Project Grant 18081674418

Award Summary The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded Carnegie Institute, doing business as Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, a $400,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) beginning September 1, 2025, and concluding August 31, 2027. The primary deliverable is "Black Photojournalism," the first comprehensive traveling museum exhibition documenting the work of approximately 40 Black photojournalists active in the United...

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...

The J.B. Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky was awarded a $802,520 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will support the final phase of the museum's "Louisville's Black Avant-Garde" exhibition series, which addresses inequality in the appreciation of Black artists and their works. Key activities include planning and finalizing two single-artist exhibitions and a major group exhibition,...

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 Studio Museum in Harlem will develop the Thomas J. Price exhibition "Witness" and 2021-22 season of InHarlem community-based collaborative programming under a $104,320 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program. The Museum will deepen its roots in the Harlem community through InHarlem by providing arts-based programming for families, teens, and adults through both digital and in-person initiatives operating with local NYC...

The Black Inventors Hall Of Fame (BIHOF), a New Jersey nonprofit corporation, received a $2.47 million Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309) awarded on October 1, 2025. The grant supports the design and fabrication of a new museum exhibition centered on the Charles F. Page Airship, which serves as the centerpiece of the display. The exhibition will feature a full-scale...

The Museum of Art and Design at Miami Dade College received a $500,040 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program. The funding will support the creation of exhibitions focused on the history, use, and cultural significance of the Freedom Tower, a National Historic Landmark. Key project activities include content development, curation of exhibitions, an orientation film, and guided interpretive tours in English and...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Ferris State University a $2,461,981 Project Grant under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309). The grant will support the design and installation of a new permanent exhibit at the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery located on Ferris State University's Big Rapids, Michigan campus. Working with an exhibit consultant, the museum will design and fabricate a new exhibit space focused on telling the stories...

Clark Atlanta University received a $308,768 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The award supports the establishment of a Museum Educator position at the Clark Atlanta University Art Museum (CAUAM) to expand institutional capacity and increase community access to the museum's collection. The museum educator will develop...

The Portland Art Museum will receive $638,046 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) to mount a retrospective exhibition of works by mid-century modernist Oscar Howe and a concurrent site-specific installation by artist Jeffrey Gibson. The Museum will collaborate with Many Nations Academy teachers and students to develop student-led tours of the exhibition and will partner with the Native American Youth and Family...