CANVAS Year Two: Moving Forward, Looking Back
This is the time of year when we share what we at CANVAS have been up to. It’s our annual peek behind the curtain to help explain our grantmaking and field-building efforts for the Jewish arts and culture world. It is also a chance to share how we've grown.
“The power of building community” — Welcome C.O.O. Sarah Burford
The CANVAS community is growing! We are excited to welcome one more creative professional: Our new Chief Operating Officer, Sarah Burford.
CANVAS Invests Additional $195,000 in Creative Communities
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 ...
First Year, First Impressions
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 ...
Why Fund Jewish Arts and Culture?
At JFN's 2021 conference, Hyperallergic Editor Hrag Vartanian asked Jewish funders: Why invest in Jewish arts and culture? Passover ...
Download Your “Dwelling” Companion Book
We are pleased to share with you this gorgeous companion to Dwelling in a Time of Plagues, a Jewish creative ...
Watch the ‘Dwelling in a Time of Plagues: Passover’ Opening Event
Meet the artists and authors behind "Dwelling in a Time of Plagues," a project launched by CANVAS, in partnership with Asylum Arts, ...
Introducing the CANVAS Compendium
CANVAS works to achieve a 21st-century Jewish cultural renaissance through grantmaking, advocacy, and education. The brand-new CANVAS ...
Cartoonist Liana Finck and the Art & Culture of Funding Jewish Art & Culture
At a session of the Jewish Funders Network's 2021 International Conference, Hyperallergic Editor Hrag Vartanian facilitated a ...
‘Dwelling in a Time of Plagues’ is Back for Passover
When we observe Passover later this month at the traditional seder meal, we will recite the 10 Plagues that God is said to have ...
A Tour of “Dwelling in a Time of Plagues”
https://youtu.be/nl86kZtMzIk Tour the coast-to-coast exhibition "Dwelling in a Time of Plagues" with the artists and museum ...
The Story Behind the CANVAS Logo
When I (Ella) was asked to design the logo for CANVAS it was explained to me that this new funding collaboration would target the ...
Virtual Tour of ‘Shelter in Place’ and Artist Talk with Adam W. McKinney
https://vimeo.com/470262185 "Shelter in Place," at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, is a collaboration ...
Virtual Tour of ‘Clamor in the Desert’
Just because you're nowhere near Tucson doesn't mean you can't see Mirta Kupferminc's "Clamor in the Desert," one of three Dwelling in ...
It’s Not Too Late To Check Out ‘Dwelling in a Time of Plagues’
While the holiday of Sukkot has ended, “Dwelling in a Time of Plagues,” the national constellation of outdoor art installations ...
Dwelling in a Time of Plagues
We're thrilled to announce "Dwelling in a Time of Plagues," a celebration of life, art, and community during a pandemic year that has ...
Comedy and Catharsis in a Time of Crisis: A CANVAS Conversation
Thursday, September 10, 2020, 1:30pm – 3:00pm EDT This is the second program in the CANVAS Conversations series, "Why We ...
WATCH: A CANVAS Conversation with Nathan Englander, Marra Gad and Rachel Kadish
https://youtu.be/7dLTaWCJ3iM A rare and intimate conversation/reading with three major Jewish authors — Nathan Englander, Marra B. ...
Supporting Artists in This Moment Is Not a Luxury
Rebecca Guber, director and founder of CANVAS grantee Asylum Arts recently published this important op-ed in The New York Jewish Week: "I don’t typically cry at work. But last week, the tears flowed. I’ve read thousands of grant proposals in my career.
Amid Pandemic Challenges, Jewish Creatives Get Boost from New Arts Funding Collaborative
At a time when arts organizations and artists are reeling from the financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new Jewish initiative ...
Why Artists Are Essential Workers — And How We Can Help Them
Writing in The Forward, CANVAS Founder Lou Cove discusses the unique challenges Jewish artists are facing during the COVID-19 epidemic ...
Video: Jewish Arts & Artists in a Time of COVID-19
https://youtu.be/ITNE0_wuz94 CANVAS webinar on April 2, 2020. In a prolonged moment of social distancing and sheltering in ...
CANVAS 2020/2021 Network Grants
The first grant cycle for CANVAS is dedicated to supporting networks of Jewish artists and/or arts organizations. Who We ...