Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative
Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative
230 South Broad Street, Suite 1003
Philadelphia, PA 19102 Paula Marincola, Director
215-985-1254
Image: Bronzino, “Cosimo I de’ Medici as Orpheus”, c. 1538-41
Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Gift of Mrs. John Wintersteen
From Pontormo, Bronzino and the Medici: The Transformation of the Renaissance Portrait.
PEW VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM ANNOUNCES 2004 AWARDS:
$899,782 AWARDED TO TEN ORGANIZATIONS.
The Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative, a visual arts artistic development program funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered by The University of the Arts, has announced its 2004 grant awards totaling $899,782. Since its inception in 1997, PEI has invested nearly $6 million in exhibitions in the Philadelphia region-a commitment that makes this program unique among private foundations in the United States in both focus and level of financial support.
Exhibition grantees in 2004 include:
Abington Art Center ($122,490) to commission J. Morgan Puett to create a new work in an abandoned Quaker meeting house on the Center’s grounds.
Asian Arts Initiative ($200,000) for Chinatown In/Flux, a community arts project featuring the works of contemporary Asian-American artists.
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts ($161,730) for an installation by Ellen Harvey responding to the museum’s architecture and collections.
Philadelphia Museum of Art ($118,000) for Pontormo, Bronzino and the Medici: The Transformation of the Renaissance Portrait.
University of Pennsylvania Architectural Archives ($200,000) for the first survey of the architecture and design of Antonin and Noemi Raymond.
PEI has also continued an important aspect of the capacity-building component of its program in the form of planning grants. Planning grant recipients in 2004 include:
The Fabric Workshop and Museum ($20,000) for a comprehensive exploration of new paradigms in community art initiatives.
Institute of Contemporary Art ($20,000) for planning for a group exhibition exploring Martin Kippenberger’s influence in art of the past two decades.
The Print Center ($18,397) for planning an exhibition in public sites utilizing the camera obscura with Ann Hamilton, Vera Lutter, and Abelardo Morell.
The Rosenbach Museum & Library ($20,000) for exploring the transformation of the traditional visitor experience of the historic house through artists’ interventions and performances.
Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts ($19,165) for planning an exhibition of heretofore marginalized or overlooked women in Pop Art.
PEI grants are awarded on a competitive basis and are selected by a distinguished panel of visual arts professionals from around the country. PEI’s 2004 panel included: Richard Armstrong (panel chair), Director, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA; Alan Chong, Curator of the Collection, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA; Mary Jane Jacob, independent curator, Chicago, Il; Silvia Karman Cubina, Director, The Moore Space, Miami, FL; Christine Kim, Assistant Curator, Studio Museum in Harlem, NY; Michael Monroe, independent curator, Reston, VA; Joseph Rosa, Curator of Architecture and Design, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, and Christina Yang, Curator of Visual Art and New Media, The Kitchen, NY.
For more information, go to www.philexin.org, or call 215-985-1254
Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative
230 South Broad Street, Suite 1003
Philadelphia, PA 19102 Paula Marincola, Director
215-985-1254
