Newfields Inc

THE INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART AT NEWFIELDS WILL PILOT A 2 YEAR COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WITH MUSEUM CONTENT PARTNERS AND K-12 EDUCATORS TO BUILD A SHARED DIGITAL PLATFORM THROUGH WHICH MUSEUMS CAN LEVERAGE THEIR DIGITAL COLLECTIONS DATA AND ASSETS TO SERVE THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE NATION?S EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS. THE IMA?S NEWFIELDS LAB WILL SERVE AS PROJECT MANAGERS AND PLATFORM DEVELOPERS, WITH 2 ADDITIONAL MUSEUM PARTNERS CONTRIBUTING SIGNIFICANT DIGITAL COLLECTIONS DATA, ASSETS, AND INTERPRETATIVE CONTENT. WORKING COLLABORATIVELY, THE 3 MUSEUMS WILL IDENTIFY 10 K-12 EDUCATORS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO SERVE AS CO-CREATORS AND PILOT TESTERS OF THE PRODUCTS. DIRECTLY ENGAGING AND COLLABORATING WITH THE EDUCATION SECTOR WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR MUSEUMS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF 21ST CENTURY LEARNERS, AND IDENTIFY WAYS IN WHICH MUSEUMS CAN LEVERAGE THEIR COLLECTIONS IN THE CREATION OF DIGITAL CONTENT FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. A COHORT OF UP TO 10 ADDITIONAL MUSEUMS WILL ALSO TEST THE PLATFORM USING THEIR COLLECTIONS BASED CONTENT.

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS

54TH INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION: 2011 VENICE ART BIENNALE VENICE ITALY

NEWFIELDS WILL DEVELOP A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND CONCURRENT 12-MONTH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN THE MUSEUM'S CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT THAT LEVERAGES CONSERVATION AND COLLECTIONS CARE AS EQUITY PRACTICES. PROJECT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE ENGAGING A TRAINING CONSULTANT WHO WILL WORK WITH THE PROJECT TEAM TO DESIGN A NEW STAFF TRAINING PROGRAM; DEVELOPMENT OF DECISION-MAKING FRAMEWORKS THAT MITIGATE BIAS IN PRESERVATION PRACTICE; IMPLEMENTING NEW STAFF TRAINING; AND RECRUITING AND ONBOARDING A NEW GRADUATE FELLOW. THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP GUIDELINES TO EQUITABLY INFORM COLLECTIONS CARE DECISIONS, ADOPT EFFECTIVE MENTORSHIP STRATEGIES TO CULTIVATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSERVATORS, AND HELP THE MUSEUM ACHIEVE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND ACCESS INSTITUTIONAL GOALS.

NEWFIELDS WILL CONDUCT A MULTI-YEAR PROJECT TO REDESIGN AND EXPAND ITS ONLINE ART AND HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS INTO A SINGLE, INTEGRATED COLLECTIONS PORTAL. IN ADDITION TO THE DELIVERY OF ART COLLECTION DATA AND ASSETS, THE INTEGRATED COLLECTIONS PORTAL WILL SERVE AS AN ACCESS POINT TO ARCHIVAL COLLECTION DESCRIPTIONS, ITEM-LEVEL INFORMATION, AND DIGITIZED RECORDS RELATING TO NEWFIELDS’ HISTORIC PROPERTIES AND THE INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART’S 138-YEAR HISTORY. THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPORT TWO FULL-TIME POSITIONS, A DIGITIZATION AND METADATA SPECIALIST AND A RIGHTS RESEARCHER, AS WELL AS A USER TESTING CONTRACTOR WHO, ALONG WITH A CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL MUSEUM TEAM, WILL DEVELOP, PUBLICIZE, AND LAUNCH THE NEW INTEGRATED COLLECTIONS PORTAL. THE RESULTING PORTAL WITH OPEN-ACCESS INFRASTRUCTURE WILL MAKE NEWFIELDS' RESOURCES MORE WIDELY AVAILABLE TO RESEARCHERS AND THE PUBLIC.

TO SUPPORT FLOW (CAN YOU SEE THE RIVER) A COLLABORATIVE PUBLIC ART PROJECT BY ARTIST MARY MISS.

DOCUMENTING MODERN LIVING: DIGITIZING THE MILLER HOUSE & GARDEN COLLECTION

CREATING A SUITABLE AND ENERGY-EFFICIENT LIGHTING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PREVENTIVE CONSERVATION OF THE PERMANENT COLLECTION

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS - MUSEUMS

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT PERSONNEL AND SAFETY SUPPLIES EXPENSES IN RESPONSE TO AND RECOVERY FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

