Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Backed by Mellon Grant, UVA Establishes New Center to Study Indigenous Art
The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia announced a grant of $815,000 by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which will be utilized to create a research center for the study of the indigenous art of Australia and the Americas at The Fralin, as well as the University’s Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection.
The grant is the result of an initiative led by Francesca Fiorani, Professor of Art History and Associate Dean for the Arts and Humanities in the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, working in tandem with The Fralin, the Kluge-Ruhe, and the Mellon Foundation. In part, the grant will support the hiring of two new curators for the University’s impressive collections of indigenous art. It also will pave the way for a new residency program for visiting scholars, artists and curators. Complimented by the $886,000 in contributions by the University, the investment to the Indigenous Art Initiative totals $1.7 million. The funding will span the course of five years...