Giving to the Arts Review: Smartify and Y.ES Contemporary

We are excited to announce a new monthly segment featuring Giving Back Is Dead host Scott Stover and executive producer Vajra Kingsley where they highlight and discuss current topics across Giving to the Arts that are aligned with the themes of the podcast. This month they discuss Smartify and Y.ES Contemporary.

Y.ES Contemporary creates opportunities for outstanding Salvadoran contemporary artists to advance their artistic practice and engage with artists, curators, collectors, gallerists and the media within and outside El Salvador. Make sure to check out our interview from season one with Y.ES co-founder Mario-Cader Frech.

 Here we discuss what we learned from the Y.ES insights report from this past year.  As a foundation approaching 10 years, their report is a model in terms of  articulating their growth and impact.

Smartify, the world's most downloaded museum app & platform, is a genuine collaboration between art and technology. Smartify is creating content with specialist curators and artists stepping outside the traditional streams of art commerce to invest in education  and audience engagement in new ways that support the larger art ecosystem. Can Smaritfy act as a new standard of record and resource for contemporary art and art history while expanding the audience?  

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