THE INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART AT NEWFIELDS (IMA) REQUESTS A GRANT TO UNDERTAKE A COMPREHENSIVE CONSULTATIONPROCESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT (NAGPRA). THE CONSULTATIONPROCESS WILL INVOLVE ENGAGING WITH LINEAL DESCENDANTS, NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATIONSTO REVIEW OBJECTS IN THE IMA COLLECTION, RESPECTFUL TREATMENT OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL ITEMS, ANDFACILITATE REPATRIATIONS. THE IMA WILL WORK WITH THREE CONSULTANTS WHOSE AREAS OF EXPERTISE COVER EASTERNWOODLANDS, GREAT LAKES, GREAT PLAINS, NORTHWEST COAST, ALASKA NATIVE, AND SOUTHWEST. CONSULTANTS WERE INVOLVED INDEFINING THE PROJECT SCOPE AND WILL BE CRUCIAL IN IDENTIFYING TRIBES OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHOULD BE CONSULTEDTHROUGH THE PROJECT TO FURTHER DETERMINE CULTURAL AFFILIATION AND NAGPRA CLASSIFICATION OF SPECIFIC OBJECTS.INCLUDED IN THE MUSEUMS NATIVE ARTS OF THE AMERICAS COLLECTION ARE 1,515 NATIVE CULTURAL ITEMS WHICH POTENTIALLYINCLUDE UNASSOCIATED FUNERARY OBJECTS, SACRED OBJECTS, AND OBJECTS OF CULTURAL PATRIMONY. THE IMA BELIEVES THESEOBJECTS REPRESENT A RANGE OF CULTURAL AFFILIATIONS INCLUDING ALASKA NATIVE, EASTERN WOODLANDS, GREAT PLAINS,NORTHEAST, NORTHWEST, SOUTHEAST, AND SOUTHWEST. INCLUDED AMONG THESE ARE 993 OBJECTS FOR WHICH NO CULTURALAFFILIATION HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE IMA TO ACHIEVE GREATER NAGPRA COMPLIANCE WILL BE TO REVIEW ALL 1,515 OBJECTS IN THE NATIVEARTS OF THE AMERICAS COLLECTION WITH TRIBAL CONSULTANTS IN THE MUSEUMS COLLECTION. AFTER DOING SO, THE IMA WILLCREATE AN UPDATED NAGPRA SUMMARY OF THE OBJECTS IN THE MUSEUMS COLLECTION AND WILL PUBLISH IT TO THE NATIONALPARKS SERVICE NAGPRA SUMMARIES DATABASE. IMA STAFF WILL SEND A MAILING TO ALL LINEAL DESCENDANTS, NATIVE AMERICANTRIBES, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE UPDATED SUMMARY AND KEY CHANGES. THE PROJECT TEAM WILLPRIORITIZE FOLLOW-UP WITH TRIBES THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY CONTACTED THE MUSEUM BUT FOR WHICH NO NATIVE OBJECTS WERECULTURALLY IDENTIFIED AT THE TIME TO INFORM THEM OF ANY RELEVANT CHANGES. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL CONTRIBUTEINFORMATION ABOUT THE MUSEUMS NAGPRA HOLDINGS TO COLLABORATIVE DATABASES TO MORE PROACTIVELY FACILITATE EASE OFACCESS TO INFORMATION FOR LINEAL DESCENDANTS, NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATIONS SEEKINGREPATRIATION.AFTER THESE NOTIFICATIONS, STAFF WILL UPDATE IMA COLLECTIONS RECORDS IN THE COLLECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, KE-EMU,WITH CULTURAL AFFILIATION AND NAGPRA CLASSIFICATION DETAILS TO ENSURE CONTINUITY OF NAGPRA COMPLIANCE ANDREPATRIATION EXPEDIENCY. THE TEAM WILL DEVELOP A PROCESS DOCUMENT OUTLINING NEXT STEPS FOR REPATRIATING ITEMSIDENTIFIED AS TOP PRIORITIES AND OR FOR WHICH RELEVANT LINEAL DESCENDANTS, NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES, AND NATIVEHAWAIIAN ORGANIZATIONS HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN REPATRIATING IN RESPONSE TO NOTIFICATIONS. AS NEEDED, IMA STAFFMEMBERS WILL DEVELOP TREATMENT PLANS FOR ITEMS IN NEED OF DECONTAMINATION, TRADITIONAL CARE, AND OR STORAGE PLANSFOR ITEMS THAT WILL REMAIN IN THE IMAS COLLECTION FOR THE PRESENT TIME AND UNTIL A REQUEST FOR REPATRIATIONMOVES FORWARD.

TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION AND INSTALLATION OF THE MUSEUM'S WESTERN EUROPEAN CONTEMPORARY DESIGN COLLECTION.

TO PROCESS 482 CUBIC FEET AND CREATE FINDING AIDS OF THE INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART?S ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS FROM THE DIRECTOR?S OFFICE AND OTHER MUSEUM DEPARTMENTS, 1883-2017.

RAPID POLLUTION OFF-GASSING ASSESSMENTS OF MUSEUM CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS BY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES

TO SUPPORT PUBLIC PROGRAMMING RELATED TO THE EXHIBITION "HARD TRUTHS: THE ART OF THORNTON DIAL".

CONSERVATION PROGRAM

TO SUPPORT AN EXHIBITION SERIES,"CSI: CONSERVATION SCIENCE INDIANAPOLIS."

TO SUPPORT THE EXHIBITION 700 YEARS OF JAPANESE PAINTING AT THE IMA.

TO SUPPORT THE EXHIBITION AND CATALOGUE, "THE FACES OF NEO-IMPRESSIONISM."

TO SUPPORT PUBLIC PROGRAMMING ASSOCIATED WITH A SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS OF JAPANESE PRINTS FASHION NOH MASKS AND SAMURAI ARMOR.

TO SUPPORT PROGRAMMATIC EVALUATION AND RESEARCH TO INVESTIGATE HOW BEST TO PRESENT CONTEMPORARY ART.

PROJECT MUSE: MUSEUM SABBATICAL EXPERIENCE FOR FACULTY TEACHING AT THE ARTS-SCIENCE INTERFACE

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS

TO SUPPORT A TECHNOLOGY-BASED INTERPRETIVE INSTALLATION FOR THE EXHIBITION, "FANTASY CARS."

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS

GRANTEE HAS BEEN SELECTED TO REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES AT THE 2011 LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA (VENICE BIENNALE) AND PRESENT THE WORK OF PUERTO RICO-BAS

NATIONAL AWARD FOR MUSEUM SERVICE