Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

for use by the Brooklyn Museum toward the costs of strengthening the programs of its Education and Membership Divisions and increasing their income-generating capacity

Education and Membership

matching grant in support of the conservation department of the Brooklyn Museum

Conservation Department

matching endowment for the position of Curator of Arts of the Americas at The Brooklyn Museum

Endowment for Curatorial Positions

matching endowment in support of the position of Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture at The Brooklyn Museum

matching endowment for research and publication at the Brooklyn Museum

Art Museum Publication Program

to support planning for the reinstallation of the Asian and Islamic collections

Asian and Islamic Collections

to continue support for the reinstallation of the museum's Asian and Islamic Galleries

Asian and Islamic Collections - Phase II

in support of the planning process for a reinstallation of the Egyptian Galleries

Egyptian Galleries

to support an inventory and digital documentation of its Western costume collection and to begin the process of making the collection available electronically

Costume Collection

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

Art Museum Futures Fund

for establishment and support of a Curatorial Apprentice Training Program

Curatorial Apprentice Training Program

curatorial assistance to establish a fund for scholarship and publications related to the permanent collections

Museum Program

to support the museum’s plans to improve access to unique archival collections

Museum Archives

support of audio-visual program in connection with Museum's exhibition on African Sculpture

Audio-Visual Orientation Program - "African Sculpture"

to support curatorial capacity, exhibitions, and public programming

Curatorial Capacity

to sustain Mellon curatorial positions at a time when their endowment principals have fallen below their historic dollar value

Curatorial Support

to improve scholarly access to unique archival documents

General Operating Support

to endow two postgraduate fellowships in conservation

Conservation Fellowships Endowment

to help compensate for the losses the institution incurred as a result of September 11, 2001, and to preserve staff positions and important educational programs while also maintaining momentum in fundraising to gain greater financial stability

Disaster Recovery Relief Fund

to assist the affiliation of its library with RLIN

Research Libraries Information Network

to support the organization of a commission to examine the nation’s system of education in the humanities and social sciences and recommend measures for strengthening it

Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences

to continue support for the National Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences

Commission of Humanities and Social Sciences

for a collaborative project with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to examine the recent development of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

for American participation in the 1986 Young Scientists' Summer Program of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis - Young Scientists

for American participation in the 1983 Young Scientists' Summer Program of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

for American participation in the 1984 Young Scientists' Summer Program of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

for use by the Institute of Medicine in continued support of the activities of the Division of Health Sciences Policy

Institute of Medicine - Health Sciences Policy

to support a developmental approach to undergraduate research in the arts, humanities, and human sciences

Embedding Research in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts

to renew support for undergraduate, graduate, and faculty research programs sponsored by the Benjamin A. Quarles Humanities and Social Sciences Institute

The Benjamin A. Quarles Humanities and Social Sciences Institute

to assist its College of Arts and Sciences to revise and implement courses for its undergraduate curriculum

College of Arts and Sciences

for use by its College of Liberal Arts and Jackson College in support of a program of faculty development in the arts and sciences

Faculty Development in the Arts and Sciences

to support a public humanities initiative to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion through community engagement, experiential learning opportunities, and a summer institute 

Institute for the Arts and Humanities (MCLA-IAH)

to support dissemination of the results of the Foundation-funded Humanities Departmental Survey and Humanities in Our Lives Survey

Communicating Data about the Health of the Humanities

to be matched two-to-one over five years, the annual income of which would be used to fund interdisciplinary programs organized and administered by the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (CRASSH) Endowment

to support the final stages of an ethnographic study on the value of a liberal arts and sciences education

Liberal Arts and Sciences in the 21st Century

to support undergraduate research opportunities in the arts, humanities, and human sciences

Undergraduate Research in the Humanities, Arts, and Sciences

to support a survey of the US public about knowledge and engagement with the humanities and informational flyers on the state of the humanities in the public sphere

The Humanities in Our Lives

to support the creation of a Center for Teaching and Learning in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Center for Teaching and Learning in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

matching endowment for research and publication at the Detroit Institute of Arts

Art Museum Publication Program [Detroit Institute Arts]

to support the administration of a survey of the US public about knowledge of and engagement with the humanities

to continue support for curriculum redesign and faculty development initiatives that promote greater engagement with the humanities, social sciences, and arts

Center for Teaching and Learning in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

to support the establishment of an institute to foster understanding of the relationship of a liberal arts education to the workings of democracy

Institute for Democracy and the Liberal Arts

to support humanities initiatives that combine undergraduate research and faculty development

Engaging Communities in the Humanities & Humanistic Social Sciences

to support the preparation and delivery of papers on critical issues facing doctoral education in the arts and sciences

Doctoral Education in Arts and Sciences

to support student-faculty collaborative research in the arts, humanities, and humanities-focused social sciences

Expanding Student-Faculty Research and Furthering Pedagogy in the Arts, Humanities, and Humanities-Focused Social Sciences

for American participation in the 1985 Young Scientists' Summer Program of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

IIASA-YSSP

to support a research-intensive undergraduate curriculum in the arts, humanities, and humanistic social sciences

Designing a Research-Intensive Undergraduate Curriculum in the Arts, Humanities, and Humanistic Social-Sciences

in support of a pilot program of graduate fellowships in arts criticism

Arts Fellowships

to support research and analysis on liberal arts education in the 21st century.

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" 