Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

matching grant in support of the conservation department of the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art

Conservation

matching endowment for research and publication at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Art Museum Publication Program

to assist the affiliation of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art library with the RUN system

Research Libraries Information Network Affiliation

to support a pilot program of collaborative projects to be undertaken by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art with outside scientists

Conservation Science Pilot Program

to support a pilot program of collaboration projects to be undertaken by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art with outside scientists

Conservation Science Pilot Program - Phase II

to establish an endowment for consultant science advisors and analytical services

Science Endowment

to support a strategic planning initiative

New Directors' Initiatives

to support a curator of Native American art position as part of the Leadership in Art Museums Initiative

Leadership in Art Museums

to support the Progreso Community Gallery

Progreso Community Gallery

to support the selection, documentation, and digitization of images for ARTstor’s Image Gallery

ARTstor Image Gallery 

to support the selection, documentation, and digitization of images for ArtSTOR’s Image Gallery

to support the production of digitized images to be included in ARTstor’s Image Gallery

to support the incorporation of digitized images into ArtSTOR’s Image Gallery

ARTstor Image Gallery Collections 

to support operations and staffing for the expanded Legacy Museum and the new Legacy Gallery

Legacy Museum and Gallery

for use by the Yale University Art Gallery in support of its art-conservation program

Yale University Art Gallery

for use by Japan House Gallery in support of the early planning costs of its publication program

Japan House Gallery Publictions Program

to support a pilot Academic Museum and Gallery Leadership seminar

Pilot Academic Museum and Gallery Leadership Seminar

to support research and teaching focused on the structure and performance of the US scientific research system

The Changing Science System in the U.S. [Mowery/Nelson]

to support the development of the Chinati Foundation Archives

Chinati Foundation archives

as permanent endowment to be matched over five years by $45,000,000, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Gallery's opening, with the intention of helping the Gallery to secure several of its most important programs in perpetuity and catalyzing major support from other donors

75th Anniversary Endowment

support of Sports Foundation, Inc., which sponsors recreational programs for youth, educational guidance and job training

Exclusive Support of Sports Foundation

toward completion of the Gallery's building program

Gallery's Building Program

toward completion of the Gallery's East Building program

to support quality control work on images digitized from the University’s art history slide collection

for use by the Foundation Project toward costs of a study on more effective management of foundations

Foundation Project

to support expansion and diversification of four initiatives dedicated to the role of poetry in communities

The Poetry Foundation

to support the Re-Site initiative including historian and artist stipends and public programming

Re-Site

to support the Theory of the Foundation Learning Collaborative

Theory of the Foundation

Theory of the Foundation Learning Collaborative

to support continued development of ConservationSpace through release 3.0

ConservationSpace

endowment grant in support of three senior positions and associated support activities

Endowment

to continue support for ConservationSpace, an open source web-based software application for managing conservation documentation

to support the development of ConservationSpace, an open source Web-based software application for managing conservation documentation

to support the planning of ConservationSpace, an open source Web-based software application for managing conservation documentation

to establish a scholarly research fund for curatorial assistance related to research on the permanent collections

Museum Program

in support of the Conservation Department and the library

Library Conservation

matching endowment for its conservation program and in support of various conservation program activities

Conservation Program

to endow the position of Chief of Conservation, and for various conservation program activities

to purchase essential scientific equipment

Scientific Equipment

to establish a photograph conservation department and three staff positions

Photograph Conservation

to support the establishment of a position in the Department of Scientific Research for a scientist specializing in digital imaging

Imaging Scientist

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

Exhibitions/Publications

for support of library acquisition program

Library Acquisition Program

to support the costs of a financial survey of the ten largest U.S. art museums

Museum Finance Survey

matching permanent endowment for the Patrons' Permanent Fund

Patrons Permanent Fund

to endow the program of postdoctoral Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellowships

Curatorial Fellowships Endowment

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" 