Project Grant SIS70020GR0085

The Columbia Museum of Art received a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to mount a traveling exhibition on contemporary African American art and implement supporting public programs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The museum will install the "30 Americans" exhibition drawn from the Rubell Family Collection, featuring 57 works by 30 artists. Interpretive and educational...

The Arizona State University Art Museum, in partnership with the Hispanic Research Center, received a $690,049 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative (CFDA 45.031). The grant, awarded on August 1, 2024, will fund the creation of the Latinx Art & Culture Curatorial Fellows and Internship Program. This initiative will expand fellowship and internship opportunities, produce a bilingual...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $120,000 Project Grant to the Queens Museum of Art to support an exhibition and commission by artist Xaviera Simmons under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The Queens Museum of Art will curate a solo exhibition of Simmons' work and commission a new piece from January 1, 2022 through April 30, 2023. The NEA's Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to...

The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco will implement a youth arts fellowship program called "Generation Chinatown" under a $117,020 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301). The fellowship will deepen 7-10 multiethnic high school students' creative skills and civic leadership abilities through workshops, public art projects, and engagement with Chinatown residents to explore issues of place,...

The Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, a non-profit organization, received a $389,733 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative (CFDA #45.031). This 3-year grant, awarded from August 1, 2024, to July 31, 2027, supports the development of a workplace-based learning and practice immersive experience for students. Key activities include designing and implementing paid internships to grow student...

The Mississippi Museum of Art received a $200,000 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program to develop educational resources and curriculum focused on the Great Migration. The museum will create a critical reader textbook and higher education coursework centered around its upcoming "A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration" exhibition,...

The Portland Art Museum received a $609,441 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) federal grant 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 a range of Chizuko's artworks, including early paintings, rare monotypes, woodblock prints, and mixed media prints, along with...

The federal Project Grant award, with ID MG256076OMS24, was provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants for Museums (CFDA 45.312) program. The $1,231,500 grant will support Voices In Contemporary Art Inc. (Voca), a non-profit organization, in developing the capacity of art museum professionals across the United States in artist-centered stewardship practices. Through 18 workshops attended by teams from over 200 museums, the project will...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $117,500 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to Kunsthauswien GMBH. The funding supports Kunsthauswien's invitation of four American and US-based artists—Alia Ali, Nakeya Brown, Pixy Liao, and Carmen Winant—to showcase their works at the Photo Festival Foto Wien from March 5 to March 31, 2022. The Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) aims to support U.S. foreign policy goals through civic engagement and...

The Tampa Museum of Art was awarded a $207,376 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will enable the museum to partner with King's Kids Christian Academy, a needs-based private school, to expand the museum's art therapy-informed program, Art Space, to three new campuses. Project activities include developing art therapy-informed lesson plans and piloting, evaluating, and refining the school and museum visits. The...