Christine J. Vincent
is Project Director, Artist-Endowed Foundations Initiative/AEFI, The Aspen Institute, and served formerly as Deputy Director for Media, Arts and Culture at the Ford Foundation and as President, Maine College of Art.
Artist-Endowed Foundations: Mapping the Field
By Christine J. VincentArtist-endowed foundations (“AEFs”) are increasing in number due to the convergence of three factors—demographic trends in the artist population, the continuing rise in the global art market, and artists’ desires to provide for their creative works and philanthropic interests in the long-term.
ADVERTISEMENTS