 4, 2021 | Compendium, News
We are pleased to share with you this gorgeous companion to Dwelling in a Time of Plagues, a Jewish creative response to the real-world plagues of our time. This coast-to-coast offline/online exhibition involves dozens of museums, public...
by Gordon Haber | Apr 1, 2021 | News
Meet the artists and authors behind “Dwelling in a Time of Plagues,” a project launched by CANVAS, in partnership with Asylum Arts, the Council for American Jewish Museums, the Jewish Book Council, LABA, and Reboot. The program features short talks by the...