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 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 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,...
The Portland Art Museum, through its Center For An Untold Tomorrow division, received a $325,000 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program. The grant funded the development and delivery of "THE ART OF RESILIENCE: A CONTINUUM OF TLINGIT ARTS" public program from August 2016 through July 2020. This program explored Tlingit history and culture through humanities-focused...
The Portland Art Museum was awarded a $609,441 federal 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 creation of a retrospective exhibition on the life and work of modernist painter and printmaker Yoshida Chizuko (1924-2017). The exhibition will feature Chizuko's early paintings and sketches, rare monotypes, woodblock prints, and mixed media prints, as well as archival materials such as...
This $2,217,176 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (CFDA 19.415) federal grant program. The grant funds the designing, installation, and related programming of the Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy. The award was made to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, which will leverage its expertise in science, engineering, and technology to support...
The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $975,531.70 Project Grant to Spaces to support the official U.S. presentation at the 18th International Architecture Biennale in Italy. The grant was awarded under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges program (CFDA 19.415) to fund the exhibition from September 16, 2022 through June 30, 2024. The Citizen Exchange activities supported by this program include international cultural...
The Portland Art Museum in Oregon will use a $128,299 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to increase its workforce and provide staff training as it reopens after pandemic-related closures. Approximately 30 positions will be rehired with assistance from a new Recruiter role. Interview skills training will be conducted for hiring teams, and new hires will receive equity and de-escalation training. These recruitment and training...
The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $319,000 to Kunstmeile Krems Betriebs GMBH, operating as Karikaturmuseum Krems, to support the exhibition "Helen Frankenthaler. Painterly Constellations" from April 23 through October 30, 2022. This Project Grant funding will support the exhibition under the agency's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to inform and influence foreign publics and strengthen cultural relationships. The completion date for the...
The Museum der Moderne Salzburg received a $290,600 project grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs to support the exhibition and publication of works by American video artist Bill Viola. Funded under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to advance U.S. foreign policy and cultural relations objectives, the exhibition was held from July 16 through October 30, 2022. As the sub-awardee, Museum der Moderne Salzburg utilized the funding to curate...