Smithsonian American Art Museum Receives Two Terra Foundation for American Art Awards

The Terra Foundation for American Art awarded two grants totaling $645,000 to the Smithsonian American Art Museum. A $600,000 grant, the largest ever received by the museum solely for fellowships, supports scholars at the museum over five years and a $45,000 grant funds a September 28-30, 2006 symposium. 

"The Terra Foundation has long been recognized for its dedication to American art scholarship, and its generous support enhances our outstanding fellowship program," said Elizabeth Broun, the museum's Margaret and Terry Stent Director. 

"The Terra Foundation is committed to promoting exchange between scholars, thereby cultivating a worldwide community for American art," said Elizabeth Glassman, president and chief executive officer of the Terra Foundation. "With its outstanding collection and resources, in addition to its location in the nation's capital, the Smithsonian American Art Museum is uniquely situated to facilitate this international dialogue." 

The $600,000 grant will fund up to 20 Terra Foundation for American Art Fellowships at the Smithsonian American Art Museum during the next five years. This grant seeks to foster a cross-cultural dialogue about the history of art of the United States, supporting scholars from the United States and abroad who investigate international contexts for American art. Fellowships will be awarded to predoctoral, postdoctoral and senior scholars for independent and dissertation research. For more information, visit http://americanart.si.edu/education/opportunities-terra.cfm.

The $45,000 grant is designated to support an international symposium that will attract scholars with varying approaches and training. The symposium, titled "American Art in a Global Context," is organized to celebrate the museum's re-opening next year. Potential themes include circum-Atlantic migrations; American art in European collections; globalization and the digital world; and the impact of immigration on American identities. For more information on the symposium, visit http://americanart.si.edu/education/opportunities-symposium.cfm.

The Terra Foundation for American Art is dedicated to fostering exploration, understanding and enjoyment of the visual arts of the United States for national and international audiences. To further cross-cultural dialogue on American art, the foundation supports and collaborates on innovative exhibitions, research, and educational programs. Implicit in such activities is the belief that art has the potential both to distinguish cultures and to unite them.

Since 1970, the Smithsonian American Art Museum has hosted more than 270 fellows who now occupy positions in academic and cultural institutions across the United States. Other named fellowship opportunities available at the museum include the Patricia and Phillip Frost Fellowship for research in American art and visual culture; the Wyeth Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship for the study of the traditions of American art; the Sara Roby Fellowship in Twentieth-Century American Realism; the Douglass Foundation Fellowship in American Art; the James Renwick Fellowship in American Craft; and the Joshua C. Taylor Fellowship which is supported by alumni and friends of the fellowship program. The museum also hosts fellows supported by the Smithsonian's general fellowship fund.

To receive information about fellowships, call (202) 275-1557 or write to [log in to unmask] to request a brochure. The deadline for applications is Jan. 15, 2006.

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