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UC Berkeley Gets $2.6M for Project to Counter Arts Censorship
The multi-year project will span art institutions across the United States, comprising workshops, publications, and classes aimed at creating an “anti-censorship network.”
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American Museums Get $5M for Latinx Curatorial Positions
The initiative is funded by four of the country’s largest grantmakers.
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Guaranteed Income Program for Artists Kicks Off in NY
More than 22,000 artists applied for Creatives Rebuild New York’s initiative, the biggest in the country.
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15 Latinx Artist Fellows Receive $50K Grants
Tanya Aguiñiga, Amalia Mesa-Bains, and Vincent Valdez are among the recipients of this year’s grants, funded by the Ford and Mellon Foundations.
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Mellon Foundation Funds $8M Initiative to Support Puerto Rican Artists
The three-year pilot program will provide a $20,000 yearly budget to 25 arts organizations and allow them to hire at least one full-time artist.
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2,700 Artists in New York State Will Benefit from New $125M Program
Creatives Rebuild New York will provide monthly guaranteed income payments to 2,400 artists and jobs to 300 others.
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20 Puerto Rican Writers Join Inaugural Class of Letras Boricuas Fellows
Each of these fellows will receive a $25,000 no-strings grant, in recognition of their previous and ongoing work in literature within the Puerto Rican diaspora.
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Violence Is The Most Common Subject of Commemoration in US Monuments
A new report lists the top 50 figures represented in US monuments. They're mainly white, male, and vicious.
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Baltimore Museum of Art Wants to Reimagine Itself "From Scratch"
After facing backlash for its plan to de-accession major works, the BMA will consult with community members to reinvent its role.
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$5M Grant Will Extend Disability Futures Initiative Through 2025
The inaugural Disability Futures Fellows include Carolyn Lazard, Christine Sun Kim, and Tourmaline.
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First Online Slavery Database Gets a $1.4M Injection From Mellon Foundation
Enslaved.org houses millions of records related to more than 600,000 enslaved people and their descendants, emancipation activists, and enslavers.
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United States Artists CEO Deana Haggag Steps Down, Will Join Mellon Foundation
Under Deana Haggag’s guidance, USA founded the annual Berresford Prize, an unrestricted $25,000 artist award.