Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

for the Carnegie Hall National Endowment Fund

The Carnegie Hall National Endowment Fund

matching endowment grant toward costs of orchestral programming

Carnegie 2000

to support The Academy, a postgraduate educational initiative for orchestral musicians

The Academy

to support Create Justice:  A National Network for Youth Justice Through the Arts

Create Justice:  A National Network for Youth Justice Through the Arts

to support the institution following losses incurred as a result of the events of September 11, 2001

Disaster Recovery Relief Fund

to support the National Youth Orchestra 2

National Youth Orchestra 2

to support a feasibility study for a national youth orchestra in partnership with the Yale School of Music

National Youth Orchestra Feasibility Study

Festivals Initiative

to support the UBUNTU Festival's online arts and humanities content, and a recital by Pretty Yende

UBUNTU: Music and Arts of South Africa Festival

to support artistic initiatives, archival documentation, and dissemination activities

Artistic Initiatives and Archives

to support activities that broaden public access to classical music

125 Commissions Project and NYO2

to support completing the construction and theatrical fit-out of the Bronx Music Hall

Bronx Music Hall

Building Capacity at Newark Symphony Hall

to support capacity building for programming activities

Fostering Expanded Programming at Newark Symphony Hall

to support planning for the Corporation for Public Interest Technology, with support from the Public Interest Technology Network

Planning for the Corporation for Public Interest Technology

for use of Educational Broadcasting Corporation/ NET for production of program entitled "The Wright Brothers"

The Wright Brothers

for use by the Educational Broadcasting Corporation for the production of "The Adams Chronicles," a television series depicting the history of our country from 1750 to 1900 as seen through the lives of John Adams and his descendants

National Endowment for the Humanities - The Adams Chronicles

for the use of Town Hall in support of a film series for young people

Town Hall Film Series

for use by the Lawrence Hall of Science toward publication and dissemination of its most successful science and mathematics education programs

Lawrence Hall of Science

to support the reinstallation, refurbishing, and conservation of the museum's Northwest Coast Hall

Northwest Coast Hall Reinstallation - Phase 2

to support the reinstallation and reinterpretation of the Hall of Native North America

Hall of Native North America Reinstallation

in support of a new position in decorative-arts object conservation, and as an endowment challenge grant to provide permanent funding for the new position

Carnegie Museum - Art Conservation

to support planning efforts for the reinstallation, refurbishing, and conservation of the museum's Northwest Coast Hall

Northwest Coast Hall Reinstallation - Planning Phase

to support a final grant for the curatorial and conservation activities associated with the museum’s Northwest Coast Hall reinstallation

Northwest Coast Hall Reinstallation - Final Phase

to support capacity-building for Free for All at Town Hall

Free for All at Town Hall

for use by the Mellon Institute’s Research Center on the Materials of the Artist and Conservator in support of research in conservation science

Carnegie Mellon Research Institute

in support of sponsored research projects at Carnegie-Mellon University relative to Methods and Materials and the Nuclear Characterization of Pigments

Carnegie Mellon University Research Project

support of sponsored research projects at Carnegie Mellon University in ( 1) Methods and Materials and (2) Nuclear Characterization of Pigments

towards remodeling of the Carnegie Mansion in New York City as the headquarters of the Institution's affiliate, the National Museum of Design

Carnegie Mansion Remodeling [Cooper-Hewitt Museum]

to support a leadership initiative of the new director of the Carnegie Museum of Art

New Directors' Initiatives

to support the development of a social and economic mobility index to be incorporated into the Carnegie Classifications

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

support of its sponsored research projects at Carnegie-Mellon University relative to the preservation of paintings

Preservation of Arts at Carnegie-Mellon University

to support the second phase of a long-term project to research and manage the Carnegie Museum of Art's film, video, and digital media collection

Time-Based Media Initiative Phase II

for use by the Carnegie-Mellon Institute of Research in support of the Research Center on the Materials of the Artist and Conservator

Research Center

Arts Conservation

to support the Research Center for the Materials of the Artist and the Conservator

Research Center on the Materials of the Artist and Conservator 

for use of Educational Broadcasting Corporation/NET in support of its "Biography II" series of productions

Biography II Series

to support artistic initiatives that encourage diversity and inclusion

Responding to the Community - Diversity and Inclusion

for production of a television series by Educational Broadcasting Corporation depicting the history of our country from 1750 to 1900 as seen through the lives of John Adams and his descendants

John Adams TV Series

to support the establishment of a Center for the Arts in Society

Center for the Arts in Society

to support the Center for Arts in Society

to support a Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Cultures entitled "The Ghetto: Concept, Conditions, and Connections in Transnational Historical Perspective from the 11th Century to the Present"

Sawyer Seminars - The Ghetto Concept, Conditions, and Connections

toward production costs of the series "Behind the Scenes"

Behind the Scenes

for rebroadcast of "The Adams Chronicles"

The Adams Chronicles

to support The American Manifest, a public art installation by Charles Gaines

The American Manifest

to support the development of modular instructional resources for the teaching of writing

Teaching Writing via a “Sidecar” Model

toward the production costs of the public-television series "The Story of English"

The Story of English

to establish a research and development fund for programs in the arts and humanities

Life on the Mississippi

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" 