Project Grant 1578007115

The Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel, facilities, and safety supplies expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023 in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for all people to...

The Mural Arts Philadelphia will use a $122,000 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs to promote a year of activities sharing best practices on environmental and social activism through public art in public spaces in Italy. The award was issued on August 26, 2022 under the Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals through informing and influencing foreign...

This $125,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) will support public art installations and related community engagement events in the Norris Square neighborhood of Philadelphia. The funding will enable the awardee, Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates, to create public artworks that transform the local community, unite artists and residents, and promote individual and social...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded The Society To Preserve The Millvale Murals Of Maxo Vanka $984,920 under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The funding will support restoration, preservation, and repair work on 12 murals within the Maxo Vanka Murals Collection at St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church in Millvale, PA. As part of a long-term conservation effort, the project goals are to restore and...

This Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program supports the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in expanding its arts-based educational programming and community partnerships in the Philadelphia neighborhoods of Kensington and Feltonville. The $797,000 award will enable PAFA to hire two part-time art educators, add a fourth partner school, and continue providing year-round bilingual services such as student...

The Essex County Mural Trail project was awarded a $100,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network (CFDA 15.930) program. The grant will fund the creation of a series of murals throughout Essex County, Virginia that showcase the region's natural beauty, rich history, and connection to the Chesapeake Bay. This public art initiative aims to boost tourism, support local businesses, and strengthen community pride while...

The National Museum of Mexican Art will partner with four organizations that make up the Mexican Cultural Arts Alliance to deliver leadership development and arts programming to strengthen cultural identity in Mexican communities across four Midwestern cities. Funded by a $413,269 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America program, the National Museum of Mexican Art and its partners will grow the capacity of local arts organizations in...

The Fleisher Art Memorial, a nonprofit organization, was awarded a $432,154 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. This three-year grant, running from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026, will support Fleisher's efforts to expand arts programming and resources for immigrant communities in Southeast Philadelphia. Key activities funded through this grant include visual art exhibitions and presentations, community events, and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service National Office under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program provides $249,997 to support the treatment and restoration of extensive pictograph and petroglyph rock art at the AB Painted Rocks site in Mountainair, NM. The project goals include reducing graffiti visibility, restoring legibility of the ancient rock art, preventing future vandalism, and establishing...

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...