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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 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 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 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 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 Philadelphia Museum of Art received a $400,000 implementation grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to support the development of the "Mary Cassatt at Work" exhibition. The exhibition, co-curated by Dr. Jennifer Thompson and Dr. Laurel Garber, will examine Cassatt's depictions of women's activity and feminine labor in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The project is anticipated to feature...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded The American Arts Conservancy Inc. a $2.1 million Project Grant on September 30, 2025, under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges program (CFDA 19.415). The award funds the comprehensive design, implementation, installation, and related educational programming for the official U.S. Exhibition at the 61st Art Biennale in Venice, Italy in 2026. The project incorporates a new artist,...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $319,000 to Kunstmeile Krems Betriebs GMBH, operating as Karikaturmuseum Krems, to support the exhibition "Helen Frankenthaler. Painterly Constellations" from April 23 through October 30, 2022. This Project Grant funding will support the exhibition under the agency's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to inform and influence foreign publics and strengthen cultural relationships. The completion date for the...

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 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...