Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

toward renovation of a space at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for multi-purpose use

Ballroom Renovation

for support of the Royal Shakespeare Company's residency program at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

Royal Shakespeare Company - Residency Program

to support the activities of the Royal Shakespeare Company while in residence at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

Royal Shakespeare Company

to provide seating, and lighting and sound equipment for the renovated ballroom at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

Support for the Renovated Ballroom

to support the activities of the International Centre for Theatre Research while in residence at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

International Centre for Theatre Research

for support of engagement of Royal Shakespeare Company's production at Brooklyn Academy of Music at a reduced ticket price scale

Royal Shakespeare Company - 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

to endow opera and music theater programs

Opera and Music - Theatre Endowment

to support opera and music-theater presentations

BAM Opera Program

to support opera and music-theater programming

Opera Presentations and Opera Endowment

for development of ways to increase earned and contributed income

Increasing Earned and Contributed Income

to support the institution following losses incurred as a result of the events of September 11, 2001

Disaster Recovery Relief Fund

Program Development

matching endowment and spendable grant in support of its opera program

Opera Program - Endowment

Opera Program

to establish a collaborative opera program with the Metropolitan Opera Association

to strengthen its core programs, collaboration with smaller arts organizations, and financial stability

Hub Institution Program

to support planning for the Illuminating Islam festival

Illuminating Islam Festival 

International Opera Presentations

BAM Opera Bridge Support

Righting the Ship: Fortifying Visionary Leadership

to support a program of training, mentorship, and arts citizenship for emerging composers of diverse backgrounds and aesthetics

Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music

to support organizational capacity and development for United Order of Tents of Brooklyn of the Eastern District No. 3, project planning for the preservation of the site and related programming and interpretation

United Order of Tents of Brooklyn

for support of Aspen Music School in Aspen, Colorado

Support of Aspen Music School

to support continued development of the Database of Recorded American Music

Database of Recorded American Music

to support further development of the Database of Recorded American Music

to support the planning, design, and prototype implementation of the Database of Recorded American Music

to support the continued planning, design, and implementation of the Database of Recorded American Music

to support the continued development of a database of recorded music for distribution to academic institutions

Database of American Music V

to support transition and start-up costs related to a merger with American Music Center, Inc.

Merger With American Music Center 

to support a seminar on music training and performance

Music Seminar 

to support the development and strengthening of the Academy of Science of South Africa

Academy of Science of South Africa

to support the completion of a history of the National Academy of Sciences

A History of the National Academy of Sciences

to endow a program of Academy initiated studies that address issues of significance to the nation

Academy Studies Endowment

for a collaborative project with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to examine the recent development of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Academy Fellow Endowment

toward costs of establishing its Music Performance Program

Chamber Music Program

to support planning for an annual festival of concerts by North American orchestras, Spring for Music, at Carnegie Hall

Spring for Music 

to support the Music Alive orchestral residency program

Music Alive Residencies

to support a national study of the chamber music field

Chamber Music Field Study

to support a collaborative project among public media stations to help shape the future of classical music on radio

Station Resource Group Inc - Classical Music Rising

Summer Institute of Music

to support a commissioning program for classical music

Classical Music Commissioning Program

to support the composer residency program Music Alive

Music Alive - Composer Residencies

to support the establishment of an endowment for the Live Music for Dance program

Live Music for Dance Endowment 

to support the Summer Institute of Music at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art

Producers Academy

to support the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Academy

BSO Academy

to support research and planning for New Music Hubs

Planning for New Music Hubs

to assist this community music school in renovating its new building

Renovation of New Building

Artists as Catalysts

Artists as Catalysts Navigation Image

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

A group of Indigenous Maskoke people stand and sit in the wooden frame of a structure in a woods

Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 