{"article":{"id":1736,"title":"Donnelley Foundation Announces Grant Funding to Illuminate Underrepresented Stories","excerpt":"","body":"<html><head></head><body><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418988/iggk22k2sgt2jptqwgdm.jpg\"></figure><p>&nbsp;</p><p>VIA PR<br>&nbsp;</p><p>CHICAGO [December 8, 2021]—The Chicago-based <a href=\"https://gddf.org/\"><strong>Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation</strong></a> (the Foundation)—which supports land conservation, artistic vitality, and regional collections for the people of the Chicago region and the Lowcountry of South Carolina—is proud to announce the 11 recipients of the Foundation’s groundbreaking “Broadening Narratives” initiative which aims to fund specific collections projects that bring forward underrepresented stories. The eight Chicago-based organizations are the <strong>Bronzeville Black Chicagoan Historical Society, Chicago History Museum, Chicago Public Art Group, Lewis University, Muslim American Leadership Alliance, Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, South Side Community Art Center </strong>and<strong> Trickster Cultural Center </strong>while the three organizations based in the Lowcountry of South Carolina to receive the grant are <strong>Clemson University,</strong> <strong>Gibbes Museum of Art </strong>and <strong>The Educational Foundation of the University of South Carolina Lancaster.</strong></p><p>This announcement represents the second round of organizations to receive the <strong>Broadening Narratives</strong> grant. All projects promote BIPOC communities, LGBTQ+ perspectives, working-class narratives, small community experiences, as well as other underrepresented groups and viewpoints. Additionally, the Foundation renewed its $25,000 grant to each of the five <strong>Broadening Narratives </strong>advisory groups that assisted with the formation of the <strong>Broadening Narratives</strong> funding initiative: <strong>Black Metropolis Research Consortium</strong>, <strong>Chicago Collections Consortium</strong>, <strong>Chicago Cultural Alliance</strong>, the <strong>College of Charleston’s Lowcountry Digital Library</strong>, and the <strong>Southeastern Museums Conference.</strong></p><p>“While the purpose of collections is to ensure that stories are preserved, many narratives are overlooked because of decisions based on race, gender, sexual identity, educational background, economic or social status, or because they are perceived to be outside the conventional thinking of the day,” said <strong>David Farren</strong>, Executive Director of the Foundation. “We are thrilled to announce these grant recipients and want to thank these organizations for being part of this new way forward in collections thinking that focuses on telling broader and more inclusive narratives.”</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Chicago-based organizations and projects to be funded by <strong>Broadening Narratives</strong>:</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Bronzeville Black Chicagoan Historical Society (BHS)</strong> will work with a metadata specialist to better understand, code, and describe their collection which has been scattered between several storage units for the past 20 years. Funds will also support BHS’ transition to their newly opened space in the historic Parkway Ballroom building. This work will help create additional historical resources about the African Americans who helped shape Chicago and America be made available to children and a broader audience.</p><p>“Bronzeville is recognized as one of the most vibrant, historic and culturally important African American communities in Chicago,” said Founder <strong>Sherry Williams. “</strong>Clearly, the Foundation recognized the importance of preserving our archive holdings and thanks to the <i>Broadening Narratives </i>grant, photographs and documents in the archive will soon reach thousands via our new metadata project.”</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The <strong>Chicago History Museum</strong> (CHM) will collaborate with community partners to recover and integrate missing voices into its permanent exhibition, <i>Chicago: Crossroads of America,</i> that aims to provide a full representation of the people who are part of Chicago's history and future. A new signature exhibition will showcase and interpret CHM's collection in ways that are compelling and accessible to a diverse public and preserve access within the communities represented by avoiding extracting materials from their rightful places.</p><p>“The Broadening Narratives initiative is a rare, yet critical, grant model that supports the deep community engagement required for any organization hoping to reflect our history back to us in meaningful and accessible ways,” said Senior Vice President <strong>John Russick</strong>. “We are grateful for the support of the Foundation and understand the responsibility we carry as the city's history museum to seek and share a full and inclusive story of Chicago.”</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Chicago Public Art Group</strong> (CPAG) – a 49-year-old organization that has contracted artists to create murals across a span of Chicago neighborhoods and gave birth to the Chicago mural movement – will catalog their archive of community murals and the artists who worked on them, making the information accessible to the public.<br><br>\"CPAG is grateful for this funding and opportunity to analyze and organize its archives with the goal of sharing the research to the public, including the history and language of Chicago's communities,\" said Executive Director <strong>Chantal Healey</strong>. \"With CPAG's 50th anniversary starting in 2022, this grant could not have come at a more important time as CPAG plans to unveil its archives at an exhibit at Chicago Art Department in September and October 2022.\"</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Lewis University</strong> was selected by the Council of Independent Colleges to join a collaborative group that will surface the unheard narratives of Black communities along the Illinois and Michigan Canal, with an emphasis on Joliet, as part of the Legacies of American Slavery project. The digitization of pertinent materials will ultimately result in a digital exhibition and two traveling physical exhibitions with accompanying public programs developed to bring greater awareness of these narratives.