Virtual programs and new education department staff [the american folk art museum requests funding from the NEH to bolster education department initiatives: supporting and enhancing ongoing virtual…

The American Folk Art Museum was awarded 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 (CFDA 45.162). The grant will support the development and enhancement of ongoing virtual programming and the hiring of a new Community Engagement Educator position to better serve local communities. Specifically, the Museum will continue and expand virtual offerings such as exhibition tours, curator and artist presentations, K-12 educational programming, an internship program, and family and teen programs. The new staff member will help build a more diverse audience near the Museum's Queens and Manhattan locations. The funding is expected to improve and maintain virtual programs while extending the Museum's audience reach. Intended beneficiaries include local students, teachers, and communities who will gain improved access to folk art resources and programming. No subawards are planned under this award ending December 31, 2022.

Activities

  the museum will & nbsp; continue & nbsp; and enhance & nbsp; virtual programming & nbsp; such as exhibition tours, presentations by curators and artists, k-12 educational programming, an internship program, and programs for teens and families.  a & nbsp; community engagement educator will be hired to help & nbsp; build a more diverse audience proximate to the museum?s established locations in queens and manhattan. &nbsp

Expected outcomes

?the project would improve and maintain virtual programs and extend its audience.&nbsp

Intended beneficiaries

  local students and teachers will & nbsp; benefit & nbsp; from the educational programming.  the local community will benefit from a museum that better attends their needs. Folk art researchers and practitioners will benefit from access to the museum?s collections. &nbsp

Subrecipient activities

?the recipient does not intend to subaward funds. ]