BEYOND THE IMAGE: MESOAMERICAN COLOR [THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART (LACMA) RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS A $400,000 IMPLEMENTATION GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES TO SUPPORT BEYOND THE IMAGE: MESOAMERICAN COLOR, A TRAVELING EXHIBITION ON VIEW IN LOS ANGELES, CA (SEPT 2024 - FEB 2025) AND CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, BENTONVILLE, AR (SPRING 2025). BEYOND THE IMAGE WILL SHOWCASE MORE THAN 200 EXEMPLARY ARTWORKS AND ARTMARKING IMPLEMENTS FROM ALL MAJOR CULTURAL REGIONS OF MESOAMERICA, SPANNING THREE MILLENNIA OF ARTISTIC PRACTICE, AND INCLUDING CONTEMPORARY WORKS BY LIVING INDIGENOUS ARTISTS. THIS AMBITIOUS PROJECT BRINGS DECADES OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH ON MESOAMERICAN COLOR AND ARTMAKING TO PUBLIC AUDIENCES FOR THE FIRST TIME. CURATED BY DR. DIANA MAGALONI, PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF THE ART OF THE ANCIENT AMERICAS, AND DR. ALYCE DE CARTERET, POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW, ART OF THE ANCIENT AMERICAS, IT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A CATALOGUE AND AN ARRAY OF INTERPRETIVE HUMANITIES AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.]