Author posts
Art will never die. So why does it need philanthropy?
We wouldn't want to live without it, so how can we create art that's durable?
May 03, 2020
Creative process: Are you in a period of ‘woodshedding’?
It's normal if you're not productive in your creativity all the time. Even the greats took breaks.
April 29, 2020
Why American history lives between the cracks
The stories we tell define history. So who gets the mic in America?
November 19, 2018
Education doesn’t happen on paper. It happens between people.
What makes an excellent educator?
October 21, 2018
Elizabeth Alexander
Elizabeth Alexander – poet, educator, memoirist, scholar, and arts activist – is president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the nation's largest funder in arts and culture, and humanities in higher education. Dr. Alexander has held distinguished professorships at Smith College, Columbia University, and Yale University, where she taught for 15 years and chaired the African American Studies Department.
