"The Getty Foundation has awarded an additional $1.9m to its Black Visual Arts Archives initiative. The programme helps institutions process, digitise, preserve and activate archival collections related to Black artists, arts organisations and visual arts history in the US. The funding supports access to artist papers, exhibition records, photography, educational materials, home movies, quilt archives and institutional records, along with exhibitions, public programming and digital platforms."
"The initiative is national in scope and focuses on improving public access to Black visual arts archives across libraries, museums and universities. Grantees include Afro Charities, the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History in Atlanta, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, Morgan State University in Baltimore, the South Side Community Art Center in Chicago, the University of Chicago's South Side Home Movie Project (SSHMP) and the University of Maryland."
""One of the beautiful things about working with this initiative is that my eyes have been opened to the diversity of archival resources that are out there," says Miguel de Baca, the Getty Foundation's senior program officer of academic programmes, who directed the launch of the initiative in 2022. This latest round of grants brings the Getty's total funding for the programme to $4.5m across 20 awards and marks the initiative's third cohort. De Baca adds that empowering these archival projects not only provides access but helps connect institutions, archivists and scholars to one another."
""Deep in the ethos of this project has always been to give greater visibility to personal archives, rather than isolating materials," says Jacqueline Stewart, the founder of SSHMP, which has been operating for 21 years with a focus on digitising personal archives and community histories. With support from the Getty, SSHMP"
The Getty Foundation awarded an additional $1.9m to the Black Visual Arts Archives initiative. The programme supports institutions in processing, digitising, preserving, and activating archival collections connected to Black artists, arts organisations, and visual arts history in the US. Funding enables access to artist papers, exhibition records, photography, educational materials, home movies, quilt archives, and institutional records, alongside exhibitions, public programming, and digital platforms. The initiative operates nationally and aims to improve public access through libraries, museums, and universities. Grantees include multiple cultural and academic institutions, including the Auburn Avenue Research Library, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and several university and community projects. Total funding reaches $4.5m across 20 awards and a third cohort.
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