Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support a two-part initiative to advance the field of photograph conservation in Russia in collaboration with the American Friends of The State Hermitage Museum

State Hermitage Museum Collaboration

to support the advanced residency program in photograph conservation and to establish a photograph conservation library and program archive

Photographic Conservation

to support expenses associated with the selection process for the Mellon Advanced Residency Program in Photograph Conservation

to support training in the field of photograph conservation

in support of training in the field of photograph conservation

toward costs of developing a program for the training of photograph conservators


toward early planning costs of exhibitions and publications relating to its permanent collection

Exhibitions/Publications

to support the establishment of an endowment for a new Department of Conservation

Conservation Endowment

to support a pilot workshop, The Conservation Assessment of Photograph Collections:The First Step in Preservation Planning, in St. Petersburg, Russia

Preservation Planning

for supplementary equipment to support training in the field of photograph conservation

Conservation Training Equipment

Conservation Department Bridge Support

to support the Advanced Residency Program in Photograph Conservation

Advanced Residency Program - Phase III

to establish a wasting endowment for the Center for the Legacy of Photography

Center for the Legacy of Photography 

to support fellowship stipends for the Advanced Residency Program in Photograph Conservation

Advanced Residency Program in Photograph Conservation

to support an evaluation of the achievements and prospects of the Advanced Residency Program in Photograph Conservation

Mellon Advanced Residency Program in Photograph Conservation - Phase II

to support advancement of the field of photograph conservation in Russia in collaboration with the George Eastman House

State Hermitage Museum Collaboration 

toward editorial costs of the Papers of George Catlett Marshall

Papers of George C. Marshall

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

New Museum Equipment

to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund

Art Museum Futures Fund

matching endowment for research and publication at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Art Museum Publication Program

to support the creation of a public museum of Sing Sing prison

Sing Sing Museum

to support a program to introduce Chinese museum professionals to American museum practices

Training of Chinese Museum Professionals

to support on an interim basis four key positions in the library and museum archives

Museum Library/Archives

to support a study and planning process to address knowledge management infrastructure at the museum

Museum Knowledge Management

to provide a pilot program to introduce Chinese museum professionals to American museum practices

to support a pilot program to introduce Chinese museum professionals to American museum practices

to continue support for a program to introduce Chinese museum professionals to American museum practices

Training of Chinese Museum Professionals 

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

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" 