Project Grant MA255487OMS24
- The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art received a $158,890 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the agency's National Leadership Grants (NLG) program. The grant will support the Museum adopting a more robust web-based cataloguing software to provide greater public and scholarly access to research on LGBTQ+ art and artists. This includes accelerating cataloguing efforts, developing a more rigorous online collection database, and recovering staff...
- The Museum of Science and History (MOSH) will create an exhibition focusing on the history of Memphis' LGBTQ community through a $130,416 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program. Running concurrently with the traveling Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement exhibit, MOSH's local narrative will highlight LGBTQ history in Memphis and contemporary opportunities and challenges faced. Curators will work with stakeholders to...
- The New-York Historical Society received a $400,634 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to build staff cultural competency in accessibility and improve K-12 programming for students with disabilities. The project will create sustainable systems and structures to ensure all programs account for the needs of students with disabilities, establish consistent accessibility training for museum education staff, and...
- The Long Island Museum was awarded a $271,034 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) federal grant program. The funding will support the creation of a permanent exhibition and associated programs to explore the history of the fight for equal rights in horse-drawn public transportation in the United States. Key elements of the project include: Developing an immersive and interactive exhibition centered around a c. 1885...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $505,934 Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) project grant to the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. The funding will support the museum's efforts to expand and refocus its educational programming to address the New York Department of Education's Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework. The museum will partner with teaching artists and 12 New York City public high school teachers to develop and implement...
- This $498,763 federal Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program will enable City Lore Inc., a New York-based non-profit cultural organization, to create exhibitions and programming focused on immigrant communities. The exhibitions will explore topics such as women in blues, Cuban music, J'Ouvert festival traditions, and LGBTQ+ house ballroom culture, and will be held in locations across New York,...
- The American Folk Art Museum in Long Island City, New York will receive $121,461 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312) to upgrade its software and digitize archival materials from November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022. The museum will implement new software to allow additional media types like audio and visual files to be added to its website for the first time. This will include digitizing archival photos, letters,...
- 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 Long Island Children's Museum will implement the second phase of development of a new permanent exhibition titled "Saltwater Stories: The Sea and Me" through a $506,890 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program. As part of the project, the museum will create floorplans and renderings for exhibit components, identify interactive elements, develop educational programs and resources for engagement, and create...
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art was awarded a $500,370 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will support the development and launch of a suite of public programs tied to the reopening of the museum's galleries dedicated to the arts of Africa, Ancient Americas, and Oceania. The initiative will activate the collections and ideas explored in the new galleries, create multiple entry points for the...
The Heckscher Museum of Art received a $540,051 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will support a collaborative effort to produce exhibitions and associated educational programming showcasing major works by LGBTQ+ artists. The project will establish a community advisory board and a youth advisory board to inform exhibit interpretation and programming, ensuring that LGBTQ+ youth voices and perspectives are centered. Key components include a retrospective of American neoclassical sculptor Emma Stebbins, a photography exhibition created by teen participants, and the hiring of a full-time community outreach coordinator to facilitate the advisory boards and collaborate on school programming. As a result, the museum aims to build sustainable relationships with the local LGBTQ+ community, support the mental health and well-being of local LGBTQ+ youth, and elevate, contextualize, and interpret experiences of LGBTQ+ figures in American art history.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $250.0k | 7/12/24 |