Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

matching endowment for research and publication at the Detroit Institute of Arts

Art Museum Publication Program [Detroit Institute Arts]

to support the "Grand Bargain" that will enable the museum to hold its collections for the public in perpetuity

Perpetual Ownership of Assets

matching endowment in support of its conservation department

Art Museum Program

to endow the position of senior conservation scientist, and to support the purchase of essential scientific equipment

Conservation Scientist Endowment

matching endowment to establish the Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellowship and the Curatorship of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

AWMF Curatorial Endowment and Curatorial Fellowships - Phase I

to provide partial support for the salary, benefits, and equipment needs of a second conservation scientist while matching funds are raised to endow the existing senior scientist position

to establish a permanent endowment in support of curatorial research and travel and a program for visiting curatorial specialists

Curatorial Research and Visiting Scholar Endowment

for an advanced conservation apprentice training program

Advanced Conservation Training

to establish three postdoctoral Mellon Curatorial Fellowships

AWMF Curatorial Endowment and Curatorial Fellowships - Phase II

to support the completion of the Detroit Arab-American Study

Detroit Arab-American Study

to support the transition from the Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts to the Institute for Creative Arts

Institute for Creative Arts

to support the research and programs of the Institute for Creative Arts

Institute for Creative Arts Renewal 

to continue support for responsive engagement with the citizens of Detroit and pathways initiatives for musicians from underrepresented communities

Social Progress Initiative and African American Fellowship program

to support the Intercultural Leadership Institute

Intercultural Leadership Institute

in support of a pilot program of graduate fellowships in arts criticism

Arts Fellowships

to continue support for the Intercultural Leadership Institute

to support planning for and the pilot round of the Advanced Intercultural Leadership Institute

Advanced Intercultural Leadership Institute

to support a public humanities initiative to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion through community engagement, experiential learning opportunities, and a summer institute 

Institute for the Arts and Humanities (MCLA-IAH)

in support of its Program in Contemporary Arts Criticism

Contemporary Arts Criticism

to support evaluation and planning for the next iteration of the Intercultural Leadership Institute

Intercultural Leadership Institute Bridge Grant

for the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts

Conservator Training Program

matching endowment in support of the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts

Conservation Center Endowment

to support the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

Conservation Center

to establish "The Andrew W. Mellon Fund" at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

Endowment - AWMF Fund

to continue support for the Opera of our Time Initiative

Opera of Our Time

to support the presentation of contemporary operas in community-based settings 

toward the costs of color illustrations for Studies in Conservation, a publication of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works

'Studies in Conservation' Illustrations

for use by the Institute for International Development for a study of change at liberal arts colleges

LAC - Institute of International Development - Liberal Arts College Change Process Study

to support the Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation

Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation

to support a collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago to establish a Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts

Northwestern University/Art Institute of Chicago - Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts

to support the developmental process of new opera at the John Duffy Composers Institute

John Duffy Composers Institute

to support the John Duffy Composers Institute

for American participation in the 1986 Young Scientists' Summer Program of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis - Young Scientists

for American participation in the 1983 Young Scientists' Summer Program of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

for American participation in the 1984 Young Scientists' Summer Program of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

to support the expansion of Theater Institute programs

Expansion of Theater Institute Programs

to support planning for a research center for the study, practice, and scholarship of contemporary Native arts 

Native Arts Research Center Planning Grant

to support the Northwestern University-Art Institute of Chicago Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts

Northwestern University/Art Institute of Chicago Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts (NU-ACCESS) Phase 2

to support the Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship (ILiADS)

Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship

to support a series of review panels and related activities to examine the state of advanced research in art history and allied fields

Institute of Fine Arts Review

to support the John Duffy Institute for New Opera

John Duffy Institute for New Opera

to continue support for the implementation of the Research Center for Contemporary Native Arts

Research Center for Contemporary Native Arts Implementation Grant

for renovation of exhibition and storage-study areas at its Museum of Art which will display the Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection of Decorative Arts

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection of Decorative Arts

to support the establishment of an institute to foster understanding of the relationship of a liberal arts education to the workings of democracy

Institute for Democracy and the Liberal Arts

to support the Institute's Conservation Center

to establish an Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, the income to be used for expenses relating to the Collection; and to complete renovation of the galleries in which the Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection of Decorative Arts will be exhibited

to strengthen the liberal arts curriculum and faculty in its College of Arts and Sciences

Curriculum and Faculty

to support the creation of a Digital Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts Center

Digital Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts Center

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" 