Project Grant 19198244424

This federal Project Grant award of $300,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support the "Woven in Wool: The Rebirth of Traditional Coast Salish Regalia" exhibition at the Burke Museum Association in Seattle, Washington. The six-month exhibition, scheduled to run from September 2024 to September 2026, will feature traditional 19th-century wool regalia of the Coast Salish peoples of the Pacific...

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...

This $138,505 Project Grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program will support The Fisher Museum at Harvard University's School of Forestry in creating a multimedia exhibition that centers the voices and perspectives of the Nipmuc people whose ancestral land the museum occupies. The project will involve archival research, interviews with Nipmuc tribal members, production of short films, and design and installation of...

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 Fleisher Art Memorial, a nonprofit organization, was awarded a $432,154 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. This three-year grant, running from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026, will support Fleisher's efforts to expand arts programming and resources for immigrant communities in Southeast Philadelphia. Key activities funded through this grant include visual art exhibitions and presentations, community events, and...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded the Portland Art Museum a $4,917,308.34 Project Grant under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (CFDA 19.415) program. The grant funding will support the museum's presentation of the exhibition "The Space in Which to Place Me" featuring artist Jeffrey Gibson at the 60th International Art Exhibition in Venice, Italy from July 2023 to November 2024. The Portland Art Museum has...

The Project Grant award of $278,367 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services program (CFDA 45.308) will enable Koniag, Inc. to partner with the Alutiiq Museum in Anchorage, AK to enhance the museum's newly expanded gallery space. The project will feature a community-led planning and design process to develop 13 displays highlighting the Alutiiq harvesting tradition, community life, and spirituality through artifacts,...

The Portland Art Museum, through its Center For An Untold Tomorrow division, received a $325,000 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program. The grant funded the development and delivery of "THE ART OF RESILIENCE: A CONTINUUM OF TLINGIT ARTS" public program from August 2016 through July 2020. This program explored Tlingit history and culture through humanities-focused...

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 National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Museum of New Mexico Foundation a $172,564 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to develop an exhibition and related public programming exploring Indigenous voting rights in New Mexico. Through contracted employees, the Foundation will complete exhibition research, including archival investigation and oral histories; create exhibition text and checklists; and conceive educational outreach. By the...