Arts & International Affairs Volume 5, Number 1, Summer 2020 | Page 8

EQUITABLE GRANTMAKING IN PRACTICE:
ARTISTS AS THE GENESIS OF AN INCLUSIVE
CREATIVE ECOLOGY
GARGI SHINDÉ
Chamber Music America
ARTS & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS • 5.1 • SUMMER 2020
Gargi Shindé is Program Director for Jazz at Chamber Music America.
She leads three programs distributing over $3.1 million in support for creation,
presentation, touring, and ensemble development in the field of jazz.
She recently launched CMA’s Performance Plus program, supporting women
bandleaders by creating apprenticeship opportunities with veteran jazz
icons. She is a contributor to “RE-Tool: Racial Equity in the Panel Process,”
a resource to achieve racial equity in the grants review and selection process of
artists and arts organizations. Gargi has over a decade of experience in arts
education, program curation, and artist development. She has lectured on
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