Fours black female dancers in shiny spandex put on a show for an outdoor audience.

Photo by Walter Wlodarczyk, courtesy of The Shed.

Ebony Noelle Golden performs as part of The Shed's Open Call, a large-scale commissioning program for emerging NYC-based artists.

News

Oct 7, 2022
Pocantico

David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center Opens Doors to a Unique World of Art

The doors to the David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center will be open to you and anyone taking a Road Trip: Close to Home.

In The Media
Sep 20, 2022
Peacebuilding

Despite the Challenges, Donors Must Continue to Support Struggling Nonprofits in Afghanistan

Afghan civil society organizations focused on building peace are struggling. Donors must find innovative ways to support them.

In The Media
Jun 27, 2022
Pocantico

Lost and found: An 11-foot-tall Dubuffet

An 11-foot, seven-and-a-half-ton Dubuffet sculpture recovered from storage at the Rockefeller estate is now on view at Pocantico.

In The Media
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Nov 16, 2021
Sustainable Development

GFANZ and Private Sector Finance Fail to Deliver at COP26

Finance is uniquely positioned to save the planet, but the sector has already financed 1.5֯ C of warming, warns Michael Northrop, the RBF's Sustainable Development program director.

Ideas
In The Media
Representatives of civil society protesting at COP26 in Glasgow hold a sign that reads "Net Zero is Not Zero."
Sep 17, 2021
Mission-Aligned Investing

Harvard’s Fossil-Fuel Divestment Provides Opening for the Nation’s Wealthiest Foundations to Follow Suit

Persistent action by Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard and others paid off in September 2021 with the university’s historic announcement to divest.

Ideas
In The Media
The Harvard Church in Cambridge
Mar 10, 2021
Peacebuilding

How to Get America and Iran Back to the Negotiating Table

Either as a nonproliferation tool or as a starting point for regional dialogue, there is no serious alternative other than returning to the 2015 JCPOA.

In The Media
An American flag and an Iranian flag at the end of a long table set with empty chairs on either side of it.
Oct 1, 2018
Sustainable Development

Cascadia is Burning

I work on climate change. I think about climate change every single day. I think about how to slow it, how to adapt to it and how to get other people to care about it. But I don’t often have to breathe climate change.

In The Media