Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

toward retirement of debt incurred for renovation and expansion of the Center's building

Retirement of Indebtedness

to support the National Playwrights Conference

National Playwrights Conference

toward completion of its new theatre facility

New Theatre Facility

to develop and extend its artistic activity

Seasonal Theatre/Dance Program

to support student recruitment, expansion of the National Playwrights Conference, and a convening of Master of Fine Arts playwriting programs

National Playwrights Conference and Recruitment

to support artistic initiatives and organizational development

National Playwrights Conference - Part II

toward construction costs of new Memorial Hospital

New Memorial Hospital Construction

toward construction of cancer drug center at the Roswell Park Memorial Institute

Grace Cancer Drug Center Construction

to support the planning process for a memorial to those lost to convict leasing at the Bellwood Quarry and the Chattahoochee Brick Company prison labor camps

Forced Labor Memorial at Bellwood Quarry 

for renovation of Moton Conference Center, an adult education conference center in Capahosic, Virginia

The Moton Conference Center

to support the construction of a center of education, interpretation, and art at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and the development of programs that will disseminate knowledge about the history of slavery in the United States

The Peace and Justice Memorial Center at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice

to support the construction of Victoria Theater and its new community spaces and programs focused on the arts, cultural heritage, and social justice in St. Paul

Victoria Theater Arts Center

to support strategic and curricular planning for Eugene Lang College

Eugene Lang College Strategic Plan

for general support of the Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theater

Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theater

to support transitional expenses associated with the transfer of the Center for the Theater Commons from Washington Drama Society, Inc. (Arena Stage)

Center for the Theater Commons Transfer

to support the Irene Hirano Inouye Memorial Fund for the Asian Pacific American Center’s directorship

Asian Pacific American Center’s Irene Hirano Inouye Memorial Fund

to strengthen specific aspects of the theater within a selective program to assist American theaters

Theater Program

to support theater and dance commissions, residencies, and projects

Theater and Dance Commissions

to support core operations through the New York Theater Program

New York Theater Program

to strengthen specific aspects of the institution, within a selective program to assist 18 American theaters

to support community engagement, planning, and design related to the development of the Sleepy Lagoon Memorial

Sleepy Lagoon Memorial

to support the theater’s artistic development and its Associate Artist program

National Theater Program

to support the museum's engagement of humanities scholars in its mission and public programs

Public Humanities Fellowship Program

to support a new exhibition, organizational capacity, and public programming

The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Archive

to support the completion of the Dred Scott Memorial Monument

Dred Scott Memorial Monument

to support the construction of the Dred Scott Memorial Monument

to support developmental activities and collaborations with producing theaters

Developmental Activities and Producing Theater Collaborations

to support the development of the Public Memory and Memorial Lab

Public Memory and Memorial Lab

General Support

Patient Care

to provide general operating support, as part of the New York Theater Program

to support transformative leadership within the American Theater

(Re)Seeding the American Theater

to support the core programs of HowlRound:  A Center for the Theater Commons; the Center for Performance and Civic Practice; and the Latina/o Theatre Commons

HowlRound: A Center for the Theater Commons; the Center for Performance and Civic Practice; and the Latina/o Theatre Commons

toward costs of a public television series on the American theater

American Theater Series

for use by its Center for Reading and Language Studies for research on the effectiveness of Classroom, Inc.

Center for Reading & Language Skills - Classroom Inc. Research

to support artistic initiatives and the associate artist program

Artists as Catalysts

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Beyond Incarceration

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

Borderlands Cultures

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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

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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" 