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Like never before, this region is demanding diverse
cultural experiences. The response of the Multicultural
Arts Initiative is to connect arts consumers with a
variety of quality multicultural arts offerings.
MCAI has four strategic goals:
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Institute an organizational and financial infrastructure, which allow for achievement of the mission.
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Increase the quality of culturally diverse programming.
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Strengthen African American arts organizations and infrastructures to support individual artists, providing increased calue benefiting the primary customer (consumers of the African American and culturally diverse arts programming.)
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Increase awareness and visibility of culturally diverse arts in the region.
Accomplishments Include:
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Strategic Alliances: MCAI partnered with
the Pittsburgh Urban League to support a platform
for local African American arts and cultural programming
during the 2003 National Urban League Conference,
hosted by the local chapter.
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Capacity Building: Designed and implemented
a tailored technical assistance program (TAP) to
provide strategic organizational development and
artistic advancement opportunities for selected
African American arts organizations.
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Strategic Grantmaking: Targeted grantmaking
to support projects bringing nationally and internationally
renown African American artists to Pittsburgh region audiences, e.g. Denyce Graves
in Concert, presented by the Links, Inc. Pittsburgh Chapter; Africa: One Continent
Many Worlds, presented by the Carnegie Museums of Natural History; Ron K. Brown’s
Evidence presented by the Pittsburgh Dance Council; and the African American
Dance Showcase, presented by the African American Cultural Center during the
National Performing Arts Convention in Pittsburgh.
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Grantmaking History: Since 1991, the Multicultural
Arts Initiative has awarded close to $5 million
and over 400 grants to arts organizations, individual
artists and community-based organizations—Grants.
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