Artists as Catalysts

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Beyond Incarceration

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Borderlands Cultures

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Civic Engagement

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Evolving Higher Education

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Expanding Public Knowledge

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Monuments and Memory

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Multivocality

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Power of the Word

Five colorful neon signs hang on the wall with messages that include, "Freedom cannot wait," "Brown owned," and "America is for Dreamers."

Public Places‚ Public Stories

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Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

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The Ford Foundation and the Mellon Foundation announced the 2024 recipients of the Disability Futures Fellowship, an initiative dedicated to amplifying disabled creative practitioners.

Mellon and Flamboyan Foundations Announce the 2024 Letras Boricuas Fellows 

The Chicago Public Art Group has been awarded more than $450,000 from the Mellon Foundation to preserve the two-story “Solidarity” mural in the former UE Hall, 37 S. Ashland Ave.

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Historic ‘Solidarity’ Mural Will Be Preserved Thanks To Arts Group Grant

Next Jazz Legacy was launched in 2021 with major funding from the Mellon Foundation which has now confirmed support for another three-year cycle.

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Mellon Foundation Awards $1.25m To New Music USA's Next Jazz Legacy

Acclaimed filmmakers, singers, writers and others who have made their mark on American culture were awarded the prestigious National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals.

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Mellon Foundation Receives National Humanities Medal 

The Mellon Foundation, the US’s largest philanthropic supporter of arts and humanities, has launched a $25 million fund that will support arts organizations based in the US-Mexico borderlands.

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Mellon Foundation Launches $25 M. Fund to Support Arts Organizations Along US-Mexico Border

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