Project Grant 18310497818

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 $1,400,000 Project Grant award from the National Park Service under the Save America's Treasures program will fund the restoration of four large Julian Garnsey murals and the ceiling in the rotunda of the Tower Building at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. The objectives are to uncover, research, repair, and reinstall the WPA-era murals that depict the American spirit, ingenuity, and strength, as well as restore the original design of the building's ceiling. The 2-to-3-year project will be...

Project Grant Award Summary The National Park Service (NPS) awarded the Taft Museum of Art a $162,163 Project Grant on September 23, 2025, under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) to fund the physical conservation of the Duncanson mural, a nationally significant cultural artifact. The project, with a completion date of April 30, 2029, represents a preservation initiative focused on addressing the conservation needs of this historically important artwork. As required by the...

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...

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...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Park Service (NPS) awarded $228,200 to the Town of Rockingham, Vermont, on September 23, 2025, under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) to fund the conservation of the Fort Ethan Allen Works Progress Administration (WPA) murals painted by Stephen J. Belaski. This physical preservation project, located in Bellows Falls, will address the restoration and conservation of these nationally significant historic artworks. The award is structured...

The Tucson Museum of Art received a $105,133 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to support the Stories from Clay research project from January 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023. The museum will leverage digital strategies and community-based approaches to expand records and interpretations of its historical indigenous pottery collection to be more inclusive of indigenous methodologies and perspectives....

This $1,555,816 federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures program will fund the restoration and conservation of the National Historic Landmark Casa del Herrero in Santa Barbara, California. The award will support three major project areas: Plaster repairs to the exterior walls of the main house. Restoration work on the walls, doors, windows, and painting of the glasshouse, lath house, gardener's tool shed, and workshop. Repair, restoration, and...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service through the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) provides $1,500,000 to support the second phase of the Telluride Transfer Warehouse Restoration Project. The goal is to fully revitalize the deteriorating landmark building in Telluride, Colorado into a flexible, equipped cultural venue. The funding will be used for comprehensive masonry reinforcement and stabilization work to preserve the historic sandstone walls, including...

This federal Project Grant award of $475,650 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program supports Clockshop, a minority-owned and woman-owned non-profit arts organization in Los Angeles, to conduct a cultural asset mapping process. Through this project, Clockshop will engage the diverse local communities near a planned 18-acre state park to document their cultural practices, personal histories, and lived experiences through oral histories,...