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 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 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 Philbrook Museum of Art, Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program. The grant will support the development and presentation of the traveling exhibition "Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mid-Century Mexican Modernism" from June to September 2022. Products and services include the exhibition featuring documentary photographs, reconstructed outfits and jewelry of...
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts received a $325,061 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164) to support the development of an exhibition and publication on Native American photography. Key activities to be performed under the award include curatorial research, advisory consultation, object loan contracting, interpretive plan development, community engagement, formative...
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 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 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 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...
This Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program (CFDA 45.301) provides $358,638.00 to the Judd Foundation to improve access to a collection of approximately 21,000 images related to the life and work of American artist Donald Judd. The project will focus on digitizing images that document the artist's work, architecture, furniture, design practices, exhibitions, and personal life and travels. By supporting the...