The Wise Fool Art Podcast

The Wise Fool Art Podcast


Executive Director of the Arts Council of Wilmington/New Hanover County, Rhonda Bellamy (Wilmington, NC, USA)

October 20, 2020

- Wilmington massacre of 1898 - https://time.com/5861644/1898-wilmington-massacre-essential-lesson-state-violence/
- The belated racial reckoning of 2020
- The need to invest in early childhood arts education
- The problems with reactionary or token arts support
- Flawed Philanthropy
- The begging nature of the arts
- Arts funding and the need to show a return on investment (ROI)
- Arts and Economic Prosperity 5 Report (AEP5) - https://www.americansforthearts.org/by-program/reports-and-data/research-studies-publications/arts-economic-prosperity-5
- The Covid-19 effects on arts grants
- The importance of a good board (as a Non-profit)
- The benefits of an email newsletter
- Racism is not something to 'move past' but something to change

People + Places Mentioned:
Samm-Art Williams - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samm-Art_Williams
Grenoldo Frazier - https://www.starnewsonline.com/news/20181230/celebrated-wilmington-pianist-grenoldo-frazier-dies
Alicia Alexander
Black Arts Alliance - http://www.blackartsalliance.org/
The North Carolina Black Film Festival - http://www.blackartsalliance.org/
Arts NC - https://artsnc.org/
Landfall Foundation - https://www.landfallfoundation.org/
Americans for the Arts - https://www.americansforthearts.org/
Brooklyn Arts Center - https://www.brooklynartsnc.com/

https://artscouncilofwilmington.org/