Outside Michigan

Recovering New England’s Voices Historic New England, an historic preservation organization headquartered in Boston, MA, will use this grant to support a second-year Research Scholar for Recovering New England’s Voices, a multi-year initiative to challenge traditional narratives and promote healing, community, collaboration, and inspiration at our historic sites.  The scholar will build upon research into the experiences

The Contemplative Site This grant will contribute to the construction of a special area at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello where guests can reflect on the issues of freedom and slavery that they encounter during their visit.  The site will include an artistic installation that contains a permanent list of names of 609 individuals known to have

Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina This grant will support an exhibition entitled “Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina”, which is opening at MFA in 2023 and is being developed by the MFA in partnership with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.  The

“From African American Hands” This grant will support the very first art exhibition at Colonial Williamsburg dedicated exclusively to celebrating African American artistry.  All types of decorative art and folk-art objects will be included in the exhibit, including furniture, textiles, quilts and coverlets, metals, ceramics, paintings, sculpture, drawings, tools and equipment, and costume accessories, all

Monticello Curatorial Internship With this grant, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation will create a full-time, one-year, curatorial intern position to update catalog records for the foundation’s 800 most significant objects and make them accessible for study by the public through an online database. The updates will address content bias shown towards white or dominant class artisans