Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support Martha Graham's dance archives

Dance Archives

to support the planning activities of the Martha Graham Archive Project

Archive Project

to support the management of cash flow for the Contemporary Dance Restoration/Replacement Project

PRI - Restoration/Replacement Project - Post Sandy

to support the reconstruction of the 1938 dance American Document

Reconstruction of Work

for development of ways to increase earned and contributed income

Modern Dance Program

to create new work, including fresh adaptations of existing pieces, for its repertoire

to support dance archives and organizational development

Transition Plan

to support the restoration of sets, costumes, and posters damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy Relief

to support assessment and preservation of at-risk archival films

Film Archives Planning

to support salary costs for a development professional and an administrative support professional

Staff Support

to support a preservation needs assessment to be carried out by a film archives expert

Film Preservation Needs Assessment

to support the preservation and notation of dances choreographed by Martha Graham, and planning related to the creation of an online searchable catalog of scores and other archival materials

Martha Graham Labanotation & Online Catalogue

to support innovative choreographers and build audiences for contemporary dance

Contemporary Dance

for general support of the Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theater

Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theater

toward the costs of commissioning, in a program conducted in cooperation with the New York State Council on the Arts, works of music by contemporary American composers

Contemporary American Composers

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

Research Center for Contemporary Native Arts Implementation Grant

to support the Commissioning and Production Residency and Contemporary Global Performance programs

Commissioning and Production Residency and Contemporary Global  Performance

to support preservation of and access to primary source documentation in the field of contemporary art

Contemporary Art Scholarship

to increase and improve developmental and production support for dance companies

Dance Presenters Initiative Pilot

to support artist Saira Barbaric's research, investigation, and design of an accessible dance structure

 Investigation and Creation Work of Saira Barbaric

to support research, colloquia, scholarly publishing, and public discourse on contemporary art

to create a consortium to commission new works in opera and dance

Opera/Dance Consortium

to support dance rehearsal space subsidies

Dance Rehearsal Space Subsidy

2004 Dance Festival

to continue support for the New American Dance Initiative

New American Dance Initiative

to support theater and dance commissions, residencies, and projects

Theater and Dance Commissions

to support subsidized rehearsal space for the professional nonprofit dance field

to support the museum's role as a platform for research and debate on contemporary art

Contemporary Art Scholarship - Phase II

Fall for Dance Festival

to support the 2005 Fall for Dance Festival

to endow and support the Fall for Dance Festival

Fall for Dance Festival Endowment

to establish an artistic director's discretionary fund at the Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theater

toward the costs of three concerts of contemporary American music

Contemporary Music

to plan an online archive of moving images documenting dance history and performance

Dance Video Archive 

to support the documentation of dance works in Labanotation and digitization of selected hand-written scores

Notation of Works From Single-Choreographer Led Dance Companies and Digitization

to support a new curatorial position dedicated to contemporary fiber arts

Curator of Contemporary Art

to support interdisciplinary programming for visual and performing arts

Interdisciplinary Curatorial Practice

to support the Daniel Lind-Ramos: El Viejo Griot — Una historia de todos nosotros exhibit

Daniel Lind-Ramos: El Viejo Griot — Una historia de todos nosotros

to support strategic planning and execution of the Bloodlines Interwoven Festival

Contemporary Global Music Aesthetics at the Bloodlines Interwoven Festival

to support collaborative programs in dance and the creation of a dance major

Undergraduate Center for Dance

to support a new director's vision for a more equitable and participatory museum

New Director's Vision

to define and enhance aspects of its artistic mission

Contemporary Chamber Ensembles

to continue support for organizational and programmatic capacity

Organizational and Programmatic Capacity

to create new work, including fresh adaptations of existing pieces, for the repertoire of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

to support change capital, as part of the Foundation's Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative

Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative

Artists as Catalysts

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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

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Public Places‚ Public Stories

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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" 