Project Grant 18610564420

The Columbia Museum of Art received a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to mount a traveling exhibition on contemporary African American art and implement supporting public programs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The museum will install the "30 Americans" exhibition drawn from the Rubell Family Collection, featuring 57 works by 30 artists. Interpretive and educational...

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 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $120,000 Project Grant to the Queens Museum of Art to support an exhibition and commission by artist Xaviera Simmons under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The Queens Museum of Art will curate a solo exhibition of Simmons' work and commission a new piece from January 1, 2022 through April 30, 2023. The NEA's Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to...

The New Orleans Museum of Art received a $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop the traveling exhibition "Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club." Funded through the NEH's Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program, the exhibition will highlight an understudied body of work by African American artist Jacob Lawrence from the 1960s exploring his relationship with Nigeria's Mbari Artists and Writers Club. The exhibition is...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to The American Federation of Arts, Inc. to support an exhibition and accompanying catalogue on artist Whitfield Lovell. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to provide opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education. Funding will support an exhibition showcasing Lovell's work from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023, with...

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 Museum of the City of New York, Inc. received a $100,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to support the exhibition "Shirley Chisholm: A Brooklyn Life" in 2024-2025. This exhibition will explore the early life, path-breaking political career, and lasting legacy of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress and the first woman to run for President on a major party ticket. The...

The Jack Hadley Black History Museum will develop an oral history project and new exhibition focused on its founder with $188,477 in funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309). Staff will work with consultants to conduct community workshops on oral history collection and create standards-aligned educational materials from transcribed interviews with museum elder James "Jack" Hadley....

The Jewish Museum in New York, New York received a $100,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164) to present the temporary exhibition "Revisiting New York: 1962-64" from July 22, 2022 to January 8, 2023. The exhibition will provide a comprehensive overview of the radical shift that occurred in American art, history, and global culture from 1962 to 1964 through critically...

The Bronx Museum of Arts will receive $799,458 under a two-year Museums for America Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to enhance community engagement programs promoting equity and social justice through the arts. Key initiatives include deepening partnerships and improving access to public programs, commissions and residencies for local artists, and digitally accessible learning materials. Free professional development seminars and a residency program will allow...