Arts

 

Overview

Mission

The mission of the Arts Program is to support artists with the creation and public performance of their work.

 
 

About Doris Duke and the Arts

In her will, Doris Duke expressed her interest in assisting “actors, dancers, singers, musicians and other artists of the entertainment world in fulfilling their ambitions and providing opportunities for the public presentation of their arts and talents.” Given this guidance and Doris Duke’s interests during her life, the foundation focuses its support on contemporary dance, jazz and theatre artists, and the organizations that nurture, present and produce them.

 

 
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Building Demand for the Arts: Exploration Grant Guidelines and FAQ

Posted March 25, 2013
Building Demand for the Arts: Exploration Grants Guidelines (393 KB PDF)


Building Demand for the Arts FAQ (334 KB PDF)

 

Program News

April 29, 2013
2013 Doris Duke Artist Awards Announced:
Press Release (53 KB PDF) 

April 9, 2013
DDCF Awards Grants to Build Demand for the Arts:
Press Release (33 KB PDF)  

April 19, 2012
DDCF Announces First Class of Doris Duke Artists:
Press Release (87 KB PDF)

Meet the Inaugural Class of Doris Duke Artists:
Bios (111 KB PDF)

October 20, 2011
DDCF Announces $50 Million Initiative to Support Performing Artists:
Press Release (92.2 KB PDF)

Doris Duke Performing Artists Initiative Fact Sheet:
Fact Sheet (97.1 KB PDF)
Revised 3/21/12

 

Evaluation

May 2011
DDCF contracted with WolfBrown to evaluate the DDCF-funded Creative Campus Innovations Program: Evaluation (588 KB PDF)

 

Resources

DDCF-commissoned working paper by Alan Brown:
Building Demand for the Performing Arts
November 13, 2012

National Conversations with the Jazz Field
From Chamber Musica America
November 21, 2012

DDCF Arts Program's approach for adding core operating support and restructuring endowments:
Overview & Background
June 4, 2009