May 26, 2022 Guild News Membership in the Portal We are grateful to our members for continuing to support and connect with us during this journey. While we’re in the Portal, we will add a 6 month extension to all memberships with start dates of January 1, 2022 and later...
May 19, 2022 Guild News Why a "Portal"? Last week we announced our plans to slow down, learn how we can better support you, and put our values and principles into practice by entering what we're calling a Portal of transformation. Why a "Portal", you ask?
May 03, 2022 Guild News Announcing the Portal The tradition of science fiction and speculative fiction tells us that it takes time and space to imagine and dream up a world before you can build it. And that work, in itself, is radical and profound. We’re dreaming up a way of getting where we want to go.
July 30, 2021 Guild News Racial Equity Journey: What we're reading in July 2021 As part of our ongoing racial equity journey, Guild staff is unpacking our own white supremacy behaviors in monthly meetings about anti-racism. We're currently poring through whitesupremacyculture.info— resources to understand, resist, and dismantle white supremacy culture.
June 29, 2021 Member News Guest Post from Pro Bono ASL: Art, Culture, Accessibility, and Accountability In order for Educators in creative spaces to be fully inclusive in their craft, access must be made a priority, not an afterthought. Without access for ALL, the excellence of Arts and Culture will continue to fall flat.
June 04, 2021 Field News Arts Education Council’s Response to Recent AFTA News + Upcoming National Town Hall The Arts Education Council speaks on AFTA’s lack of transparency in their failure to disclose findings from their recent investigation, and their lack of field engagement since the council issued a call for accountability and list of demands to AFTA in December 2020.
June 02, 2021 Guild News Expansion & Restructuring of the Guild’s Executive Leadership Team We have expanded the executive leadership team to include the position of Deputy Director of Equity and Human Development, and we have removed the word “Chief” from executive leadership titles.
May 27, 2021 Field News Robert L. Lynch retires from AFTA leadership amid accusations of hostile workplace, racial inequity After 5 months of the field calling for Robert L. Lynch to be removed from his position as C.E.O. of AFTA, he will now retire. The findings of investigations into issues of racial inequity and a hostile work environment under his leadership have not been disclosed.
April 21, 2021 Guild News Update on solidarity with AFTA's Arts Education Council Update on the Guild's meeting with Americans For The Arts (AFTA)'s board leadership, and actions we are taking in solidarity with the Arts Education Council and with people of color in our field and in our communities. We encourage other organizations to take these steps as they apply to you.