http://www.mellon.org daily 1 2006-07-17T23:09:57Z http://www.mellon.org/news_publications/announcements-1/three-senior-appointments-for-artstor-at-the-andrew-w-mellon-foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced today three appointments as part of its ARTstor initiative. Effective today, William Ying will be ARTstor’s Chief Technology Officer; as of September 25th, Linda Tadic will be ARTstor’s Director of Operations, and Tony Gill will be the Director of Metadata. ARTstor is the Mellon Foundation’s initiative to develop, “store,” and distribute digital images and related scholarly materials for non-commercial educational and scholarly purposes. No publisher admin 2007-01-31T20:21:58Z announcement http://www.mellon.org/news_publications/announcements-1/final-round-of-grants-to-be-made-to-parks-and-arts-organizations-affected-by-events-of-september-11 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced today a final round of grants, totaling approximately $6.2 million, to be made from the Foundation’s special $50 million fund to assist New York City museums, libraries, performing arts organizations, and public parks that were directly affected by the events of September 11, 2001. As reported earlier, this round focused primarily on public parks and related organizations including the City’s botanical gardens and zoos. A significant portion of the funds awarded to the City Parks Foundation will be used to provide assistance to small and mid-sized park organizations throughout the City. No publisher admin 2007-01-31T20:21:58Z announcement http://www.mellon.org/news_publications/announcements-1/third-round-of-grants-to-be-made-to-arts-organizations-affected-by-events-of-september-11 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced today a third round of grants, totaling approximately $28.0 million, to be made from the Foundation's special $50 million fund to assist New York City cultural and performing arts organizations that were directly affected by the events of September 11, 2001. The recipients are forty-six performing arts organizations, twelve museums, the City's three circulating library systems, and the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library. To date, the Foundation has awarded a total of $43 million as part of the special initiative. No publisher admin 2007-01-31T20:21:59Z announcement http://www.mellon.org/news_publications/announcements-1/mellonshortannouncement.2006-08-21.4099759698 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced today a second round of grants, totaling approximately $6.6 million, to be made from the Foundation’s special $50 million fund to assist New York City cultural and performing arts organizations, as well as public parks, that were directly affected by the events of September 11, 2001. The recipients are twenty-nine museums and related organizations, which are generally small to mid-sized. Evaluation of the requests from additional cultural organizations and performing arts groups is ongoing. To date, the Foundation has awarded approximately $15 million as part of the special initiative. No publisher admin 2007-01-31T20:21:59Z Short Announcement http://www.mellon.org/news_publications/announcements-1/mellonshortannouncement.2006-08-21.4860481781 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced today the appointment of two new officers: John E. Hull will assume the position of Financial Vice President, effective April 8, 2002; Glenda Burkhart has been appointed to a newly created position of Vice President for Operations and Planning, effective February 25, 2002. No publisher admin 2007-01-31T20:21:59Z Short Announcement