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Explore how our partners are deepening their connections and engagement with their communities.
Peoria Riverfront Museum
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It has been a celebratory fall with the Peoria Riverfront Museum! We marked five years of partnership with the multidisciplinary institution, alongside the opening of its latest decoy exhibition, which involved a historic collaboration with the city’s namesake tribe, the Peoria Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma.
Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
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With Learning & Engagement support from Art Bridges, the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) hosted programming centered on wellness, self-care, and performance in response to the work of the influential Cuban American artist Ana Mendieta.
Wichita Art Museum
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Supported by Art Bridges’ Partner Loan Network, the Wichita Art Museum launched an exhibition of iconic Pop art, featuring works from its own permanent collection alongside works on loan from the Whitney Museum of American Art. Interactive activities supplemented the exhibition, allowing the museum to engage a new age group and expand its audience.
Delaware Art Museum
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With the support of Art Bridges, the Delaware Art Museum (DelArt) exhibited "Estampas de la Raza: Contemporary Prints from the Romo Collection" organized by the McNay Art Museum. DelArt also used Art Bridges Learning and Engagement funding to activate the exhibition by hosting "Healing Through the Arts," a series of workshops taught by artist Cesar Viveros and a fashion show developed and organized by Juliet Zavala, artist-in-residence. Throughout the programs’ development, Art Bridges supported DelArt’s collaboration with the Center for Audience Research and Evaluation (CARE) at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art to determine and measure outcomes for its visitors.
Orlando Museum of Art
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With strategic support from our Evaluation team, The Orlando Museum of Art was able to conduct and measure the success of Learning & Engagement programs to champion the connection between art and wellness.
Memorial Art Gallery
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As part of the pilot phase of Art Bridges' Partner Loan Network, the Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Rochester featured artwork on loan from the American Folk Art Museum in New York.
Hudson River Museum
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As part of the pilot phase of Art Bridges' Partner Loan Network, the Hudson River Museum was able to reinterpret their permanent collection with loans from the Joselyn Art Museum.
Canton Museum of Art
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In tandem with artworks on loan from Art Bridges, Canton Museum of Art's "Pop!" exhibition and "The Artchemist Project" saw the development of community artwork that was displayed in the museum.
Gadsden Arts Center and Museum
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As part of the Art Bridges Learning and Engagement Program, Gadsden Arts Center and Museum established a Teen Art Council comprised of 18 Gadsden and Leon County students. The Teen Art Council organized programming and expanded the museum's audience.
Detroit Institute of Arts Cohort
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As part of the Art Bridges Cohort Program, Detroit Institute of Arts assembled a traveling exhibition, "Rethinking Monuments." The exhibition also toured the Krasl Art Center, the Marshall M. Fredericks Museum of Sculpture, and the Grand Rapids Art Museum.
Trout Gallery
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Through educational programs and community outreach, The Trout Gallery promotes civic engagement around themes of race, inclusion, and representation.
Tweed Museum of Art
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The Tweed Museum of Art invited local, Black community members into the museum with focused programming for the first time and provided a space for their voices to be heard.
Portland Museum of Art
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PMA welcomed an exhibition of Walker Evans photographs first shown at MoMA in 1938 and created a venue for discussing class and race in the present.
Currier Museum of Art
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Measuring impact through pre and post tests at the Currier Museum of Art
Westmoreland Museum of American Art
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Using evaluation to inform exhibition marketing and programming, and measure impact at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
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Engaging College Audiences and Increasing Awareness of Abstract Indigenous Artists at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
Gibbes Museum
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Building new audiences through intentional partnership at Gibbes Museum of Art
California State University, Northridge Art Galleries
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Harnessing the transformative power of the visual arts to encourage midterm election participation.
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
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Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute strengthens its ties with local communities.
Boise Art Museum
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Using inclusive design for their presentation of Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea, the Boise Art Museum reduced barriers to participation by expanding accessibility.
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg
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The Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg highlights artist and community perspectives through interdisciplinary programming.
Allentown Art Museum
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Embracing the power of storytelling and collaboration, the Allentown Art Museum launched a community quilting project to build connections and celebrate difference.
Missoula Art Museum
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Tlingit and Unangax̂ artist Nicholas Galanin’s I Think it Goes Like This (Gold) inspires the Missoula Art Museum to elevate local Indigenous voices thorough their inaugural Art Host program.
San Antonio Museum of Art
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In a careful re-consideration of its city-wide art impact, SAMA increased access to art in Black and Latine communities.
Mattatuck Museum
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Inspired by one hundred years of African American and Black art making, the Mattatuck Museum expands art access to Waterbury’s African American and Black communities.
RIT City Art Space
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Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s “Untitled” (LA) inspires the RIT City Art Space to host conversations centering voices from women, queer, and BIPOC communities to challenge normative art historical narratives.
Fairfield University Art Museum
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Marsden Hartley’s Give Us This Day inspires interdisciplinary collaboration at the Fairfield University Art Museum (FUAM).
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
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In a bold reimagining of permanent collection galleries, works by Black and African American artists create new opportunities for cross-cultural community dialogue at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.
American Federation of the Arts Convening
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Representatives from six museums came together at the American Federation of the Arts offices to explore the themes and ideas in Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem.
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
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Through a new partnership, JSMA was able to build access, inclusion, and a new audience by introducing the Latinx community to their city’s art museum.
El Paso Museum of Art
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A new microsite helped younger audiences connect with works of art.
Mennello Museum of American Art (MMMA), Orlando Museum of Art (OMA)
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An unprecedented collaboration between the Mennello Museum of American Art (MMMA) and the Orlando Museum of Art (OMA) was born out of a barrier.
Binghamton University Art Museum
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A university and four lending partners collaborated to create and deeply engage their community in a new exhibition: not but nothing other: African-American Portrayals, 1930 to Today.
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
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An installation of Terry Adkins’ Native Son (Circus) is a wonderful example of the innovative use of an Art Bridges loan to activate an existing collection.
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