Description

The American Art Program (AAP) has invited the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) to apply for a grant through the Museum Partners for Social Justice (MPSJ) sub-program, which aims to support museums in disseminating new project models and frameworks to advance justice and equity. AAP offers these grants annually to a cohort of four museums in two pairs: two leaders have distinguished themselves in the execution of Luce-funded projects; and two partners are poised to apply new practices in their own planned projects. TMA will partner with the lead Oakland Museum of California (OMCA), with which it shares similar audience demographics not currently represented in its regular visitation. Cross-museum visits and dialogues will be foundational to TMA’s planning for the first reinstallation of its American collections in decades. Across a series of experimental iterations of the forthcoming reinstallation, TMA will adapt OMCA methodologies of co-creation and collaborative evaluation to center the voices and vision of its diverse urban neighborhood; and it will seek to integrate OMCA’s social impact practices throughout the museum to welcome, include, inspire, and reflect its community. 
This grant aligns with AAP strategic goal 1b: To expand the community of museums committing to anti-racist practices and projects that advance representation and equity, in their museums and for the partners and communities they engage and serve.Â