Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to continue support for the First Nations Performing Arts initiative

First Nations Performing Arts 

to continue support for artist residencies

Creative Exchange Lab

to support interdisciplinary artist residencies

General Operating Support 

to support the development of interdisciplinary practice through Creative Exchange Lab

to support the Global First Nations Performance Network

Global First Nations Performance Project

to support the Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation

Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation

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

Contemporary Art Scholarship

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

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

Contemporary Art Scholarship - Phase II

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

Research Center for Contemporary Native Arts Implementation Grant

to continue support for curatorial research, graduate fellowships, and publications in contemporary art

Curatorial Research and Publication - Phase II

to support Prototype, an annual contemporary opera music-theater festival

Contemporary Music - Theatre and Opera Festival

to support the continued planning, policy, and engagement work for Portland's monuments and memorial efforts

Portland Monuments Project

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

Art Museum Futures Fund

in support of its Program in Contemporary Arts Criticism

Contemporary Arts Criticism

to assist the Institute during an organizational transition

Institutional Transition

to support a program to strengthen research and display practices in Native American art

Predoctoral Fellowships - Native American Art

to support a curatorial position with specialization in Latinx art as part of Advancing Latinx Art in Museums

Advancing Latinx Art at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

to support a new residency program for sound artists

Sound Art Residencies

to support the "Loophole of Retreat" symposium and an exhibition catalogue associated with the presentation of Simone Leigh's representation of the United States for the American Pavilion at the Venice Biennale

Simone Leigh at the Venice Biennale, Symposium and Catalogue

to support productions of six contemporary and Baroque operas

Artistic Initiatives for Contemporary and Baroque Operas

to support artist Jeffrey Gibson’s presentation, "the space in which to place me", as part of the 60th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale

"the space in which to place me"

to support the creation and touring of Simone Leigh's representation of the United States for the American Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in collaboration with Spelman College

Simone Leigh at the Venice Biennale

General Operating Support

to support curatorial research and exhibition development resulting in a series of three scholarly publications

Curatorial Research and Publication

to support a new curatorial position dedicated to contemporary fiber arts

Curator of Contemporary Art

to continue support for a residency program for sound artists

Sound Art and Experimental Music Residency Program

to support curatorial capacity in contemporary indigenous art and culture

Curator of Contemporary Indigenous Art and Culture

to support the continuation of the Summer Institute in Technical Art History

Summer Institute for Technical Studies - Harvard Art Museums

to continue support for Technical and Production Residencies for Artists at MASS MoCA

Technical and Production Residencies for Artists at MASS MoCA

to renew support for the Institute's Center for Art, Science, and Technology

Center for Art, Science, and Technology - Phase II

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

Institute for Creative Arts

to continue support for a multiyear residency with playwright Taylor Mac, as part of the National Playwright Residency Program

National Playwright Residency Program

to support upgrade of the user interface of the Witt Computer Index, which provides scholarly access to a subset of art objects represented in the photo archive held by the Witt Library of the Courtauld Institute of Art

Courtauld Institute of Art

to support a revitalized economics program, a new art history program, and a scholarship for active professors emeriti

Economics/Art History/Emeriti

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 Latinx and Caribbean art initiatives

Latinx and Caribbean Art and Engagement Initiatives 

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

Commissioning and Production Residency and Contemporary Global  Performance

toward the publication of preprints for the 1982 Congress of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works

Preprints for 1982 Congress of The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works

to support and facilitate a responsible leadership transition

Leadership Transition Support

New York Theater Program

to support core operations through the New York Theater Program

to support a three-year residency with playwright Taylor Mac through the National Playwright Residency Program

to support the PROTOTYPE: Opera/Theatre/Now Festival

Prototype - Opera/Theatre/Now Festival

to support the Prototype: Opera/Theatre/Now Festival

Opera/Theatre/Now Festival - Prototype

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 director of public programs and senior curator positions as part of the Leadership in Art Museums Initiative

Leadership in Art Museums

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" 