Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support the development of Latinx archives

Aquí Estamos! Latinx Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 

to support the position of a scientist to work in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry at Rice University and The Menil Collection

Conservation Science Pilot Program

to support academic collaborations with Rice University and the University of Texas at Austin, and expanded digital access to the permanent collection

New Directors' Initiatives

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

Exhibitions/Publications

to support the Afro-Atlantic Histories exhibition

Afro-Atlantic Histories Exhibition

to support scientific collaboration with the conservation department at the Menil Collection and the chemistry department at Rice University

Conservation Science - Phase II

to support the conservation science program, and a two-year postdoctoral fellowship

Conservation Science - Phase III

to continue support for an undergraduate fellowship program aimed at diversifying curatorial cohorts in American art museums, in partnership with the Art Institute of Chicago, the High Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship

matching endowment for research and publication at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Art Museum Publication Program

for faculty and curriculum development at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts

Faculty/Curriculum Development

toward early planning costs of exhibitions and publications relating to the permanent collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

matching grant in support of the conservation program at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Conservation

for use by the Art Museum Library Consortium toward costs of the retrospective conversion of bibliographic records

Art Museum Library Consortium

to support the museum’s plans to improve access to unique archival collections

Museum Archives

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

Museum Program

to improve scholarly access to unique archival documents

matching endowment in support of research and publication of substantial scholarly quality

to continue to support general operations for the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art

General Operating Support: Spelman College Museum of Fine Art

toward cost of renovating existing space for its College of Fine Arts

Renovation - College of Fine Arts

to support the development of digital resources of archaeological materials from the Museum’s Giza collection

Giza Project

to support emergency funding for University of Houston students adversely affected by Hurricane Harvey

University of Houston Cougar Emergency Fund

to enhance staff and training capacity in the conservation of textiles, objects, and works on paper

Conservation Support

to support the purchase of scientific equipment

Conservation Science - Equipment

for support of Cyprus archaeological expedition and for the publication of findings

Cypress Archeological Expedition

to support faculty positions for a fine arts initiative

Fine Arts

to endow the position of senior conservator of Asian art and support an associate conservator of Chinese paintings

Asian Conservation

to endow the position of associate research scientist and to support a digital data resource (CAMEO)

Conservation Scientist Endowment

matching endowment in support of its conservation program

Conservation Endowment

to strengthen its program in the Fine Arts

Fine Arts Program

to endow the position of curator of ancient art

Curatorial Endowment - Ancient Art

to support an initiative in the conservation of African art

African Art Collection

to support an advanced conservation apprentice training program

Advanced Conservation Training

to support a pilot project for conservation documentation in digital form

Conservation Documentation Pilot Project 

to support the further development of the online Giza Archives database,Web interface, and digital library, and to endow the Giza Archives

Giza Archives III 

for the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts

Conservator Training Program

matching endowment in support of the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts

Conservation Center Endowment

to support the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

Conservation Center

to support productions of Songs of Houston and Last Acts and a revival of Billy Budd

Productions of 'Song of Houston,'  'Last Acts,' and  'Billy Budd'

for affiliation with the Research Libraries Information Network

Research Libraries Information Network Affiliation

to establish "The Andrew W. Mellon Fund" at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

Endowment - AWMF Fund

to endow a professorship to be designated as the "Ailsa Mellon Bruce Chair in Fine Arts"

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Chair

for affiliation of its Fine Arts Library with the Research Libraries Information Network

Fine Arts Lib-RLIN Affiliation

to establish "The Andrew W. Mellon Fund," the income to be used to strengthen its programs

The Andrew W. Mellon Fund

to support planning, capacity, artist residencies, and public activation costs

Brick by Brick 

toward completion of the Oral History program of the Dance Collection of the Library and Museum of the Performing Arts

Dance Collection of the Library & Museum of the Performing Arts

toward cost of construction of a new building to provide facilities for the Department of Art and the Museum of the College

Construction - Fine Arts Center

to support a fine arts performance and exhibit series as well as global citizenship projects

Mid-Career President: Fine Arts & Global Citizenship

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" 