The Carl & Marilynn Foundation provides a variety of grants related to art collections for individuals and nonprofits. Through these programs, they seek to heighten public interest and awareness, fuel innovative scholarship, and promote dynamic partnerships in the fields of art and art history.
Donor Name: Carl & Marilynn Thomas Foundation
State: Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/01/2022
Details:
Project Categories
- Exhibitions: As of Spring 2022, they are excited to learn about exhibitions that are slated to open in mid-2023 through 2024. They welcome the opportunity to become an early funder of landmark exhibitions that relate to collections, and which significantly raise the public profile of those genres while also advancing art historical scholarship. Historically, they have cultivated strong relationships with medium-size museums across the country that reach a diverse regional audience and value innovative curation. Exhibition funding can include development, scholarship, construction, outreach, traveling costs, admissions subsidies, and more.
- Convenings: To encourage scholarly debate and dialogue, they fund academic conferences and workshops that will significantly advance the fields of art scholarship related to collections. They urge applicants to familiarize themselves with industry standards for honoraria and per diems in advance of creating a convening budget.
- Academic: Research, travel, manuscript development, hiring research assistants, equipment, etc. to support original scholarship related to collection areas. Academic projects should culminate in a clear final deliverable such as a book manuscript or peer-reviewed article.
- Exhibition Catalog Support: In conjunction with exhibition support, they are pleased to support development, research, and publication costs associated with museum catalogs relating to artists in collection.
Eligibility Criteria
- They accept applications during three yearly grant cycles for bold proposals that align with collections areas and artists. 501(c)(3) organizations, fiscally sponsored organizations, and university departments are welcome to apply.
- The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations whose innovative projects and original ideas will provide promising insights into the fields of art which we collect: Art of the Spanish Americas, Digital & Media Art, Japanese Bamboo, and Post-War Painting & Sculpture. They also welcome requests pertaining to the arts and culture of the American Southwest.
- Although they fund projects from across the United States, we are particularly interested in receiving proposals from our target regions. In the U.S., this includes Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, with particular emphasis on rural and nonmetro institutions and organizations from within those states.
For more information, visit CMTF.
