EN foco in the bronx, new york, will inventory, rehouse, and digitize materials chronicling its 50-year exhibition history

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $122,452 Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) project grant to En Foco Incorporated, a non-profit organization in the Bronx, New York. The grant will support En Foco's efforts to inventory, rehouse, and digitize materials chronicling its 50-year exhibition history. Key activities include hiring a full-time digital librarian to research, organize, digitize, and rehouse the organization's exhibition archive. The digitized collection will be made available onsite at the Nueva Luz Study Center as well as online, serving as a crucial resource for the Bronx community of Latino artists and artists of color. This project will enhance preservation of En Foco's cultural legacy and improve public access to its exhibition records for artists, scholars, writers, curators, gallerists, and the general public.

Founded as a collective of photographers from the puerto rican diaspora, EN foco's exhibition records detail the cultural legacy of photographers of color. This project will support the hiring of a full-time digital librarian to research, organize, digitize, and rehouse the exhibition's archive. The digitized collection will be available onsite at the nueva LUZ study center as well as digitally online. Archive staff will purchase a computer, document scanner, and archival supplies. The project will result in greater preservation and access to the collection and will serve as a crucial resource for the bronx community of latino artists and artists of color. Providing online access to the collection will benefit artists, scholars, writers, curators, gallerists, and the public.