Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support the construction of the museum’s new building, and capacity enhancement as the museum prepares for transition to its expanded home

Studio Museum Sustainability Plan

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

Art Museum Futures Fund

to support construction of the museum’s new building

Capital Campaign

in support of a collection management system

Collections Management

in support of curatorial services for its James VanDerZee collection

VanDerZee Collection

to support the institution following losses incurred as a result of the events of September 11, 2001, to meet its most urgent security needs, and to contribute to stabilization

Disaster Recovery Relief Fund

to support conservation and preservation of the collections

Critical Collections

to support curatorial initiatives and off-site public programs

Curatorial Fund Phase III

Curatorial Fund

to continue support for curatorial research and a fellowship program

Curatorial Fund - Phase II

to support a pilot program to nurture the mid-career paths of curators of color in art museums across the United States, in collaboration with the Studio Museum in Harlem

Mid-Career Curators of Color Supplemental Funds

Mid-Career Curators of Color

to support the reimagining of the studio of sculptor Edward Valentine and the reinterpretation of the Wickham House

Edward Valentine Studio

The Studio

to support conservation, digitization, research, engagement, and planning related to the Hooks Brothers Photography Studio archives

Hooks Brothers Studio Archive

Poetry Is Busy Studio

to support capacity building and sustainability

Honoring a Harlem Mainstay

to support the “Kitchen Studio” construction costs, expanded culinary public programs, operation expenses, and increased organizational capacity

TH!NK CHINATOWN KITCHEN STUDIO: Civic & Cultural Anchor for a Community in Flux

to support the company’s move into new studio space

Studio Space

to assist in the construction of the Institute's new studio building

New Studio Building

to support capacity building and the development of humanities and cultural heritage programming that works to amplify and prevent the erasure of Harlem's distinct history

Remembering Harlem 

to support artist led administration and programming

Centering Artists at Harlem Stage: A Curatorial Initiative

to support construction and renovation costs for the Museum Community Annex

The Motown Museum Community Annex 

to support the planning of a digital design studio
that would provide services to scholars preparing
born-digital publications

Scholarly Communications Design Studio

to support the development of a studio of scientific imaging of two-dimensional artworks

Studio for Scientific Imaging and Archiving of Cultural Heritage

to support a studio for the collaborative design, development, and publication of digital scholarly projects

Scholarly Communication Design Studio Implementation

to support research and planning stages for the IAO Design Lab & Garden, a food heritage and culture project

Studio IAO Design Lab & Garden Food Heritage Initiative Research and Planning

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

to support planning for company's archives and the relaunch of the Professional Training Program

Planning for DTH archives and the relaunch of the professional training program. 

to support Kamau Studios, a visual storytelling studio and creative community of storytellers experimenting with narrative devices in visual storytelling called storystyle, including its flagship storytelling project, the Black Gotham Experience

Kamau Studios and the Black Gotham Experience

toward the cost of constructing a new school facility

New Facility Construction

to support core operations through the New York Theater Program

New York Theater Program

to provide general operating support, as part of the New York Theater Program

to support a three-year residency through the National Playwright Residency Program

National Playwright Residency Program

to continue support of playwright Betty Shamieh's residency for an additional three years through the National Playwright Residency Program

to support Readying the Museum, a coalition of museum workers and artists organizing to address racial inequities in the museum field through ASU Art Museum

Readying The Museum

to support the Choreographers in Mentorship Exchange program

Choreographers in Mentorship Exchange Program

to support planning related to the possible expansion of the Choreographers in Mentorship Exchange program

to continue support for Readying the Museum, a coalition of museum workers and artists organizing to address racial inequities in the museum field

Readying the Museum

to support a series of forums that would develop strategic frameworks to advance museum libraries in the 21st century

Light at the Museum Library: Global Conversations on Revolutionizing Museum Libraries and Archives in the 21st Century

to support a creative “bubble” residency

Dance Theatre of Harlem's Camp Quarantine

for use by its Science Museum to develop a computer-based information system for its exhibits and educational programs

Science Museum

to support a pilot program to bring undergraduate classes into museums to learn from actual objects and installations

Learning in the Museum

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" 