Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to improve its publishing operations and organizational capacity

Literary Publishing 

to improve publishing operations and organizational capacities

Literary Publishing Program 

to improve its publishing operations and organizational capacities, within a selective program to assist nine literary presses

to improve the effectiveness of its operations, within a selective program to assist nine independent literary presses

Small Press Program

in support of its Program in Contemporary Arts Criticism

Contemporary Arts Criticism

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 support interdisciplinary programming for visual and performing arts

Interdisciplinary Curatorial Practice

to support Groundwater Arts, an Indigenous-led service organization focused in climate justice and decolonizing dominant cultural practices

Decolonization and Climate Justice in Contemporary Arts

to support the Grants to Organizations program

Grants to Organizations Program

Artist Interview Project

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

Curatorial Research and Publication - Phase II

to continue support for the Artist Interview Project

Artist Interview Methodology Project - Phase IV

to support Will Rawls and a new artist- and scholar-run space focusing on Black contemporary arts, aesthetics, and their relations in North Adams and Williamstown, Massachusetts

Whistle Space 

to support the Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation

Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation

to support the management of cash flow for the Contemporary Dance Restoration/Replacement Project

PRI - Restoration/Replacement Project - Post Sandy

to continue support for the First Nations Performing Arts initiative

First Nations Performing Arts 

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

Brick by Brick 

to support the Global First Nations Performance Network

Global First Nations Performance Project

to support student-faculty community-engaged research in the arts and humanities

Platform: A Research Laboratory for Contemporary Arts and Humanities

to support the development of an educational series for executives of large arts and cultural institutions

Educational Series

to support a new curatorial position dedicated to contemporary fiber arts

Curator of Contemporary Art

to support a new residency program for sound artists

Sound Art Residencies

to continue support for a residency program for sound artists

Sound Art and Experimental Music Residency Program

to support scholarly and educational projects between Sylvester Manor and partnering institutions

Sylvester Manor Higher Learning Partnership Project

to support the planning activities of the Martha Graham Archive Project

Archive Project

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

Research Center for Contemporary Native Arts Implementation Grant

to support production residencies for two projects: Truth and Reconciliation Commission Cantata, and Of All The People In All The World

Production Residencies

to continue support for organizational and programmatic capacity

Organizational and Programmatic Capacity

to support a new director's vision for a more equitable and participatory museum

New Director's Vision

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

General Operating Support

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 the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund

Art Museum Futures Fund

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

Curatorial Research and Publication

to support the national expansion of Artists at Work, which integrates art and artists through sustainable employment and partnership models into the rebuilding of healthy communities

Artists at Work

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

to support two think tanks to establish the initial grounding of the space, and work with Will Rawls to determine the ongoing advisory structure as well as his role at the organization in the long-term

Will Rawls, Artist as Leader

to continue support for artist residencies

Artist Residencies

to support interdisciplinary artist residencies

Confluence Artist Residencies

to support costs of administration and planning

Administration and Planning Operations

to support the development of interdisciplinary practice through the Confluence Artists Residencies

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

Leadership in 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 support the Daniel Lind-Ramos: El Viejo Griot — Una historia de todos nosotros exhibit

Daniel Lind-Ramos: El Viejo Griot — Una historia de todos nosotros

for educational materials to accompany "The Voyage of Charles Darwin"

Darwin Project

to support the Artist Interview Methodology Project

Artist Interview Workshops - Phase III

to support the second phase of the Artist Interview Methodology Project

Artist Interview Workshops

towards costs of completing a recording project focusing on major works of the Group

Recording Project

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" 