Project Grant 18949764422

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 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...

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 New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) received a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to support the major traveling exhibition and publication project "NEW MASKS NOW: ARTISTS INNOVATING MASQUERADE IN CONTEMPORARY WEST AFRICA." This project presents the stories and artistic choices of four individual masquerade artists in West Africa, exploring issues of restitution, ownership, and...

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...

The Museum der Moderne Salzburg received a $290,600 project grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs to support the exhibition and publication of works by American video artist Bill Viola. Funded under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to advance U.S. foreign policy and cultural relations objectives, the exhibition was held from July 16 through October 30, 2022. As the sub-awardee, Museum der Moderne Salzburg utilized the funding to curate...

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...

The Museum of the African Diaspora was awarded a $510,402 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture federal grant program (CFDA 45.309). The grant will support expansion of the MOAD in the Classroom educational outreach program to provide free classroom instruction and museum visits for over 2,400 Title I third grade students in the San Francisco Bay Area. Key deliverables include creation of standards-aligned...

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 Metropolitan Museum of Art was awarded a $400,000 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164) to support the traveling exhibition Africa & Byzantium from May 1, 2023 through August 31, 2024. The grant will enable the Museum to organize the exhibition in collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art, challenging common preconceptions about the arts of Africa and Byzantium through educational...