A talk about Thomas Eakins’s Gross Clinic in the American Art galleries
American Art Project Grants
The Center for American Art offers grant opportunities for projects that enhance the national discourse on American art. Typical grants are between $2,000 and $10,000.Eligible Projects
To be considered for a grant, your project should engage the artistic and cultural heritage of American visual art, from colonial times to the present, in any medium. Grant preference is given to work or topics from the greater Philadelphia region, or projects that illuminate the art of the region in national or international cultural contexts. Applicants are encouraged to partner with the Museum’s staff in planning and presenting their programs. Eligible programs include educational activities (lectures, symposia, workshops, tours, etc.), research projects, and publications aimed at diverse audiences, from scholars to schoolchildren. (See list of recent programs below.) Conservation projects, building renovations and reinstallations, and exhibitions or publications focusing on a single contemporary artist are not within the scope of these grants. Grant recipients are expected to acknowledge the “Center for American Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art” in materials related to the funded project. Recent programs supported by the Center for American Art >>
Held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art unless noted otherwise
2018
- “Continuing Curiosity: The Art of the Peales” gallery conversations and symposium, offered in conjunction with The Art of the Peales installation and publication
- “Paul Cret and Modern Classicism” symposium, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Modern Times Scholars’ Day, offered in conjunction with Modern Times: American Art 1910–1950
- “Art Splash: Bright Lights, Little City,” offered in conjunction with Modern Times: American Art 1910–1950
- “William Birch and the Complexities of American Visual Culture: A Symposium Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Visual Culture Program,” Library Company of Philadelphia
- Lenders’ Day and Scholars’ Day, offered in conjunction with American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent
- Watercolor Salons, offered in in conjunction with American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent
- “Women and Watercolor” with artist Eileen Goodman and Kathleen A. Foster, The Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Senior Curator of American Art, and Director, Center for American Art
- “Pigment and Paper” with conservator Scott Homolka and Mellon Fellow in Paper Conservation Rebecca Pollak
- “Philadelphia Illustrators” with artist Jerry Pinkney and Barra Foundation Fellow Laura Fravel
- Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
- “Objects of Study: Paper, Ink, and the Material Turn” symposium, Philadelphia Museum of Art and the University of Pennsylvania. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- “The Art of Revolutions” conference hosted by the American Philosophical Society and co-sponsored by the Museum of the American Revolution and the Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Eighth Annual Anne d’Harnoncourt Symposium: Museum as Score, Philadelphia Museum of Art and the University of Pennsylvania
- Mellon–University of Pennsylvania Graduate Seminar Workshop focusing on Classical Splendor: Painted Furniture for a Grand Philadelphia House
- “Latrobe and Philadelphia: The Waln House and Furniture Revealed and Reconsidered” symposium, offered in conjunction with Classical Splendor: Painted Furniture for a Grand Philadelphia House. Keynote speaker Annabelle Selldorf of Selldorf Architects. Cosponsored by the Center for American Art and The Decorative Arts Trust
- “Object Lessons: New Thinking about Still Life” symposium, offered in conjunction with Audubon to Warhol: The Art of American Still Life. Keynote speaker Adam Gopnik, essayist and staff writer for the New Yorker
- “Batman, Superman—Prometheus?” panel and book signing with artists Bill Sienkiewicz, Yuko Shimizu, and David Mack and publisher Josh O’Neill, offered in conjunction with The Wrath of the Gods: Masterpieces by Rubens, Michelangelo, and Titian
- “Printmaking Now” lecture by Sarah Suzuki, Associate Curator, Museum of Modern Art, in honor of the Print Center’s Centennial
- Teacher preview of Audubon to Warhol: The Art of American Still Life. Lecture by exhibition curator Mark Mitchell
- “Try a Technique: Botanical Illustration” teacher workshop, offered in conjunction with Audubon to Warhol: The Art of American Still Life with artist Rose Levine
How to Apply
To apply, mail or email the following by March 1, 2019*:- A letter of proposal outlining the goals and activities of the project
- A budget detailing the overall expenses as well as the component that might be supported by a grant
