American Visual Art Collections Projects Supported

American Visual Art Collections Projects Supported

Henry Luce Foundation: American Art Program Responsive Grants

Application deadline: None for concept notes
Description: The Henry Luce Foundation’s American Art Program aims to advance the role of the visual arts in a more open and equitable society, and supports museum projects that foreground diverse experiences and perspectives ​​to challenge accepted histories, elevate underrepresented voices, and promote critical conversations. Through its Responsive Grants, the American Art Program supports a wide range of collection-based projects that advance the understanding and presentation of art of the United States. Eligible collection areas include paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, photographs, decorative arts, naïve and outsider art, traditional and studio crafts, architecture, design, and all aspects of Native American arts.Applicants should consider the reinvigoration of collections for new and established audiences as a primary goal, and initiate or apply new research or fresh approaches to collection-focused documentation, publications, reinterpretation, reinstallations, and in-house or touring exhibitions.