Denver Art Museum Inc

MALINCHE AS METAPHOR TRAVELING EXHIBITION

THE DENVER ART MUSEUM WILL IMPLEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS IN ITS ART STORAGE AREA BY INSTALLING NEW STORAGE SCREENS FOR LARGE, TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARTWORKS. THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE INVENTORYING, MOVING, REHOUSING, AND DOCUMENTING NEW LOCATIONS FOR WORKS IN THE COLLECTION. MUSEUM STAFF WILL HIRE AND TRAIN TWO PART-TIME COLLECTIONS ASSISTANTS FOR THE PROJECT, AND STAFF WILL WORK WITH A CONTRACTED FINE ART SHIPPER TO MOVE WORKS IN THE COLLECTION FROM AN OFF-SITE LOCATION TO A NEW BUILDING ON THE MUSEUM’S CAMPUS. AS A RESULT OF THE PROJECT, THE PROJECT TEAM WILL MAKE WORKS IN THE COLLECTION MORE ACCESSIBLE INTERNALLY FOR STAFF AS WELL AS FOR PUBLIC RESEARCHERS VISITING THE COLLECTION.

THE DENVER ART MUSEUM WILL CREATE A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, ABILITIES, AND PERSPECTIVES AND ENABLE MUSEUM VISITORS WITH DISABILITIES TO ACCESS THE MUSEUM ON THEIR OWN TERMS. PROJECT ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE INCREASING STAFF’S UNDERSTANDING OF DISABILITIES TO MITIGATE ACCESSIBILITY BARRIERS AT THE MUSEUM; ACTIVELY ENGAGING INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO LEARN FROM THEIR EXPERIENCES VISITING THE MUSEUM; CONVENING A WORKING GROUP TO GENERATE IDEAS FOR ACCESSIBILITY PROTOTYPES; FABRICATING AND TESTING THE PROTOTYPES; AND HOSTING A COMMUNITY CURATED SHOWCASE. PROGRESS WILL BE ADJUSTED BASED ON FINDINGS FROM A PROCESS EVALUATION, WHICH WILL HELP THE MUSEUM FIELD AND VISITORS GET A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT COMMUNITY DRIVEN DESIGN SOLUTIONS. AS A RESULT, THE MUSEUM WILL PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO SHARE THEIR STORES AND EXPERTISE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGNS THAT SERVE DISABILITY COMMUNITIES AND THE MUSEUM FIELD.

THE DENVER ART MUSEUM WILL STRENGTHEN ITS EARLY CHILDHOOD (EC) ART AND CREATIVITY PROGRAMS ONSITE AND IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY WILL START BY ESTABLISHING AN EARLY CHILDHOOD PARTICIPANT ACTION GROUP THAT IS COMPOSED OF VARIOUS EC STAKEHOLDERS. THE ACTION GROUP WILL SUPPORT THE CO-CREATION OF NEW EC PROGRAMMATIC ELEMENTS OF THE MUSEUM'S ART LIVES HERE/EL ARTE VIVE AQU -- AN IN-COMMUNITY MINI-EXHIBITION PROGRAM THAT LIVES IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS FOR A MONTH AND INCORPORATES TAILORED PROGRAMMING TO SUPPORT CROSS-CURRICULUM LEARNING. A NEW ONSITE EC INNOVATIVE TEACHING INCUBATOR AND LEARNING LAB WILL SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR EC STAKEHOLDERS AND DIRECT PROGRAMMING FOR EARLY LEARNERS IN A DEDICATED EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASSROOM.

THE DENVER MUSEUM OF ART WILL LAUNCH THE CREATIVE AGING PROJECT TO PROVIDE IN-COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAMS THAT ADVANCE DENVER'S PRIORITIES FOR THE WELL-BEING OF OLDER ADULTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO TRAVEL TO THE MUSEUM EITHER DUE TO PHYSICAL OR MENTAL CHALLENGES OR A LACK OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES. PROJECT COMPONENTS WILL INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF THREE PROGRAM MODELS: TEN THEMED LOAN BOXES FILLED WITH OBJECTS AND ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO SPARK CONVERSATION AND STORYTELLING, SHARED MEMORIES, AND GROUP INTERACTION, WITH ASSOCIATED TRAINING FOR CARE STAFF; THREE COMMUNITY-CURATED EXHIBITIONS CO-CREATED WITH OLDER ADULTS; AND 20 ARTIST-LED SESSIONS FOR ART MAKING, CONVERSATION, AND GUIDED MINDFUL LOOKING. THE PROGRAMS WILL BE DEVELOPED WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS SERVING OLDER ADULTS AND THE CITY OF DENVER. A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION PLAN WILL INFORM PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND REFINEMENT, ASSESS IMPACT ON PARTICIPANTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND GUIDE DEVELOPMENT OF A FRAMEWORK TO EVALUATE IMPACT ON HEALTHY AGING IN THE COMMUNITY OVER TIME.

