Project Grant 19311864424

Grant Award Summary: Black Photojournalism Exhibition Carnegie Institute, doing business as Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, 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) to develop and execute "Black Photojournalism," a comprehensive traveling museum exhibition. The grant was awarded on September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2027. The exhibition will be...

The Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum will develop an interpretive plan for its new permanent exhibit under a $596,726 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program. Museum staff will partner with content, exhibit, media, and evaluation professionals to create the plan between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2025. Activities will include research on African American history, art, and culture in Pinellas...

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 J.B. Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky was awarded a $802,520 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will support the final phase of the museum's "Louisville's Black Avant-Garde" exhibition series, which addresses inequality in the appreciation of Black artists and their works. Key activities include planning and finalizing two single-artist exhibitions and a major group exhibition,...

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 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 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 Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania will receive $125,209 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the National Leadership Grants program to facilitate a museum-community partnership supporting emergent English language learners ages 3-5 and their Latinx immigrant families from South Philadelphia. Working with community partner Puentes de Salud and the School District of Philadelphia's Southwark Community School, early learners will engage with art at the Barnes...

The Museum of the City of New York, Inc. received a $100,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to support the exhibition "Shirley Chisholm: A Brooklyn Life" in 2024-2025. This exhibition will explore the early life, path-breaking political career, and lasting legacy of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress and the first woman to run for President on a major party ticket. The...