LINC
2015-present (10 years)
LINC has been a valued resource and partner throughout my tenure at the Ford Foundation. Planning for LINC was underway when I arrived here in 2002, and it's been my great fortune and pleasure to be a part and supporter of LINC's arc of work-from its early investments in the Creative Communities and health care reform to the Artography and Space for Change programs. Throughout LINC's history, it has embodied certain key values. The most important of these has been its commitment to cultural diversity. LINC's work has contributed in important ways to our understanding of how changing demographics are changing the aesthetic practices of artists and communities. Its partner list is one of the most diverse imaginable-from the International Sonoran Desert Alliance to Elizabeth Streb, from Urban Bush Women to PA'I Foundation in Hawaii to Casita Maria in the Bronx. This is one of the reasons we turned to LINC when we were developing our ideas for a new initiative focused on changing aestheticSee more
