The Phillips CollectionCenter for the Study of Modern Art Phillips Book Prize

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2008 Prize Winner Terri Weissman during her book talk at the Center.
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The Phillips CollectionCenter for the Study of Modern Art
Phillips Book Prize
Application deadline extended: April 15, 2012 The Phillips Collection
Center for the Study of Modern Art
1600 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20009

T 202-387-2151 www.phillipscollection.org/research

ABOUT THE PRIZE
The Center offers an annual prize for an unpublished manuscript presenting new research in modern or contemporary art from 1780 to the present. Preference is given to applicants whose research focuses on subjects related to the Phillips’s areas of collecting. The winning author receives 5,000 USD, and his or her manuscript will be published by the University of California Press as part of a series of first books sponsored by the Center. Scholars who received their PhDs within the past five years are strongly encouraged to apply. Continue reading →

Press Release: ONN Responds to Drummond Report; Third Sector Important Solution to Public Service Delivery Reforms

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Thursday February 16, 2012

PRESS RELEASE

The Ontario Nonprofit Network Responds to Drummond Report – 
Third Sector Important Solution to Public Service Delivery Reforms

On February 15, 2012, the Drummond Commission released its 362 recommendations to the Ontario Government on how to restructure and reinvent the delivery of provincial government programs and services. Many of the recommendations will require vital dialogue on the kind of public services Ontarians receive, and the manner in which services are delivered.

The Ontario Nonprofit Network (ONN), a nonpartisan convenor of sector voices, communication broker and co-ordinator for nonprofits in Ontario, recognizes the fiscal pressures that led to the Commission’s launch in last year’s provincial government budget. “The Report opens the door for a new era of partnerships between the provincial government and the third sector to help transform the current public benefit delivery system for those who need it most,” said Jini Stolk, ONN Co-Chair. “This sector, as stewards of community social and economic well-being, is the driver of innovative solutions, and we expect to be a prominent part of the transformative work ahead,” added Tonya Surman, ONN Co-Chair.
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