TCLF Receives NEA Grant for Landslide 2020
On January 15, 2020, the National Endowment for Arts announced that it has awarded The Cultural Landscape Foundation a $35,000 Art Works grant to support the creation of Landslide 2020: Women Who Shaped the American Landscape, a traveling and online photographic exhibition.
Timed to the centennial of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guaranteed women the right to vote, TCLF’s Landslide 2020 will focus on at-risk landscapes that were created by or are associated with prominent women.
The grant will support the production of the large-format photographs that are a hallmark of TCLF’s award-winning exhibitions, along with the design and printing of collateral materials, including a fully illustrated, printed gallery guide and a website that will make the project available to current and future generations of designers, preservationists, students, teachers, researchers, and the public. To develop informative, engaging content, TCLF is collaborating with Smithsonian Gardens, a unique repository of historical plans, photographs, and other archival materials.
The exhibition will debut at the Boston Architectural College, where it will be on view from September 8 to November 30, 2020, before traveling to venues around the nation. Members of the public can take part in the project by nominating threatened landscapes to be featured in the exhibition.
About the National Endowment of the Arts Art Works Program
The National Endowment for the Arts has approved 1,187 grants totaling $27.3 million in the first round of fiscal year 2020 funding to support arts projects in every state in the nation, as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
The Art Works funding category supports projects that focus on public engagement with, and access to, various forms of excellent art across the nation; the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence; learning in the arts at all stages of life; and the integration of the arts into the fabric of community life. For more information on projects included in the Arts Endowment grant announcement, visit arts.gov/news.
About the National Endowment of the Arts
Established by Congress in 1965, the NEA is the independent federal agency whose funding and support gives Americans the opportunity to participate in the arts, exercise their imaginations, and develop their creative capacities. Through partnerships with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies, and the philanthropic sector, the NEA supports arts learning, affirms and celebrates America’s rich and diverse cultural heritage, and extends its work to promote equal access to the arts in every community across America. Visit arts.gov to learn more about NEA.