THE DENVER ART MUSEUM WILL EXTEND ITS CREATIVE AGING INITIATIVE BY DEVELOPING NEW ARTS PROGRAMS FOR COLORADO'S RAPIDLY INCREASING OLDER ADULT POPULATION TO BE DELIVERED AT THE MUSEUM IN DEDICATED WORKSHOPS AND OUTDOOR LEARNING SPACES. THE MUSEUM WILL DEVELOP AND EVALUATE TWO PROGRAM MODELS: AN OUTDOOR SENSORY COURTYARD PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS MULTI-SENSORY ART EXPERIENCES AND IS FABRICATED, MAINTAINED, AND ACTIVATED BY OLDER ADULTS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND A CREATE CAF? PROGRAM FOCUSED ON PEER-TO-PEER ENGAGEMENT AND SOCIALIZATION AROUND ARTMAKING. THE PROGRAMS WILL BE DEVELOPED WITH OLDER ADULT COMMUNITY PARTNERS, LOCAL CREATIVES, AND PROFESSIONAL TEACHING ARTISTS. A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION PLAN WILL INFORM PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND REFINEMENT, ASSESS IMPACTS ON PARTICIPANTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND GUIDE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK THAT CAN SHAPE FUTURE CREATIVE AGING PROGRAMS AND MEASURE THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF ARTS PROGRAMMING ON HEALTHY AGING.

THE DENVER ART MUSEUM PLANS TO IMPLEMENT CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS IN ITS STORAGE AREA BY INSTALLING 40 NEW STORAGE SCREENS FOR OVERSIZED, TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARTWORKS. DEPARTMENT COLLECTIONS IMPACTED BY THIS PROJECT INCLUDE ASIAN, INDIGENOUS, LATIN AMERICAN, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY, AND PHOTOGRAPHY. THE PROJECT CONCLUDES A YEAR-LONG EFFORT TO COMPLETE MUSEUM-WIDE STORAGE IMPROVEMENT. OVER A 13-MONTH PERIOD, THE PROJECT INCLUDES PRE-MOVE INVENTORY TASKS, PREPARING ARTWORKS FOR SCREEN STORAGE, REHOUSING ARTWORKS ON THE NEW SCREENS, CREATING NEW LOCATION SYSTEMS FOR THE IMPROVED STORAGE AREA, AND TAKING POST-MOVE INVENTORIES. STORAGE IMPROVEMENTS WILL ENHANCE ACCESS TO ARTWORKS FOR THE VISITING PUBLIC AS WELL AS FOR VISITING RESEARCHERS AND RESIDENT ARTISTS. THEY ALSO WILL INCREASE EFFICIENCY IN ACCESS AND HANDLING, INCREASE CAPACITY FOR ONSITE STORAGE OF OVERSIZED TWO-DIMENSIONAL WORKS, AND ACCOMMODATE GROWTH OF COLLECTIONS RELATED TO STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND CURATORIAL DIRECTIONS.

THE DENVER ART MUSEUM WILL IMPROVE COLLECTIONS PRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT BY PROVIDING COOLER, DRIER CONDITIONS FOR VULNERABLE COLLECTION OBJECTS. THE MUSEUM WILL INSTALL A 1,000-SQUARE-FOOT COLD STORAGE VAULT AND ACCOMPANYING STORAGE FURNITURE. THE NEW STORAGE SYSTEM WILL IMPROVE LONG-TERM PRESERVATION FOR MATERIALS OR COMPONENTS THAT ARE AT-RISK FOR NATURAL OR CHEMICAL AGING. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL INVENTORY AND REHOUSE OVER 2,800 ARTWORKS, INCLUDING TRADITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS, 35MM COLOR TRANSPARENCIES, MAGNETIC MEDIA, AND FURS. THE MUSEUM WILL UPDATE ASSOCIATED INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS AND CONSERVATION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND PROVIDE TRAINING FOR STAFF REGARDING COLD STORAGE AND PROCEDURES FOR ACCESSING THESE COLLECTIONS.

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CONSERVATION PROGRAM

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TO SUPPORT THE AIGA DESIGN ARCHIVES IN CONSORTIUM WITH THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF GRAPHIC ARTS.

