Newark Museum Association

TAS::89 0321::TAS NEW DOE GRANT TO THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION, INC. ENTITLED "ENERGY SAVINGS INITIATIVE AND GREENING THE GRID EXHIBITION AND EDUCA

FY09 EARMARK ENTITLED `PLANETARIUM DIGITIZATION PROJECT THE DREYFUSS PLANETARIUM THE FIRST PLANETARIUM IN THE STATE PROPOSES TO UPGRADE ITS OUTMODED MECHANICAL SLIDE PROJECTORS TO A FULL-DOME DIGITAL PLANETARIUM IN ORDER TO OFFER IMMERSIVE STATE-OF-THE-ART EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES PRE-K TO SENIORS AND TO ENHANCE ITS ASTRONOMY SPACE AND PLANETARY SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS.FULL DOME HIGH-QUALITY DIGITAL VIDEO IS THE CENTERPIECE OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF PLANETARIUMS. IT OFFERS ALL THE FUNCTIONS OF A HIGH-QUALITY MECHANICAL PLANETARIUM AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE ONLY POSSIBLE WITH A DIGITAL SYSTEM SUCH AS VISUALS THAT COVER THE ENTIRE DOME AND SURROUND THE AUDIENCE REAL-TIME COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND THE VISUALIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS. ADDITIONALLY DIGITAL SYSTEMS INCLUDE A COMPLETE DIGITAL ASTRONOMY SYSTEM WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL STARS PLANETS GALAXIES MOONS COMETS AND A FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE START FIELD IN ONE SYSTEM. THE RESULT IS THE ABILITY TO OFFER ACCESSIBLE IMMERSIVE SCIENCE EDUCATION TO GENERAL AUDIENCES.THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE PURCHASE OF A DIGISTAR 4 FULL DOME DIGITAL VIDEO SYSTEM BY EVANS AND SUTHERLAND A SURROUND SOUND SYSTEM A PRODUCTION WORKSTATION FOR USE BY THE STAFF AND A LIBRARY OF NEW CURRICULUM BASED PROGRAMS AVAILABLE IN DIGITAL FORMAT ONLY.

AFRICAN ART AT THE NEWARK MUSEUM: BUILDING FOR THE SECOND CENTURY

"AMERICAN VISIONS" A PICTURING AMERICA SCHOOL COLLABORATION PROJECT

ENHANCING DIGITAL PROGRAMMING AND ENGAGEMENT AT THE NEWARK MUSEUM OF ART

INSTALLING A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM TO PROTECT THE MUSEUM'S ART COLLECTIONS

CONSERVATION PROGRAM

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

THE NEWARK MUSEUM OF ART WILL LAUNCH THE SEEING SLAVERY INITIATIVE, A PROJECT DESIGNED TO DIVERSIFY THE ARTWORKS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE MUSEUM’S GALLERIES OF 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN ART TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE OF UNDERREPRESENTED VOICES AND NARRATIVES. A NEW THEMATIC EXHIBIT WILL FEATURE BOTH HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ARTWORKS AND INCORPORATE THE VOICES OF BLACK ARTISTS ADDRESSING THE CONTINUED IMPACT OF SLAVERY. PROJECT ACTIVITIES WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF WORKS OF ART BY DIVERSE ARTISTS IN SURROUNDING GALLERIES, INSTALLING BILINGUAL LABELS IN ALL GALLERIES, AND DEVELOPING A SERIES OF NEW PUBLIC AND SCHOOL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. BUILDING ON YEARS OF SURVEYS AND FOCUS GROUPS, THE INITIATIVE IS DESIGNED TO FURTHER THE MUSEUM’S STRATEGIC VISON TO MOVE BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL DISPLAY OF OBJECTS TO STIMULATE CONVERSATIONS AND DEEPER UNDERSTANDING WITHIN ITS GALLERIES ABOUT THE HISTORIES OF UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS.

THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION: PICTURING AMERICA FROM THE GILDED AGE TO WORLD WAR II

TO SUPPORT THE TOURING EXHIBITION "SHAPING UTOPIA: GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION IN THE AMERICAS," WITH ACCOMPANYING CATALOGUE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

TO SUPPORT THE CONSERVATION AND EXHIBITION OF A COMPLETE SET OF TIBETAN THANGKAS SCROLL PAINTINGS DEPICTING SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF JE TSONGKHAPA (13

TO SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF JOBS THAT ARE THREATENED BY DECLINES IN PHILANTHROPIC AND OTHER SUPPORT DURING THE CURRENT ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.

CONSERVATION PROGRAM

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS

TO SUPPORT AN EXHIBITION RESIDENCY AND CATALOGUE FEATURING THE ART WORK OF SAYA WOOLFALK.

PICTURING AMERICA EDUCATION INITIATIVE

TO SUPPORT THE EXHIBITION, "ISLAMIC INTERSECTIONS."

TO SUPPORT "ANGELS AND TOMBOYS: GIRLHOOD IN 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN ART," WITH ACCOMPANYING CATALOGUE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

TO SUPPORT CURATOR FEES AND INSTALLATION COSTS FOR THE EXHIBITION "THE ROCKIES AND THE ALPS: BIERSTADT, CALAME AND THE ROMANCE WITH THE MOUNTAINS."

IN RECOGNITION OF THE NEWARK MUSEUM EXPLORERS PROGRAM.