Delaware Art Museum

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

"THE DELAWARE ART MUSEUM WILL COMPLETE THE FINAL PHASE OF A MULTI-YEAR COLLECTIONS ACCESSIBILITY PLAN DESIGNED TO SERVE ITS DIVERSE CONSTITUENCIES MORE EFFECTIVELY THROUGH EXPANDED ACCESS TO COLLECTIONS-RELATED INFORMATION AND IMAGES. THE PROJECT WILL INVOLVE INVENTORYING, CONDITION REPORTING, CATALOGING, REHOUSING, PHOTOGRAPHING, AND CREATING ONLINE RECORDS FOR APPROXIMATELY 650 THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS. PROJECT ACTIVITIES WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF MUSEUM-QUALITY SHELVING IN THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS STORAGE AREA TO IMPROVE THE LONG-TERM CARE AND PRESERVATION OF THE PERMANENT COLLECTION. THE PROJECT WILL EXPAND COLLECTIONS STORAGE CAPACITY, IMPROVE STORAGE CONDITIONS, AND INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY FOR MUSEUM STAFF AND PUBLIC AUDIENCES."

THE DELAWARE ART MUSEUM WILL DIGITIZE THE JOHN SLOAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION, WHICH CONTAINS CORRESPONDENCE, DIARIES, SCRAPBOOKS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND EPHEMERA PERTAINING TO THE EXHIBITIONS THAT SLOAN PARTICIPATED IN AND ORGANIZED. THIS COLLECTION OF THE 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN REALIST PAINTER AND ILLUSTRATOR IS THE MUSEUM’S MOST EXTENSIVE ARTIST ARCHIVE AND IS FREQUENTLY REQUESTED BY SCHOLARS. THE MUSEUM WILL HIRE A FULL-TIME DIGITAL PROJECT MANAGER TO WORK WITH EXISTING STAFF MEMBERS TO DIGITIZE AND CATALOG OVER 14,000 ITEMS IN THE SLOAN COLLECTION. THIS PROJECT WILL INCREASE STAFF CAPACITY TO MAINTAIN THIS DIGITAL RESOURCE AS WELL AS BUILD INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY TO UNDERTAKE FUTURE DIGITIZATION PROJECTS WHILE MAKING THIS COLLECTION MORE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO SCHOLARS AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF MAY MORRIS [THIS PROPOSAL SEEKS NEH FUNDING IN SUPPORT OF THE PLANNING PHASE OF AN INTERNATIONAL PROJECT TO LOCATE, TRANSCRIBE, ANNOTATE, AND PUBLISH THE LETTERS OF ARTIST AND EDITOR MAY MORRIS (1862?1938), A LEADING ARTIST IN THE BRITISH ARTS & CRAFTS MOVEMENT, A PIONEER OF ?ART EMBROIDERY? AND AN INFLUENTIAL TEACHER AND AUTHOR WHO LECTURED IN BOTH THE UK AND US. WIDELY DISPERSED, THE LETTERS ARE LOCATED IN ARCHIVES AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS ACROSS THE UK, US, AND EUROPE, INCLUDING SIZEABLE HOLDINGS AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY AND WILLIAM MORRIS GALLERY IN LONDON, THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL HISTORY IN AMSTERDAM, AND THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY IN SAN MARINO, CA. THE DELAWARE ART MUSEUM, INSTITUTIONAL HOST FOR THIS APPLICATION, HOUSES THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF PRE-RAPHAELITE AND ARTS & CRAFTS OBJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES. AS SUCH, FOSTERING SCHOLARSHIP IN VICTORIAN STUDIES IS CRITICAL WITHIN THE MUSEUM?S CURATORIAL MANDATE.]

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

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT AN EXHIBITION FEATURING WORKS BY MEMBERS OF THE ROSSETTI FAMILY.

TO SUPPORT THE RESTAGING OF THE EXHIBITION AFRO-AMERICAN IMAGES 1971 FOR ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY.

TO SUPPORT SELECTED PERFORMANCE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES AS PART OF THE BRIDGING PERSPECTIVES SERIES.

TO SUPPORT PERFORMANCES BY RICHARD RAW, TONY BIG CAT SMITH, AND MBDANCE, ACCOMPANYING THE EXHIBITION AFRO-AMERICAN IMAGES 1971.

TO SUPPORT PERFORMANCES BY NATHALIE JOACHIM AND MAKEDA THOMAS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES.