Description

The Responsive Grants under the American Art Program, administered by the Henry Luce Foundation, are designed to foster innovative projects in the visual arts that reinterpret and revitalize museum collections. The program encourages proposals that span all media and chronologies, including Native American art and cultural objects. Projects may involve research, documentation, publications, reinterpretation, reinstallations, and exhibitions (in-house or touring). Special emphasis is placed on initiatives that address under-preserved, under-studied, or under-shared holdings and that demonstrate ethical best practices, particularly with ethnically specific collections. The overarching goal is to help museums and similar institutions become vibrant, accessible forums for creative expression and public dialogue centered on their collections.