Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support core operations through the New York Theater Program

New York Theater Program

Three American Operas

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

National Playwright Residency Program

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

to support productions of Margaret Garner and Vanessa and the annual VOX: Showcasing American Composers festival

Productions of "Margaret Garner" and "Vanessa" and "VOX" Festival

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'

to continue support of playwright Cori Thomas' residency for an additional three years through the National Playwright Residency Program

to support planning for the systematic preservation of Web-based documents for scholarly researchers

Web Page Archives 

to support planning for the systematic preservation of Web-based documents of interest to scholarly researchers

to support organizational capacity for collaborations between New Orleans-based arts organizations working with incarcerated women and returned women citizens

Capacity Building

toward costs of a study of instances when Attorneys General of the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York have exercised jurisdiction over the management of nonprofit organizations

Three-state Attorney General Study

to support productions of Troilus and Cressida and Ghosts of Versailles

Productions of "Troilus and Cressida" and "Ghosts of Versailles"

to support productions of A Flowering Tree and Death and the Power

Productions of "A Flowering Tree" and "Death and the Powers"

to support the breakdance community in developing sustainable creative careers in the arts and advocacy for an inclusive narrative of hip-hop history

Honoring Breakdancing in Hip-Hop

in support of its institutional development plan

Institutional Development

to support visionary artists in their desire to combine a long-enduring art form and experimental technologies into contemporary narratives on behalf of a broadly diverse public

Uplifting the Voices of Opera Artists

to support change capital, as part of the Foundation's Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative

Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative

to support an artistic director discretionary fund

Artistic Director Discretionary Fund

EEP - Program Support

to support travel costs of Czechoslovak librarians to New York City

EEP - Czechoslovak Librarians

for its philanthropic activities in Czechoslovakia

EEP - Czechoslovak Philanthropy

in support of activities for the benefit of Czechoslovakia

EEP - Czechoslovak Activities

to support staff capacity, convening support, and documentation

Art, Living Culture and Art Justice

to support the development of The Clifton House, a creative space based in the home of Maryland Poet Laureate Lucille Clifton, and its initial programming for aspiring and established writers

The Clifton House Launch and Programming

to support capacity building and general operations

to support cross-institutional curricular collaboration with Babson College and the Olin College of Engineering

The Three College Collaboration

New Productions

20th and 21st Century Opera Projects and Productions

to support the establishment of an enduring academic pipeline model for promoting historically underrepresented South African college students to complete graduate studies in the humanities

Academic Pipeline Program in Three South African Universities

to support capacity building and leadership development

Capacity Building for Trans Art and Justice

to support the 2012-13 season of the Public Lab and a subsequent pilot program

Public LAB and Bare Bones Productions

Productions of New Commissions and a Major Revival

for support of Theatre, Inc. (Phoenix Theatre), New York

Theatre Inc.

TRANSform Dance Program

to support development of the Digital Amphitheater

The Digital Amphitheater

to support ongoing capacity building and transgender and gender-nonconforming leadership and creativity

Creative Expression and Cultural Leadership of Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Communities, and Staff Capacity

to support multi-institutional collaboration

Enhancing the Student Experience and Examining Common Costs:  A Pilot Collaboration across Three Campuses (with Rhodes College and The University of the South)

for use by its Center for Reading and Language Studies for research on the effectiveness of Classroom, Inc.

Center for Reading & Language Skills - Classroom Inc. Research

for use by its Center for Reading and Language Studies for research on Classroom Inc., an educational intervention that uses computer simulations

to support Zealous's storytelling initiatives

Zealous Inc.

Artists as Catalysts

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Beyond Incarceration

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Borderlands Cultures

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Civic Engagement

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Evolving Higher Education

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Expanding Public Knowledge

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Monuments and Memory

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Multivocality

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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" 