GRANT HIGHLIGHTS

Supporting Collections at Vladem Contemporary

The New Mexico Museum of Art received a highly-competitive $250,000 Museums for America grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to support the conservation and digitization of selected collections and their relocation to the Vladem Contemporary.

Rescuing Museums

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded American Rescue Plan grants to the New Mexico Museum of Art and Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.

The art museum’s $50,000 grant supports the development and initial implementation of an innovative digital platform. The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture will use its $49,490 grant to re-establish its onsite school tours and support their robust online educational activities.

Funding Cultural Convenings

The JA Community Foundation awarded the New Mexico History Museum $35,000 for the project “Memories, Stories, and Legacies: The Santa Fe Internment Camp.” In April, the History Museum will host a daylong symposium about the camp. It will be recorded by award-winning film maker Claudia Katayanagi as part of a 30-minute documentary. Thanks to a $15,000 grant from the McCune Charitable Trust, the Museum of International Folk Art will convene a Cultural Advisory Network to guide the museum on shaping a more diverse and inclusive narrative for the permanent exhibition Multiple Visions: A Common Bond.

Top: Entrance to the Multiple Visions: A Common Bond exhibition at the Museum of International Folk Art. Bottom: Japanese-Americans in “The College of Horticulture,” Santa Fe Internment Camp, New Mexico. Photo courtesy Palace of the Governors Photo Archives (NMHM/DCA).