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.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... The National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum and Visual Arts Program has received a Mellon Foundation grant for $200,000. The money will help boost staffing and update technology support. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal) Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal With no in-person visitors, revenue has been impacted. ................................................................ But the Na...

BFA grads D’Arcy Wilson and Melanie Colosimo among recipients for the 2020 Sobey Foundation Art Award By Kayla Blanchard (’21), Layton Fisher Intern in Philanthropy Atlantic Canada-based artists and Mount Allison alumnae D’Arcy Wilson (’05) and Melanie Colosimo (’06) were both selected as recipients for the 2020 Sobey Foundation Art Award earlier this spring. This year, the national awards include $25,000 each in support for artistic projects. The Sobey Art Foundation, established in 1981, was created in hopes of carrying on the legacy of Frank H. Sobey, an entrepreneur and esteemed...

The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, comprising the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, has been allotted a $2.5m grant From Lilly Endowment Inc. to support a portfolio of projects that highlight the intersection of Asian art and religious diversity Freer and Sackler staff As cultural and academic institutions across the US struggle to make ends meet in a dispiriting Covid-19 landscape, a phalanx of grant-makers at federal and city agencies and nonprofit foundations are stepping up to assist them in both stopgap and transformative ways. Today t...

Tucson Museum of Art will receive COVID-19 relief grant (Source: Google photos) By Shelby Trahan | December 14, 2020 at 2:01 PM MST - Updated December 14 at 2:03 PM TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - As coronavirus cases continue to rise, museums across the country continue to struggle financially. Many have been forced to stay closed in the hopes of curbing the spread of the disease, however, help is on the way for some. On Monday, Dec. 14, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced a second round of Art Museum Futures Fund will be distributing $3 million in COVID-19 grants to provide nee...