Project Grant P20AP00378

The Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio will receive $312,474 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) to create a new Young Adult Creativity Center. The Center will host over 200 annual events and engage more than 6,000 young adults ages 13 to 21 from the greater Cincinnati region in career-building and professional development activities in the creative industries. Two new career-focused programs, Teen...

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) received a $1,550,000 Project Grant award from the National Park Service through the Save America's Treasures (CFDA 15.929) program. The grant will fund the replacement of the HVAC system in PAFA's historic landmark building, which houses its collection of 16,000 works of American art dating from the 18th century to today. The project aims to mitigate immediate and future risks to the art collection by improving temperature, humidity, and leak...

The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $500,000 Historic Preservation Fund Grant to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, OH. The funds will be used for a collections conservation project, including collection imaging and expansion of the center's collection storage space. This grant is part of the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904), which provides grants to assist in the identification, evaluation, and...

The Cincinnati Art Museum was awarded a $111,441 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to expand digital content creation and delivery capabilities. Under the one-year project grant ending October 31, 2022, the museum will enhance existing digital programming by augmenting free public Wi-Fi access to include outdoor spaces, developing mobile recording studio carts for flexible use throughout museum facilities and grounds, and providing staff and volunteers...

This Project Grant award of $1,354,125 from the Department of the Interior National Park Service will fund replacement of the electrical infrastructure at the Model-T Automotive Heritage Complex, Inc. in Detroit, Michigan. The Complex, also known as the T Plex, operates the oldest surviving automobile manufacturing facility in the United States, where Henry Ford designed and built the first Model T. The award is provided through the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929),...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $837,184 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (Mumok) exhibition "Blackness, White, and Light." The exhibition, scheduled from March 31 to September 3, 2023, will be the first comprehensive solo exhibition in Europe of New York-based artist Adam Pendleton. As part of the Public Diplomacy Programs' goal of informing and influencing foreign...

This Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures program, CFDA 15.929, provides $1,348,036 to the Captain Forbes House Museum in Milton, Massachusetts to stabilize and preserve a historic 1883 carriage house and 1880 stable. The award will fund activities such as adding and replacing concrete footings, repointing chimneys, reinforcing structural components, repairing siding and trim, replacing roofing and gutters, restoring windows and doors, and installing...

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 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 Paine Art Center and Gardens will partner with the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and the Oshkosh Area School District to develop new arts-integrated field trips and activities for pre-K-12 students under a $672,767 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program. The Paine Art Center will enhance its existing ArtsCore professional development program for teachers by providing staff training to develop and evaluate new ArtsCore Adventures...