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The Toledo Museum of Art received a $464,506 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program (CFDA 45.164) to reimagine the museum's American art collection and implement a temporary exhibition. Key activities included expanding the museum's interpretation of American art to highlight Native American, African American, and Spanish colonial artists, and integrating works from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation...

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...

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...

Grant Award Summary Craft In America, Inc. received a $700,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to develop and produce "HANDWORK: Celebrating American Craft 2026," a four-part public television series commemorating the United States Semiquincentennial. The initiative, which commenced on January 1, 2026, and concludes on March 31, 2027, serves as a national collaboration among...

The federal Project Grant award, with ID MA256056OMS24, was provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) grant program. The $400,000 award will fund BRIC Arts Media Brooklyn to offer 35-40 twelve-session arts and media education residencies per year in partnership with New York City public schools. The residency programs will focus on strengthening students' arts and media mastery, critical thinking skills, and social-emotional...

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 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 Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Inc., a nonprofit organization, was awarded a $1,204,832 Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The 3-year grant, beginning on September 1, 2023, will enable the organization to expand its existing summer visual arts and creative writing program to serve an additional 270 participants, reaching wider audiences by reducing barriers to participation. Key activities to be supported include...

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 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...