IF ‘Connects Beyond the Page’

May 4, 2018 / Natalie Hopkinson / Blog

IF participated in the inaugural “Connect Beyond the Page” festival in Asheville, North Carolina April 20-22, which featured writers, musicians, filmmakers, television creatives who explored how the arts, storytelling and activism can bring people together. This festival was the brainchild of cultural entrepreneur Jessica Tomasin, who is active in the Asheville arts and community development … Read more »

IF Fellow Delivers “Republic Lecture” on Art & Citizenship in Georgetown, Guyana

March 8, 2018 / Natalie Hopkinson / Blog, Education, Public Discussion Blog

IF Fellow Dr. Natalie Hopkinson was invited to deliver the Republic Lecture by the government of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana on Feb. 22, 2018 on the role of the creative arts in citizenship. She was also invited to launch her new book, “A Mouth is Always Muzzled: Six Dissidents, Five Continents and the Art … Read more »

New Book Spins Off IF Arts Policy Project

May 1, 2017 / Natalie Hopkinson / Blog, Education, Public Discussion Blog

IF Fellow Natalie Hopkinson’s new book is now available on Amazon for preorder. The book, A Mouth is Always Muzzled, first originated in 2012 as a public policy discussion project with IF. The original discussion guide remains available as a free download. The book, published by the New York-based The New Press, builds on some of … Read more »

IF LIVE: “Making of a Murderer” 2/23

January 12, 2016 / Natalie Hopkinson / Blog, Public Discussion Blog

Noon-1 p.m. EST 2/23/2015 IF fellows and staff are obsessed with the new viral Netflix series, “Making of a Murderer.” The 10-part documentary series looks at the case of a Wisconsin man who spent 18 years in jail for a rape that he did not commit. Steven Avery was exonerated in 2003 by DNA evidence, … Read more »

The White House, Open Society Foundations Featured at IF Philanthropy Roundtable

October 5, 2015 / Natalie Hopkinson / Blog

On March 11, 2009, President Obama signed an Executive Order creating the White House Council on Women and Girls. The council’s purpose, President Obama said, is “to ensure that in America, all things are still possible for all people.” Members of the council are traveling around the country to canvas stakeholders in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors … Read more »

IF Talks and the Baltimore Uprisings

June 22, 2015 / Natalie Hopkinson / Blog

– Natalie Hopkinson The newly renovated grounds of the campus of the old St. Elizabeth’s hospital in Washington, D.C. was packed with residents who came to explore the policy opportunities that have surfaced in the wake of several urban uprisings around the country during a #BlackMomsMatter conversation. Demonstrations against police brutality 40 miles away in Baltimore … Read more »

IF Talks Back to the Baltimore Uprisings

June 8, 2015 / Natalie Hopkinson / Blog, Public Discussion Blog

More than one hundred people packed the newly renovated grounds of the campus of the old St. Elizabeth’s hospital in Washington, D.C. to explore the policy opportunities that have surfaced in the wake of several urban uprisings around the country. The #BlackMomsMatter conversation cast a critical eye on the discourse around a mother of six whose viral video … Read more »

POP-UP: Seven artists, seven policies, seven inspirations for the future of art

January 20, 2015 / Natalie Hopkinson / Blog

In late 2014, Interactivity Foundation Fellow Natalie Hopkinson signed a publishing contract with The New Press, the well-regarded nonprofit publisher (tagline: Publishing in the Public Interest), for a book about art and social change. After reading her IF project, The Future of the Arts & Society, a New Press editor approached Hopkinson about developing a … Read more »

Bring it to the Table

December 9, 2014 / Natalie Hopkinson / Blog

“Bring it to the Table” is a great new documentary film making its rounds that very much speaks to IF’s mission. (Tag line: “When it comes to democracy, discourse is the best course.”) Years ago, filmmaker Julie Winokur’s teenage son chided her for being intolerant of people who did not share her political beliefs. That inspired … Read more »

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