Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support the development of a first- and second-year initiative that aims to improve sophomore retention

Sophomore Retention

to involve additional faculty members in developing and teaching the new core curriculum

Core Curriculum

to strengthen its faculty and bring greater coherence to the undergraduate liberal arts curriculum

Faculty/Curriculum Development

for use in the current academic year as a President's discretionary fund

President's Discretionary Fund

to support the one-year renewal of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

to support a program for transfer students to foster faculty-supported independent academic research in the humanities and social sciences


Transfer Student Research Program

for an undergraduate fellowship program to increase the number of minority students who enroll in PhD programs in fields of the arts and sciences

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program

to continue support for a program for transfer students to foster faculty-supported independent academic research in the humanities and social sciences

Mellon Transfer Student Research Program

for an undergraduate fellowship program to increase the number of minority students who enroll in PhD programs in the arts and sciences

in suppon of an undergraduate fellowship program intended to increase the number of minority students enrolled in PhD programs in designated fields of the arts and sciences

to renew support for the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2006 Renewal

to support the renewal of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2009 Renewal

to support the renewal of an undergraduate fellowship program

2000 Renewal Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellowship Program

to support humanities initiatives that combine undergraduate research and faculty development

Engaging Communities in the Humanities & Humanistic Social Sciences

to supplement the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - Two Additional Years of Support

to conserve, catalogue, and microfilm original drawings for the Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge Original Drawings

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

to assist the Brooklyn Children's Museum to equip its new museum building

New Museum Equipment

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'

matching endowment for research and publication at the Brooklyn Museum

Art Museum Publication Program

matching grant in support of the conservation department of the Brooklyn Museum

Conservation Department

matching endowment for the position of Curator of Arts of the Americas at The Brooklyn Museum

Endowment for Curatorial Positions

matching endowment in support of the position of Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture at The Brooklyn Museum

for use by the Brooklyn Museum toward the costs of strengthening the programs of its Education and Membership Divisions and increasing their income-generating capacity

Education and Membership

to support the cataloging of hidden collections

Cataloging Special Collections

to cover the losses New York City’s three public branchlibrary systems have incurred from the reduction in government support of core operations as a result of the events of September 11, 2001

Disaster Recovery Relief Fund

to support an associate in arts degree program for adults who have been excluded or discouraged from participating in higher education

Bard Microcollege at BPL

to support a national research project to identify and address library policies that may serve to create barriers to accessing books and other library resources

Library Card Access Research 

to continue support for an associate in arts degree program for adults who have been excluded or discouraged from participating in higher education

Bard Microcollege at BPL - Phase III

to support the expansion of library-based services and programs for those reentering society post-incarceration

Reentry Services

Bard Microcollege at BPL - Phase II

EmergeNYC

toward costs of programs of plant conservation research

Plant Conservation

to support the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on plants of Africa, Latin America, and other areas

Plants Initiative

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

to support subsidized rehearsal space for the professional nonprofit dance field

Dance Rehearsal Space Subsidy

to support core operations through the New York Theater Program

New York Theater Program

to support core operations for 600 Highwaymen through the New York Theater Program

to support dance rehearsal space subsidies

toward costs of the New York Metropolitan Flora Project

New York Metropolitan Flora Project

to assist this arts council in purchasing lighting and sound equipment for use in community art programs

Lighting and Sound Equipment for Community Art Programs

Program Development

Artists as Catalysts

Artists as Catalysts Navigation Image

Beyond Incarceration

A side profile of a Black poet who is wearing glasses and a hat with a feather hat pin.

Borderlands Cultures

In portrait orientation, an aerial view of a major highway running parallel to a large border wall set on a hilly landscape

Civic Engagement

A man in a brown jacket stands in front of blue bulletin board that is covered with papers and advertisements  

Evolving Higher Education

A vertical image of an Indigenous person who is sitting on a chair in front of a backdrop.

Expanding Public Knowledge

An interior room filled with audio and video equipment 

Monuments and Memory

A multicolored painted totem pole set in front of a foggy forest landscape

Multivocality

Five people stand together in a group photo. They are laughing and smiling.

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" 