The Portland Art Museum received a $548,439 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will support the museum's efforts to reimagine its permanent collection galleries and build staff capacity in community- and artist-centered programming. Specifically, the funding will be used to facilitate strategic discussions between staff and consultants, hire a project coordinator, host listening sessions with community...
The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland, Oregon will use a $123,567 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to increase access to culturally responsive digital STEAM programming. Under the grant, awarded November 1, 2021 through October 31, 2022, the museum will work with three digital content creators to develop digital content that supports underserved audiences and addresses community needs. This aligns with the National Leadership Grants program goal...
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 Seattle Art Museum will expand its Emerging Arts Leader Internship Program under a $472,783 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Museums for America program. Over three years, more than 40 individuals from underrepresented backgrounds in the museum field will participate in the paid internship program, which includes enrichment training and ongoing mentorship with museum staff. A coordinator will be hired to manage the expanded internship program. The...
The Seattle Art Museum received a $330,370 federal Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program. The grant will support the museum's efforts to strengthen and support its staff by establishing a new organizational structure. Key activities include collecting and analyzing data to understand the museum's current structure, identifying barriers to career advancement, providing training to develop equity skills and awareness, holding staff...
The Seattle Art Museum will receive $124,977 through a Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to revitalize in-person arts programming after pandemic cancellations. The Museum will produce public programs connected to the upcoming "Visions of Our Blue Planet" exhibition, guided K-12 student tours aligned with grade-level objectives, and targeted programming for families, teens and young adults. A community advisory...
The Anchorage Museum Association, doing business as the Anchorage Museum, received a $181,400 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the National Leadership Grants program. The award will support the museum's efforts to hire new staff and train existing staff to develop community relationships, partnerships, networks, and alliances to better serve diverse communities and provide long-term value as the community recovers from the impacts of the COVID-19...
The Boise Art Museum will use a $133,955 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to rebuild its arts education programs and directly support recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the Museum will hire 10 new instructors and one program assistant to deliver in-person, classroom, and mobile app-based arts education programming to 15,000 students from preschool through high school. Prior to the pandemic, the Museum's...
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts received a $142,819 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the National Leadership Grants program to merge and expand its docent and guide programs. The museum will implement a new volunteer guide training program to support audience-specific learning needs, enhance guides' cultural fluency skills, and introduce new tour topics. The training will help guides incorporate greater cultural responsiveness and an anti-racist...
The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Portland Art Museum's Center For An Untold Tomorrow to support facilities expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which supports opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrates the arts with strategies that promote well-being and resilience,...