A partnership of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and Greater Hudson Heritage Network (GHHN) is seeking grant applications to provide support for treatment procedures by professional conservators to aid in stabilizing and preserving objects in collections of museums, historical, and cultural organizations in New York State.
Donor Name: Greater Hudson Heritage Network
State: New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 09/01/2022
Grant Size: $7,500
Details:
The NYSCA/GHHN Conservation Treatment Grant Program embraces the widest spectrum of cultural expression and artistic pluralism and encourages organizations to demonstrate a holistic and comprehensive DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion, and access) commitment.
They believe the objects an organization choose to conserve tells a story of what is valued. Their funding priorities value objects and stories that tell a more inclusive narrative of New York State. Therefore:
- The NYSCA/GHHN Conservation Treatment Grant Program will strongly encourage requests for support of objects involving historically marginalized and underrepresented communities.
- For the purposes of this grant, historically marginalized and underrepresented communities may include: African American/Caribbean, Latino/Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, Native American/Indigenous; LGBTQIA and people with disabilities.
- Additionally, objects that interpret the stories of New York State are strongly encouraged for conservation.
What they fund
- Support is available for conservation treatment of paintings, works on paper (including individual drawings, watercolors, prints or photographs), textiles (including costumes, domestic textiles, and upholstery), furniture, frames, sculpture, historical, ethnographic, and decorative objects.
- Frames are an integral part of a painting and applicants must address frame condition and treatment when applying for painting conservation. Support is also available for treatment costs for supports, stands, and mounts that are integral to the treatment of the object.
- Grants will support in-state transportation costs for the objects and/or the conservators, and the cost of insurance for the work(s) to be treated.
- Requests for treatment of outdoor sculpture must include the description of an on-going maintenance program already in existence, or one to be implemented, at your institution. An engineer’s report may be required for some sculptures.
Funding Information
- Individual grant awards will not exceed $7,500. No match is required.
- A total of approximately: $184,175 is available in 2022, which includes $40,000 in dedicated funding for Long Island and NYC organizations courtesy of the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any nonprofit organization including museums, historical organizations or other cultural institutions incorporated in or registered to do business in New York State, that own, care for and exhibit collections to the public may apply. Proof of non-profit status may be requested.
- Applicant organizations must not have in-house conservation staff with expertise in the area for which support is requested.
- Projects must be performed by, or under the director supervision of a professional conservator.
- Applicant organizations must be open to the public; by appointment only does not suffice.
- Organizations may submit only one request, which may involve a single object or a group of related objects, all owned by the applicant institution.
- Collections owned by state agencies and religious institutions are ineligible for grant support.
- Federal and municipal museums and historic sites who are interested in applying must contact the Conservation Treatment Grant administrator to discuss eligibility.
- Eligible institutions of all sizes are welcome to request support from this state-wide program; those with small budgets are encouraged to apply.
- If granted, funds from this program shall adhere to New York State Education Law Section 3.27, Rules of the Board of Regents regardless of whether the applicant is a museum or not.
For more information, visit Greater Hudson Heritage Network .