QUEENS TO COMADRES: MAYA WOMEN THEN AND NOW EXHIBITION PLANNING [THE DENVER ART MUSEUM (DAM) SEEKS SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TRAVELING EXHIBITION, QUEENS TO COMADRES: MAYA WOMEN THEN AND NOW (WORKING TITLE) CO-CURATED BY DR. VICTORIA LYALL, FREDERICK AND JAN MAYER CURATOR OF THE ART OF THE AMERICAS AT DAM, AND DR. MICHELLE RICH, THE ELLEN AND HARRY S. PARKER III ASSOCIATE CURATOR OF INDIGENOUS AMERICAN ART AT THE DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART (DMA). QUEENS TO COMADRES WILL FOCUS ON PAST AND PRESENT VISUAL CULTURE FEATURING MAYA WOMEN TO OFFER AN INNOVATIVE EXPLORATION OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO MAYA SOCIETIES AND OF THEIR WIDER INFLUENCE ON INDIGENOUS AND NON-INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. QUEENS TO COMADRES IS PLANNED TO OPEN IN FALL 2026 AT THE DMA, AND THEN TRAVEL TO THE DAM IN EARLY 2027. A FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOG, SCHOLARLY SYMPOSIUM RESULTING IN AN EDITED DIGITAL VOLUME, AND SERIES OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE EXHIBITION.]

TO SUPPORT THE EXHIBITION "WOMEN OF ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM."

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MALINCHE AS METAPHOR EXHIBITION PLANNING

CURATORIAL PLANNING AND RESEARCH FOR AN EXHIBITION: THE NEAR EAST TO THE FAR WEST: FRENCH ORIENTALISM AND THE AMERICAN FRONTIER, AT THE DENVER ART MUSEUM [THE DENVER ART MUSEUM (DAM) WILL CONDUCT CURATORIAL PLANNING AND RESEARCH FOR AN EXHIBITION, THE NEAR EAST TO THE FAR WEST: FRENCH ORIENTALISM AND THE AMERICAN FRONTIER (WORKING TITLE), TO DEBUT AT THE DAM IN FEBRUARY 2023. THIS MAJOR TRAVELING EXHIBITION WILL INCLUDE PUBLIC PROGRAMS, A CATALOG, AND SYMPOSIUM, WITH INPUT FROM MULTIDISCIPLINARY HUMANITIES SCHOLARS AND INDIGENOUS-, MUSLIM-, AND ARAB-AMERICAN VOICES. CURATED BY THE DAM?S ASSOCIATE CURATOR OF WESTERN AMERICAN ART JENNIFER R. HENNEMAN, PH.D., THE EXHIBITION WILL REACH WIDE AUDIENCES IN DENVER AND ADDITIONAL VENUES IN THE UNITED STATES. THE NEAR EAST TO THE FAR WEST EXPLORES HOW THE STYLE AND SUBSTANCE OF FRENCH ORIENTALISM DIRECTLY INFLUENCED REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PEOPLE, WILDLIFE, AND LANDSCAPES OF THE AMERICAN WEST IN ART, LITERATURE, AND POPULAR CULTURE DURING THE NINETEENTH AND EARLY-TWENTIETH CENTURIES, REPRESENTATIONS THAT CONTINUE TO IMPACT AMERICAN ATTITUDES TOWARDS HISTORY, IDENTITY, AND PLACE.]

TO SUPPORT PROVENANCE RESEARCH FOR THE ASIAN ART COLLECTION.

TO SUPPORT A RESIDENCY PROJECT FEATURING A CONTEMPORARY NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIST.

TO SUPPORT A TOURING EXHIBITION OF WORK BY ARTIST LUIS JIMENEZ (1940-2006), WITH ACCOMPANYING CATALOGUE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

TO SUPPORT THE EXHIBITION "THE WESTERN: AN EPIC IN ART AND FILM.

TO SUPPORT AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF MARIE WATT AND CANNUPA HANSKA LUGER.

TO SUPPORT AN EXHIBITION AND CATALOGUE FEATURING PRE-COLUMBIAN AND SPANISH COLONIAL ART.

TO SUPPORT THE EXHIBITION JEFFREY GIBSON: LIKE A HAMMER AND ACCOMPANYING CATALOGUE.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT AN EXHIBITION SURVEY FEATURING THE WORK OF ANDREA CARLSON (B. 1979).

TO SUPPORT THE EXHIBITION "SUPER INDIAN: FRITZ SCHOLDER 1967-1980."

TO SUPPORT THE RELAUNCH OF THE MUSEUM’S CREATIVE-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM AND RELATED PROGRAMMING.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE-SPECIAL PROJECT NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS