To Enhance and Advance the Power of Gatherings
https://youtu.be/NwbLounelUw Majestic Collaboration’s co-founders Matthew Ché Kowal and Molly North recently hosted the panel “What is Resilience?” as a part of the incredible Amplify Music Digital Conference. Amy Schwartzman, independent consultant, and Mollie Quinlin Hayes, deputy director of South Arts joined the discussion. Thank you so much to Dr. Gigi Johnson of UCLA [...]
1. Health Care 2. Teachers 3. The Arts (music, movies, etc.) 4. Walking and Biking Safely in the Street Speaking of walking and biking safely...Right now, many communities throughout the world have begun to open sections of their street network for car-free transportation and recreation. Little by little, residents are starting to see and feel [...]
A couple weeks ago around Thanksgiving, Matthew Ché Kowal got inspired and wrote a song called "The Ballad of Mary Valdez" in tribute to his mentor and friend, who he's fondly named Mother Mary. "There are every day heroes about whom you won’t hear a lot of fuss down by the river mother Mary’s been [...]
Our founder Matthew Ché Kowal spoke to Gigi Johnson in last month's Innovating Music Podcast about his expertise in running festivals focusing on sustainability into work focused on mass gatherings. Among other challenges in Denver, Matthew focused on answering these two important questions: What can emergency workers learn from music festivals? What can festivals do to help heal [...]
Thank you Rachel Onuf, Amy Cunningham, and Michele Bailey for inviting Matthew Ché Kowal to share our Art of Mass Gatherings with the Vermont Arts & Culture Disaster and Resilience Network on September 10, 2019. We are extremely grateful for your supportive community and the example you are setting on the east coast. In addition, [...]
A national network of private, public, and corporate arts funders, Grantmakers in the Arts supports the growth of the arts and culture by providing leadership and service to amplify and appropriately apply philanthropic and governmental resources. The only national association of its kind, GIA includes “independent and family foundations, public agencies, community foundations, corporate philanthropies, [...]
