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Installation in the exhibition, Joyce J. Scott: Walk a Mile in My Dreams, at the Baltimore Museum of Art, featuring, at center, Trickster Savior – The Salvation of African Albinos, 2021-2022. Peyote stitched glass beads, thread, wire. 22 x 16 ¾ x 23 in. Photo by Terry Carbone.

“You Start to Feel Like You’re in Their Gravitational Pull:” Co-Curator Glenn Adamson on Toshiko Takaezu’s Worlds Within Exhibition

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Challenging accepted histories through artWe support museums that act as open forums for creative expression and visual arts-centered dialogues about the past, present, and future of the Unites States.

Through grants for innovative projects in the visual arts, we empower museums to foreground the experiences of underrepresented artists and cultures, redress accepted histories, and welcome diverse collaborators and communities into conversation.

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Looking for more insights and inspiration? Explore our curated selection of informative articles, videos, and related programs beyond Luce.

  • Panorama offers open access to groundbreaking scholarship on visual and material culture. The journal embraces the study of the diverse artistic production that circulates within and beyond the constructed geographies of what is now the United States.

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  • Grantmakers in the Arts is the only national association of both public and private arts and culture funders in the US, including independent and family foundations, public agencies, community foundations, corporate philanthropies, nonprofit regrantors, and national service organizations – funders of all shapes and sizes across the US and into Canada.

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Apply for a GrantWe are committed to identifying the most promising ideas and projects for support. All Luce programs accept unsolicited inquiries through our online portal.

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