Project Grant 18859214421

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 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum received a $493,934 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to increase digital accessibility for visitors with disabilities. The two-part project will involve: 1) Creating a new digital museum map of the Frank Lloyd Wright building, and 2) Conducting an in-depth review and remediation of the museum's website design, development, and content to ensure usability. The museum's digital...

The International Center of Photography in New York City was awarded a $215,784 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to reinstate and expand its library-based public programs. Under the one-year award running from November 2021 through October 2022, the Center will deliver both in-person and virtual public programs focused on photography at its William Randolph Hearst Library location. Programming will include book events, film...

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 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) received a $620,975 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program to enhance accessibility and inclusivity for museum visitors with disabilities. The two-year initiative will involve integrating inclusive design practices into the museum's interpretive materials, programs, and digital content. Key products and services to be delivered include expanding visual descriptions for artworks,...

The Philbrook Museum of Art received a $934,795 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) to safeguard and preserve its Native art collection. The grant funding will enable the museum to coordinate the installation of fire suppression and new smoke detection systems, as well as outfit storage and gallery areas with security cameras and access control panels. This preservation effort will ensure the museum's...

The Museum of Contemporary Photography received a $519,181 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to digitize and catalog approximately 6,000 artworks from its permanent collection. The grant will support hiring and training two curatorial assistants who will research and update artist biographies and catalog content based on surveys with artists, their agents, and families. This project will result in increased public...

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 Rubin Museum of Art, a non-profit cultural institution in New York, received a $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) grant program. The funding supports the development and implementation of "Gateway to Himalayan Art," a traveling exhibition that presents the iconography, materials, and artistic and cultural practices of the Himalayan region through a multimedia approach....

The Denver Art Museum received a $395,283 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to implement critical environmental improvements in its storage area. Funded under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301), the 13-month project will install 40 new storage screens for oversized, two-dimensional artworks impacting the museum's Asian, Indigenous, Latin American, Modern and Contemporary, and Photography collections. Work will include pre-move inventory tasks,...