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Brion Gill is the executive director of The Baltimore Pennsylvania Avenue Black Arts & Entertainment District, which is behind the upcoming Black Artist Fair. (Phil Davis/Baltimore Sun/TNS)
What does a ‘culturally equitable’ city look like? Baltimore’s upcoming first Black Artist Fair offers hints
BALTIMORE – The Pennsylvania Avenue Black Arts & Entertainment District, a Baltimore organization that works to promote local artists, is hosting its first annual Black Artist Fair on Friday through Sunday
The free event will be held virtually and feature 70 speakers, including author, entertainer and comedian Amanda Seals, who will deliver the keynote.
The purpose is to help blossoming artists whose growth may have been stunted due to the coronavirus pandemic. More than 2,500 people are expected to log on for the festivities streaming live on Facebook and YouTube.
What does a culturally equitable city look like? Baltimore s upcoming first Black Artist Fair offers hints
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Mighty Networks raises $50M to build a creator economy for the masses
Mighty Networks, a platform designed to give creators and brands a dedicated place to start and grow communities, has closed on $50 million in a Series B funding round led by Owl Ventures.
Ziff Capital Partners and LionTree Partners also participated in the financing, along with existing backers Intel Capital, Marie Forleo, Gretchen Rubin, Dan Rosensweig, Reid Hoffman, BBG Ventures and Lucas Venture Group. The investment brings Palo Alto-based Mighty Networks’ total raised since its 2017 inception to $67 million.
Mighty Networks founder and CEO Gina Bianchini who started the company with Tim Herby and Thomas Aaron is no stranger to building nurturing environments for community building. Previously, she was the CEO and co-founder of Ning, where she led the company’s rapid growth to three million Ning Networks created and about 100 million users around the world in three years.