The Diversifying Art Museum Leadership Initiative will fund 20 pioneering programs at the following art museums:
- Andy Warhol Museum, in Pittsburgh, PA, for a multi-tiered pipeline project including a youth outreach program, internships, and alumni and mentoring programs.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, in Chicago, IL, to expand the museum’s internship programs, and provide mentorship and leadership training for staff.
- Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, in Atlanta, GA, and Zuckerman Museum of Art at Kennesaw State University, in Kennesaw, GA, for shared post-baccalaureate fellowships.
- Cleveland Museum of Art, in Cleveland, OH, for a Curatorial Arts Mastery program, career apprenticeships for undergraduate students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and research fellowships.
- Fisk University Galleries, in Nashville, TN, to develop a new two-year undergraduate museum leadership development certificate program at the university.
- Hood Museum of Art, in Hanover, NH, to support an associate curator, postdoctoral fellow, and undergraduate intern focused on Native American art.
- Institute of Contemporary Art, in Boston, MA, for a teen leadership program, museum internships, and post-graduate curatorial fellowships.
- Pérez Art Museum Miami, in Miami, FL, for a post-baccalaureate curatorial fellowship to curate exhibitions based on the museum’s permanent collection.
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, in Los Angeles, CA, to support two-year baccalaureate fellowships to work with the director and head of curatorial affairs.
- Minneapolis Institute of Art, in Minneapolis, MN, to expand the Native American Fellowship Program and support fellowships for students from diverse cultural backgrounds.
- Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, in Santa Barbara, CA, to support internships and professional development training for staff and junior curators.
- National Museum of Mexican Art and DuSable Museum of African American History, in Chicago, IL, for joint curatorial fellowships, teen workshops, and a mentorship program.
- New Orleans Museum of Art, in New Orleans, LA, to support internships for students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
- Newark Museum of Art, in Newark, NJ, for an intensive three-year internship program for undergraduate students.
- Oakland Museum of California, in Oakland, CA, to support a three-year summer internship, cohort-learning, and leadership development program for undergraduate and graduate level students.
- Phoenix Art Museum, in Phoenix, AZ, for an annual teen art council, internships for undergraduate and graduate students, and curatorial fellowships focused on Latinx art.
- Reynolda House Museum of American Art, in Winston-Salem, NC, for post-baccalaureate fellowships, undergraduate internships, and cultural competency and unconscious bias trainings for staff.
- Saint Louis Art Museum, in St. Louis, MO, to sustain, evaluate, and disseminate lessons from its Romare Bearden Minority Museum Fellowship program.
- The Studio Museum in Harlem, in New York, NY, for high school, college, and graduate internships, trainings for museum educators, professional development, and a curatorial fellowships partnership with the Museum of Modern Art.
- Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, in Seattle, WA, for professional development for the museum’s junior staff, paid internships for high school and college students, and a young artist development program.
The Diversifying Art Museum Leadership Initiative is fiscally sponsored by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
SOURCE Ford Foundation