Project Grant 1541007060

The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco received a $100,110 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program to create a seven-month exhibition titled "Xianrui: Cathy Lu" and a community youth engagement program. The exhibition and programming will explore topics relevant to the state of Asian American identity and xenophobia facing the community. The Chinese Culture Center will co-design the programming...

The Palo Alto Art Center Foundation will implement a community engagement project titled "Creative Attention" under a $235,779.60 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program. Through the grant, the Art Center will partner with a licensed art therapist to encourage community members to use art to address anxiety and recognize manifestations of the emotion. Therapeutic art workshops will be conducted and an intergenerational family...

The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts received a $792,642 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program, effective September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2025. The grant will enable the organization to implement and evaluate a project designed to engage the local community in activating prominent public spaces with art at six sites in and around its San Francisco campus. The project will involve a curatorial council of community members...

The Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco, doing business as the Chinese Culture Center, received a $146,555 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program. The grant will support the expansion of the Center's "41 Ross Artist-in-Residence" program, located at the Center's offsite storefront space in San Francisco's Chinatown. Key activities include selecting three artists for three-month residencies, organizing public...

The Exploratorium will develop affordable, portable STEAM exhibits and at-home learning experiences in partnership with Community Science Workshops under a $499,850 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program. Through the grant period of September 1, 2022 to February 28, 2025, The Exploratorium will collaborate with CSWS to design 8-10 exhibits and accompanying digital lessons to enable STEAM learning in underserved communities across...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded the Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums (Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco) a $100,000 Project Grant on January 1, 2026, under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to develop and present "The Etruscans: From the Heart of Ancient Italy" exhibition. The primary deliverable is a major temporary museum exhibition featuring approximately 200 objects showcasing Etruscan culture and its influence on Western...

The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts will receive $427,608 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to advance the digital accessibility and offerings of its Artist Power Center online platform. Designed to provide relief and economic opportunities to Bay Area artists disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Center will develop a more flexible virtual platform connecting arts employers to artists. This...

The Movimiento De Arte Y Cultura Latino Americana De San Jose, Incorporated (Movimiento) will develop visual arts exhibitions and related public programs under a $523,940 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program. Over the three year award period ending August 2024, Movimiento will produce twelve major visual art exhibitions providing honoraria for up to 250 exhibiting artists. The organization will also expand public programs and...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $975,531.70 Project Grant to Spaces to support the official U.S. presentation at the 18th International Architecture Biennale in Italy. The grant was awarded under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges program (CFDA 19.415) to fund the exhibition from September 16, 2022 through June 30, 2024. The Citizen Exchange activities supported by this program include international cultural...

The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco will implement a youth arts fellowship program called "Generation Chinatown" under a $117,020 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301). The fellowship will deepen 7-10 multiethnic high school students' creative skills and civic leadership abilities through workshops, public art projects, and engagement with Chinatown residents to explore issues of place,...