Professional Development/Opportunities

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ford-foundation-and-walton-family-foundation-launch-6-million-effort-to-diversify-art-museum-leadership-300562243.html

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

Related Links

http://www.fordfoundation.org