SAMUEL H. KRESS FOUNDATION

HISTORY OF ART GRANTS PROGRAM
DUE: APR 15 OCT 15 JAN 15
WEB: http://www.kressfoundation.org/grants/default.aspx?id=142

The History of Art grant program supports scholarly projects that will enhance the appreciation and understanding of European art and architecture. Grants are awarded to projects that create and disseminate specialized knowledge, including archival projects, development and dissemination of scholarly databases, documentation projects, museum exhibitions and publications, photographic campaigns, scholarly catalogues and publications, and technical and scientific studies. Grants are also awarded for activities that permit art historians to share their expertise through international exchanges, professional meetings, conferences, symposia, consultations, the presentation of research, and other professional events.

ELIGIBILITY: Grants are awarded to non-profit institutions with 501(c)3 status based in the United States, including supporting foundations of European institutions.

FUNDING: In 2009, 9 awards were made, ranging from $2,700 to $72,500.


CONSERVATION GRANTS PROGRAM
DUE: APR 15 OCT 15 JAN 15
WEB: http://www.kressfoundation.org/grants/default.aspx?id=138
 
The Conservation program supports the professional practice of art conservation, especially as it relates to European art of the pre-modern era. Grants are awarded to projects that create and disseminate specialized knowledge, including archival projects, development and dissemination of scholarly databases, documentation projects, exhibitions and publications focusing on art conservation, scholarly publications, and technical and scientific studies. Grants are also awarded for activities that permit conservators and conservation scientists to share their expertise with both professional colleagues and a broad audience through international exchanges, professional meetings, conferences, symposia, consultations, the presentation of research, exhibitions that include a prominent focus on materials and techniques, and other professional events. Support for conservation treatments is generally limited to works from the distributed Kress Collection, and is coordinated through the Kress Program in Paintings Conservation at the Conservation Center of the New York University Institute of Fine Arts.

ELIGIBILITY: Grants are awarded to non-profit institutions with 501(c) 3 status, based in the United States, including supporting foundations of European institutions.

FUNDING: In 2009, two grants were made, each for $15,000.


DIGITAL RESOURCES GRANTS PROGRAM
DUE: APR 15 OCT 15
WEB: http://www.kressfoundation.org/grants/default.aspx?id=150

The Digital Resources program is intended to create incentives for historians of art and architecture, as well as archivists and librarians who support their work, to convert important existing information resources (especially key visual resources such as our major art history photo archives) to digital form. These resources will reach a vastly larger audience of specialists, teachers, and students online than they could ever reach previously, while also fostering new forms of research and collaboration and new approaches to teaching and learning. Support will also be offered for the digitization of primary textual sources (especially the literary and documentary sources of European art history); for promising initiatives in online publishing; and for innovative experiments in the field of digital art history.

ELIGIBILITY: Grants are awarded to non-profit institutions with 501(c) 3 status, based in the United States, including supporting foundations of European institutions.

FUNDING: In 2009, five grants were made, ranging from $15,000 to $97,500.