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The second annual Shorty Awards winners demonstrated the diverse ways Twitter can be used to create the best real-time short form content. Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who won a Shorty Award in the government category, used his account to help constituents with timely snow removal. Brazilian pop superstar Ivete Sangalo, a winner in the music category, stays connected to her fans through Twitter. Writer Arjun Basu won in literature for his self-contained stories on Twitter, and travel category winner Paul Miller was able to make his way around the world through his followers’ generosity. … Read entire article »

In an effort to promote the need for more music and arts education opportunities for children the Ad Council has teamed up with Americans for the Arts and the NAMM Foundation to announce the launch of new newspaper and magazine public service advertisements (PSAs) from The Arts. Ask for More. campaign. … Read entire article »

Safeco Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, today announced it has donated more than 800 works from the Safeco Art Collection to the Washington Art Consortium (WAC), an action that represents Safeco’s continued commitment to the Northwest community. The Safeco Art Collection is the oldest and most renowned corporate collection of exclusively Northwest art. … Read entire article »

The Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE), the leading non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the United States image abroad through American art, has received a generous grant from the Rockefeller Foundation in the amount of $300,000. … Read entire article »

Lights on, curtains up. It’s Philadelphia’s moment, as the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA) turns a bright spotlight on the city’s arts and cultural scene. For three weeks, from April 7 through May 1, 2011, audiences will revel in an array of one-time, only-in-Philadelphia productions by some of the region’s top talents — many of whom will partner with or present international performers. … Read entire article »

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is accepting applications from community and place-based foundations seeking to fund news and information projects. The deadline for the Knight Community Information Challenge, a matching grant program, is March 8. … Read entire article »

The Foundation for Jewish Culture (FJC) announced today that it has raised a total of $818,000 from two major philanthropic foundations, the Washington, D.C.-based Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and the San Francisco-based Jim Joseph Foundation, to be used to further enhance Jewish studies.   … Read entire article »