Project Grant 1641007041

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $370,000 Project Grant to support the first extensive solo exhibition of works by renowned U.S. artist Jordan Wolfson at the Kunsthaus Bregenz in Austria. The grant was awarded on July 1, 2022 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to advance national interests and enhance relationships between the U.S. and other countries by informing and influencing foreign publics. The funding will support the exhibition of...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $837,184 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (Mumok) exhibition "Blackness, White, and Light." The exhibition, scheduled from March 31 to September 3, 2023, will be the first comprehensive solo exhibition in Europe of New York-based artist Adam Pendleton. As part of the Public Diplomacy Programs' goal of informing and influencing foreign...

This Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program (CFDA 45.301) provides $358,638.00 to the Judd Foundation to improve access to a collection of approximately 21,000 images related to the life and work of American artist Donald Judd. The project will focus on digitizing images that document the artist's work, architecture, furniture, design practices, exhibitions, and personal life and travels. By supporting the...

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 Milwaukee Art Museum will undertake a $830,830 project grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) to digitally image 3,000 works from its permanent collection for online access. Prioritizing artwork by artists of color, women, and those conveying narratives of marginalized communities, the Museum will make these collection images available on its website by August 2024. This initiative aims to inform the...

The Goggle Works Center for the Arts was awarded a $289,700 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to implement the "Como Crecemos (How We Grow)" project. The project will expand the Center's existing efforts serving Hispanic and Latinx audiences through designing inclusive exhibitions, programs, and communications. Key activities include two major exhibitions of works by conventionally marginalized artists and an outreach...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Dallas Holocaust Museum $331,726 under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) for a project grant running from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2023. The museum will use the funding to catalog and digitize their remaining collection of 4,008 items documenting the history of the Holocaust and human rights in a local context. This includes diaries, letters, photographs, and 3D objects. Specifically, the museum will create...

The Phillips Collection received a $197,845 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program (CFDA 45.164) to support exhibitions and public programs celebrating its centennial. The grant will fund an interdepartmental team to fabricate and install two exhibitions featuring renowned American artists David Driskell and Alma Thomas from October 2021 through January 2022. The team will also plan and implement...

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 Phoenix Art Museum received a $240,746 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access federal grant program (CFDA 45.149). The grant will support the museum's installation of an exhibition titled "Landscapes of Extraction: The Art of Mining in the American West." Museum staff will design, implement, and manage the exhibition, which will feature approximately 75 paintings and prints focused...