"Artist Derrick Adams has been awarded a $1.25 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York to develop an archive that aims to document the activities of Black artists and creatives in Baltimore. The archive aims to catalogue records and materials related to the work of past and current Baltimore-area creatives, as well as other figures spanning science and sports."
Additional Coverage
"Artist Derrick Adams Wins $1.25 Million From the Mellon Foundation to Start a Database Documenting the Black Culture of Baltimore," Artnet News, April 11, 2022.
Alexandra Jane, "Baltimore Born Artist, Derrick Adams Wins 1.25 Million Award to Build Out Black Cultural Database," The Root, April 16, 2022.
