Pew Center for Arts and Heritage today announced $1.1 million in grants to seven local arts arts organizations for exhibitions or exhibition planning. The recipient institutions represent some of the largest museums in the region — the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Institute of Contemporary Art, the Michener Museum, and several respected local arts organizations — Philadelphia Art Alliance, The Print Center, Ars Nova and the Schuylkill Center. This year’s grants bring the total given by the Pew’s PEI to $13 million for 119 projects since the program began in 1997.
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Among the exhibitions to be funded that artblog is excited about are
1. the first major American museum show of works of the late Jason Rhoades, a West Coast artist who died unexpectedly in 2006. That show will travel to LA MoCA; –Recipient – ICA $250,000
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2. Installation by Chinese husband and wife team Song Dong and Yin Xiuzhen that involves collaborative chopstick making and will also include new work and a video — Recipient – Philadelphia Art Alliance $200,000
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3. Demetrius Oliver’s Canis Major, in which the New York-based African American artist will completely change the space and create a secret observatory open to the public one hour each night. The ideas have to do with invisibility and trickery and things that are visible only at night. A monograph on the exhibition will be produced and an artist’s book. Recipient – the Print Center $118,000
For a full list of all seven projects, see PEI’s website.