Small Ship, Big Sails: Asset-based Storytelling
Dear Friends, We’re here. The end of 2019 is upon us. While we at Red Olive are working with almost 15 groups across the country to tell their organization’s story
When Going Gets Tough: Managing Barriers to Local Arts Patronage
I’ve been thinking about DéLana’s most recent monthly letter, in which she describes using a local arts calendar to find distraction and comfort in the weeks following her father’s death.
Finding Solice in Local
Dear Friends, Last September, when my father died, I had been in South Carolina for two months and stayed for a third month to be with my mother and continue
A New Model for Supporting Black, Artist-Led Organizations
In late-August, Red Olive began a pilot program with the South Carolina Arts Commission and three South Carolina-based Black art organizations: Gullah Traveling Theater, Speaking Down Barriers, and The Watering Hole. In addition to receiving a one-time general operating support grant, these Black artist-led arts organizations will work with Red Olive to develop fundraising best-practices and to increase their organizational capacity and stability. We’re thrilled about this innovative partnership and the opportunity to test ways to better support small, Black artist-led organizations in the compounding challenges they face.
Support the Generational Power of Black Cultural Spaces
DEAR FRIENDS, I finally made it to witness the Toni Morrison documentary The Pieces I Am this month while visiting Pittsburgh, PA. By the time I saw it, she was gone from
The Myth of the Artsy Side Of Town
My current home-place, Columbia, South Carolina, like many other cities, has a downtown where many of its arts institutions are concentrated. Off-hand, I can count five museums, a major university,
