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Terra Foundation for American Art
Established in 1978, the Terra Foundation for American Art is dedicated to fostering the exploration, understanding, and enjoyment of the visual arts of the United States.
With financial resources of more than $350 million and an exceptional collection of American art from the colonial era to 1945, it is one of the leading foundations focused on American art, and devotes approximately $12 million annually in support of American art exhibitions, projects, and research worldwide.
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www.terraamericanart.org
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Twitter - @TerraAmArt
With financial resources of more than $350 million and an exceptional collection of American art from the colonial era to 1945, it is one of the leading foundations focused on American art, and devotes approximately $12 million annually in support of American art exhibitions, projects, and research worldwide.
Web Address
www.terraamericanart.org
Social Media Links
Twitter - @TerraAmArt
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Terra Foundation Awards $9.5 Million to Launch Art Design Chicago 2024
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For 2024, the foundation will offer grants ranging from $25,000 to $75,000 in support of exhibition research and development, publications...more
Foundation: Terra Foundation for American Art
For 2024, the foundation will offer grants ranging from $25,000 to $75,000 in support of exhibition research and development, publications...more
Elizabeth Glassman will step down as president of Chicago's Terra Foundation
Foundation: Terra Foundation for American Art
... Glassman will step down as president of Chicago's Terra Foundation ... out its art collection, developing exhibits and research and making...more
Foundation: Terra Foundation for American Art
... Glassman will step down as president of Chicago's Terra Foundation ... out its art collection, developing exhibits and research and making...more
Celebrating the diversity of Chicago's cultural landscape
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The idea for Art Design Chicago was hatched by Jennifer Siegenthaler, who oversees programmes, education grants and initiatives at the...more
Foundation: Terra Foundation for American Art
The idea for Art Design Chicago was hatched by Jennifer Siegenthaler, who oversees programmes, education grants and initiatives at the...more
The Museum of Fine Arts received a $2 million grant
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BOSTON (AP) — Boston's Museum of Fine Arts has received a nearly $2 million grant to help create traveling exhibitions. The MFA says the money provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art will...more
Foundation: Terra Foundation for American Art
BOSTON (AP) — Boston's Museum of Fine Arts has received a nearly $2 million grant to help create traveling exhibitions. The MFA says the money provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art will...more
For Collection-Sharing Initiative, Terra Foundation and Art Bridges Tap Detroit Institute of Arts, MFA ...
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The Terra Foundation for American Art and Art Bridges are giving some $2.4 million to the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston so that they can develop traveling exhibitions...more
Foundation: Terra Foundation for American Art
The Terra Foundation for American Art and Art Bridges are giving some $2.4 million to the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston so that they can develop traveling exhibitions...more
Terra Foundation Awards More Than $300000 to Art Design Chicago Projects
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The Terra Foundation for American Art has awarded more than $300,000 in grants to cultural organizations participating in Art Design Chicago, a yearlong initiative dedicated to exploring the city's...more
Foundation: Terra Foundation for American Art
The Terra Foundation for American Art has awarded more than $300,000 in grants to cultural organizations participating in Art Design Chicago, a yearlong initiative dedicated to exploring the city's...more
Terra Foundation Awards $300000 in Grants to Chicago Arts Organizations
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The Terra Foundation for American Art has awarded over $300,000 in grants to public and academic programs as part of the Art Design Chicago initiative, which highlights the influence of the city's...more
Foundation: Terra Foundation for American Art
The Terra Foundation for American Art has awarded over $300,000 in grants to public and academic programs as part of the Art Design Chicago initiative, which highlights the influence of the city's...more
Bonifas Arts Center recipient of Art Bridges Grant
Foundation: Terra Foundation for American Art
(WLUC) - The Bonifas Arts Center is a proud recipient of an Art Bridges Grant, which will fund educational components to further the public's understanding of a new exhibit coming to the Bonifas on...more
Foundation: Terra Foundation for American Art
(WLUC) - The Bonifas Arts Center is a proud recipient of an Art Bridges Grant, which will fund educational components to further the public's understanding of a new exhibit coming to the Bonifas on...more
Beyond Frank Lloyd Wright: A Broader View of Art in Chicago
Foundation: Terra Foundation for American Art
The initiative is led by the Chicago-based Terra Foundation for American Art. Since 2012, it has invested $6.5 million in 78 grants to encourage new scholarship on artists and designers working in...more
Foundation: Terra Foundation for American Art
The initiative is led by the Chicago-based Terra Foundation for American Art. Since 2012, it has invested $6.5 million in 78 grants to encourage new scholarship on artists and designers working in...more
Overlooked No More: A Foundation's Push to Elevate Chicago Art
Foundation: Terra Foundation for American Art
New York has long been considered the center of American visual art, home to the Met, the MoMA, and the incredible, cylindrical viewing galleries of the Guggenheim. Abstract Expressionism developed...more
Foundation: Terra Foundation for American Art
New York has long been considered the center of American visual art, home to the Met, the MoMA, and the incredible, cylindrical viewing galleries of the Guggenheim. Abstract Expressionism developed...more
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