BROOKLYN ARTS LEADERSHIP COLLABORATIVE: A NEW PROGRAM TO SUPPORT BIPOC-LED ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
The Brooklyn Museum and the Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation’s Social Justice Fund Launch the Brooklyn Arts Leadership Collaborative. The Collaborative aims to boost Brooklyn’s arts and culture ecosystem by supporting programs and leadership development in eight BIPOC-led organizations.
The Brooklyn Museum and the Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation’s Social Justice Fund announced a new ten-month program, the Brooklyn Arts Leadership Collaborative, to support the leaders of eight small and midsize BIPOC-led arts organizations in Brooklyn.
The eight organizations are: ARTE (Art Resistance Through Education); Black Girls Sew; Brooklyn United Music and Arts Program; Kyoung’s Pacific Beat; ¡Oye!; Black Trans Femme Artist Collective; Rooted Theater Company; and Redhawk Council.
Leaders of Brooklyn nonprofits have long struggled to sustain their organizations due to a lack of investment in the sector. BIPOC-led nonprofits in particular have operated at the margins of sustainability, and some have ceased operations due to economic hardship. A 2021 study showed that only fifty of the more than four thousand arts organizations in Brooklyn were BIPOC-led. The pandemic exacerbated the issue and has continued to widen this gap.
The Collaborative, which kicks off in October 2023, will provide critical support to the inaugural cohort of arts organization leaders, including holistic leadership development and assistance in building programs to achieve their social equity goals. Each organization will receive a grant of $25,000 from SJF.
The selection process prioritized organizations with operating budgets of $500,000 or less. It also considered each organization’s community impact efforts in Brooklyn, commitment to advancing social justice through arts and culture, emphasis on local BIPOC communities, and community representation among its leadership.
The cohort will be led by Robyne Walker Murphy, a veteran educator and administrator in the field of art and social justice. Murphy was previously Executive Director at Groundswell, a social justice–oriented youth development program, and held key leadership positions at the Billie Holiday Theatre, Cool Culture, and DreamYard Project. She has also consulted for the Ford Foundation, Cricket Island Foundation, and Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation.
Murphy will design and facilitate the Collaborative based on the cohort’s needs and priorities. Along with workshops addressing the challenges disproportionately faced by BIPOC leaders, covering topics such as strategic planning, fundraising, financial management, program development, and board governance, the Collaborative will go beyond traditional training with sessions dedicated to health and wellness practices. Participants will also discuss best practices for building support for diversity and inclusion initiatives and social action priorities across Brooklyn’s cultural sector.
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