Kalamazoo Institute Of Arts

PRESERVE THE CALIBER AND STAFF OF AN IMPORTANT MUSEUM, ALLOWING THE ORGANIZATION TO RE-OPEN, RE-INSTALL ITS PERMANENT COLLECTION, INCREASE ONLINE LEARNING AND SAVE JOBS.

PRESERVE THE HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING AND STAFF AT THE KALAMAZOO INSTITUTE OF ARTS [THE KALAMAZOO INSTITUTE OF ARTS (KIA) IS ONE OF THE LEADING HUMANITIES ORGANIZATIONS IN THE MIDWEST, A GATHERING PLACE TO EXPLORE HOW ART, HISTORY AND CULTURE INFLUENCE OUR REGIONAL WAYS OF LIFE. KIA CONSISTS OF AN ART MUSEUM, ART SCHOOL, AND FINE ARTS LIBRARY IN DOWNTOWN KALAMAZOO, AND OUR MISSION IS 'TO PROMOTE AND CULTIVATE THE CREATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE VISUAL ARTS IN WEST MICHIGAN.' WE SEEK GRANT FUNDING TO SUPPORT STAFF SALARIES AND TO ENABLE US TO CONTINUE DELIVERING OUR CORE HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING. FUNDING WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO SPECIAL PROJECTS SUCH AS EXHIBITIONS AND A DOCUMENTARY EXPLORING HOW THE VISION AND ACTIONS OF HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS IN OUR REGION BUILT OUR PERMANENT COLLECTION INTO A LIVING REFLECTION OF OUR WEST MICHIGAN IDENTITY. EMERGENCY RESOURCES ARE VITAL TO CONTINUING OUR EFFORTS UNTIL REVENUE STREAMS STABILIZE.] [PURPOSE: PROVIDE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT, INCLUDING STAFF SALARIES, THAT WILL ENABLE THE KALAMAZOO INSTITUTE OF ARTS MUSEUM TO PRODUCE AND DELIVER CORE HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING.  ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: RESEARCH AND INSTALL TWO EXHIBITS AND CONDUCT INTERVIEWS FOR A VIDEO DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE ART MUSEUM.  EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE CREATION OF TWO NEW EXHIBITS'ONE'ON MASCULINITY'FROM THE 1960S TO THE PRESENT'AND'ANOTHER'ABOUT'WOMEN'S INFLUENCE ON'ART AND CULTURE'DURING THE 1950S'AS WELL AS A VIDEO DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE MUSEUM AND ITS WESTERN MICHIGAN COMMUNITY.  INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: MUSEUM VISITORS AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF WESTERN MICHIGAN.   SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.]

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

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

TO SUPPORT THE EXHIBITION FRAMING MOMENTS: PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE KALAMAZOO INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND ACCOMPANYING CATALOGUE.

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE EXHIBITION ART, MUSIC, & FEMINISM IN THE 1950S AND AN ACCOMPANYING CATALOGUE.

FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE: AMERICA AT 250 [FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE: AMERICA AT 250 IS A MULTILAYERED EXHIBITION THAT WILL EXAMINE THE COUNTRY?S 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING BY INTERPRETING ITS EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP TO ITS FOUNDING IDEALS. THE EXHIBITION REFLECTS THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SET IN MOTION THE RISE OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORLD POWERS OF THE COLONIAL ERA TO THE PRESENT. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER ARE THE PRIMARY FOUNDATIONAL TEXTS THROUGH WHICH HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ARTWORKS WILL EXAMINE AND CONSIDER WHAT AMERICA HAS MEANT, AND CONTINUES TO SIGNIFY, FOR ITS MANIFOLD POPULATION. THROUGH THEM, THE KIA ASPIRES TO CELEBRATE THE UNITED STATES? SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL BY EXPLORING THE NATION'S PURSUIT OF ?LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.? A SERIES OF LECTURES BY HUMANITIES SCHOLARS WILL BE AMONG THE PROGRAMS THE KIA PRODUCES TO ENLIGHTEN THE PUBLIC ON THE HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ARTWORKS ON DISPLAY]