American Art
American Art supports museums and cultural institutions with exhibitions and scholarly projects that advance American art, foreground underrepresented artists and cultures, and rethink accepted histories.
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Funder: Henry Luce Foundation
Due Dates: April 24, 2027 (Loan Exhibition Concept Note) | June 26, 2027 (Invited Full Proposal) | Rolling (Responsive Grants)
Funding Amounts: Foundation-wide grants: $10,000–$1,000,000; multi-year awards available
Summary: Supports exhibitions and scholarly initiatives that advance American art, foreground underrepresented artists and cultures, and challenge accepted histories.
Key Information: Grants go to institutions, not individuals or individual artists.
Description
The Henry Luce Foundation’s American Art Program supports innovative visual arts projects that help museums tell new stories and serve as open forums for dialogue about the United States. It prioritizes underrepresented artists and cultures, reconsideration of accepted histories, and engagement with diverse collaborators and communities. Its scope primarily covers visual arts of the United States and its occupied territories, including pre-modern, modern, and contemporary art, Indigenous expressions crossing national borders, and global diasporic narratives.
Loan Exhibition Grants support special exhibitions involving significant loans and new scholarship. Responsive Grants support collection-based exhibitions, reinstallations, publications, research and digital resources, conservation, archives, symposia, fellowships, term positions, and other field-advancing initiatives outside the loan exhibition category. Exhibition catalogues and public programming can receive support, as can institutional staffing opportunities where mentorship capacity exists.
