Friends Of Alice Austen House Inc

ALICE AUSTEN HOUSE: EXPANDING ACCESS TO PUBLIC PROGRAMMING IN 2020

THE FRIENDS OF ALICE AUSTEN HOUSE WILL INCREASE PUBLIC ACCESS TO A PORTION OF THE PAPER-BASED COLLECTION LOCATED AT THE ALICE AUSTEN HOUSE MUSEUM ON STATEN ISLAND. THE PROJECT GOALS ARE TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF AUSTEN'S PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK AND EXPAND THE AVAILABLE HISTORICAL RECORD OF LGBTQ ARTISTS ACTIVE DURING THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL INVENTORY, RE-ACCESSION, CATALOG, REHOUSE AND DIGITIZE A PORTION OF THE COLLECTION'S PAPER-BASED ARTIFACTS. THESE MATERIALS INCLUDE AN EXTENSIVE LETTER COLLECTION, VICTORIAN CALLING CARDS WHICH HIGHLIGHT SOCIAL CONVENTIONS OF THE TIME AND CONNECT TO THE KEY SUBJECTS IN AUSTEN'S PHOTOGRAPHS, AND NOTATED NEGATIVE SLEEVES OF AUSTEN'S WORK.

TO SUPPORT PERSONNEL COSTS IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

THE ALICE AUSTEN HOUSE MUSEUM WILL IMPLEMENT ?REDEFINING THE ARTIST?S GARDEN: THE LANDSCAPE OF ALICE AUSTEN?S STUDIO,? A PROJECT TO SHOWCASE THE IMPORTANCE OF PHOTOGRAPHER ALICE AUSTEN?S ROLE IN GARDENING SOCIETY ON STATEN ISLAND AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR VICTORIAN WOMEN?S SOCIAL HISTORY. A GROUP OF SCHOLARS WILL ADVISE THE MUSEUM ON CONTEXTUALIZING, EXPANDING, AND UPDATING THE MUSEUM?S INTERPRETATION OF MS. AUSTEN?S USE AND DOCUMENTATION OF THE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE SURROUNDING HER HOME, REVISE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, AND BUILD COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR PRESENTATION OF AUSTEN?S HISTORY THROUGH PUBLIC PARK SPACE.

PLANNING FOR NEW EYES ON ALICE AUSTEN: REDEFINING THE MUSEUM'S INTERPRETATION

THE ALICE AUSTEN HOUSE (AAH) IN STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, WILL IMPLEMENT THE EXPANDED DIGITAL ACCESS PROJECT DEVELOPING THREE 3-D VIRTUAL TOURS, ONLINE ARTIST TALKS, AND EXHIBITION CATALOGUES FOR LEARNERS OF ALL AGES TO EXPAND THE MUSEUM'S AUDIENCE GEOGRAPHICALLY, CULTURALLY, AND SOCIOECONOMICALLY. THE VIRTUAL TOURS, TALKS, AND CATALOGUES WILL INCORPORATE THE WORK OF THREE WOMEN, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ ARTISTS WHOSE WORK EXPOSES SOCIETAL INEQUITIES. THIS PROJECT WILL PROMOTE COMMUNITY HEALING FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WHILE EXPANDING THE REACH OF IMPORTANT PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS TO A NATIONAL AUDIENCE OF ALL AGES AND CREATE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE AAH AS WE AWAIT A FULL RESUMPTION OF OUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS WITH RELATED PROGRAMMING AND CATALOGUES.

THE GREAT CHAIN AND THE AUSTEN TOWNSEND LEGACY [THE ALICE AUSTEN HOUSE (AAH) WAS ONCE HOME TO TWO ORIGINAL LINKS OF THE GREAT CHAIN?AN IRON BARRIER STRETCHED ACROSS THE HUDSON RIVER DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY. THESE HISTORIC LINKS WERE FORGED BY STERLING IRON WORKS, OWNED BY PETER TOWNSEND, THE GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF ALICE AUSTEN?S GRANDMOTHER. THE AUSTEN FAMILY PROUDLY DISPLAYED THE LINKS ABOVE THE FIREPLACE IN WHAT IS NOW THE MUSEUM?S EDUCATIONAL HISTORIC EXHIBIT SPACE, REFLECTING THEIR DEEP PATRIOTIC HERITAGE. TRAGICALLY, ALICE AUSTEN LOST HER FORTUNE IN THE STOCK MARKET CRASH OF 1929 AND WAS FORCED TO SELL MANY OF HER BELOVED POSSESSIONS, INCLUDING THE GREAT CHAIN LINK. FOR DECADES, THE LINK WAS BELIEVED LOST TO HISTORY?UNTIL IT WAS RECENTLY REDISCOVERED IN THE COLLECTIONS OF BOSCOBEL HOUSE IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. AS PART OF THE UPCOMING 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, THE ALICE AUSTEN HOUSE WILL HOST A SPECIAL EXHIBITION FEATURING THE RETURN OF THIS HISTORIC ARTIFACT ON LOAN. THE EXHIBITION EDUCATION AND PUBLIC LECTURES.]

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT A SERIES OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS.

TO SUPPORT A SERIES OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS.

TO SUPPORT A CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION TO COMMEMORATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STONEWALL UPRISING.

IMPROVING STORAGE CAPACITY FOR COLLECTIONS PRESERVATION