</p><p>“The 20th&nbsp;century history of African Americans in Joliet includes the prominent role of Black churches, which serve not only as religious institutions, but also as hubs for the region’s civil rights movements,” said <strong>Dr. Laura Franklin</strong>, Dean of General Education and College of Humanities, Fine Arts &amp; Communications at Lewis University. “This grant will make it possible to recover first-hand narratives of this period, and also to engage new audiences in learning about this history.”</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The <strong>Muslim American Leadership Alliance</strong> (MALA) will enhance its oral history project, <i>Muslim American Journeys</i>, with additional stories from Chicago's Black Muslim community. In addition to recording up to ten new interviews, MALA will revisit past Chicago interviewees to record updated testimonials.<br>\"MALA's goal is to use the power of storytelling to amplify the voices of Black Muslims in Chicago and broaden the cultural narrative to be more inclusive, diverse, and equitable,” said Deputy Director and Co-Founder<strong>Ahmed Flex Omar</strong>. “We are honored to have the support of the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; this funding will empower MALA to embark on a more robust approach to oral history work that will allow the voices of Chicago's Black Muslim communities to receive the recognition, respect, and consideration they deserve.\"</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Puerto Rican Arts Alliance </strong>(PRAA) will plan for the expansion of its <i>El Archivo</i> <i>Project</i> with images and stories of Chicago's Puerto Rican/Latinx LGBTQ community, in partnership with the Association of Latinx Action (ALMA), Chicago’s only Latinx LGBTQ organization. The funds will support a preliminary scan of available materials and themes, engage community stakeholders, and help form an advisory committee to move the project forward.</p><p>&nbsp;“The Puerto Rican Arts Alliance is excited to receive funding from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation,” said Founder &amp; Executive Director Carlos Hernandez. “This special support now allows PRAA to deepen its <i>El Archivo Project</i> research and meaningfully connect with first voice LGBTQ+ Latino(a) pioneers and other leaders. Our <i>El Archivo Project</i> would be incomplete without this inclusion, and the important narratives this community will bring to the table.”</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>South Side Community Art Center</strong> (SSCAC) will conserve and digitize works by Black women artists and organizers affiliated with this important organization. The project will stabilize select artwork and assemblages of historic materials, which will then be digitized and made available on the University of Chicago's Visual Resources Center and on SSCAC's website through a platform that creates interactive historical narratives incorporating images from the archives and collections.</p><p>“Since its founding in 1940 by artists and community members including Dr. Margaret Burroughs, the South Side Community Art Center has always been a haven for the work of Black women as both artistic creators and community organizers,” said Executive Director <strong>Monique Brinkman-Hill.</strong> “We are especially grateful for the support that will enable us to present their work in its full glory.”&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Trickster Cultural Center</strong> – a creative and community hub for Native peoples in Chicago's northwestern suburbs – will create a series of videos that document the traditional use of plants in Native American healing and wellness practices. The project will interview Native elders on practices unique to their communities as well as document the planting, maintenance, and harvesting of a medicine garden. The videos will be made available on Trickster's website.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>“We are grateful to the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation for helping us inform the general public about traditional Native American plant medicine, and to be able to share this knowledge and cultural practices with our community,” said CEO <strong>Joseph Podlasek</strong>. “This project supports our vision of serving as an authentic first voice of Native American veterans and cultural arts.”</p><p>Organizations and projects located in the Lowcountry of South Carolina to receive the Broadening Narratives grants are: <strong>Clemson University’s </strong>project to preserve and share the story of the Seashore Farmers’ Lodge, a historic site founded by the African American Settlement Community of Sol Legare in the 1800s; <strong>Gibbes Museum of Art’s </strong>exhibit on artist Ned Jennings and the work of queer artists and writers during the 20th-century Charleston Renaissance; and <strong>The Educational Foundation of the University of South Carolina Lancaster’s </strong>research efforts at the Native American Studies Center to identify and preserve the largely undocumented traditions and stories of Native American tribes in the Lowcountry.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i><strong>About Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation</strong></i></p><p><i>The <strong>Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation</strong> supports land conservation, artistic vitality, and regional collections for the people of the Chicago region and the Lowcountry of South Carolina. &nbsp;</i></p><p><i>For over five years, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation has convened five advisory groups to assist with the formation and execution of the <strong>Broadening Narratives</strong> funding initiative by providing important feedback, keeping the Foundation apprised of trends in the field, and serving as valuable connectors and conveners. The groups include <strong>Black Metropolis Research Consortium</strong>, <strong>Chicago Collections Consortium</strong>,<strong>Chicago Cultural Alliance</strong>, the <strong>College of Charleston’s Lowcountry Digital Library</strong>, and the <strong>Southeastern Museums Conference.</strong></i></p><p><i>For more information on the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, visit </i><a href=\"http://www.gddf.org/\"><i>www.gddf.org</i></a><i>.</i></p></body></html>","published_at":"2021-12-09 12:00:00","state":"published","slug":"donnelley-foundation-announces-grant-funding-to-illuminate-underrepresented-stories","type":"NewsPost","meta_description":"","text":null,"created_at":"2021-12-09 19:56:08.473451","updated_at":"2021-12-09 19:56:14.009047","category_id":1,"highlighted":true,"searchable":"'000':190B '11':54B '1800s':1482B '1940':1244B '20':366B '2021':15B '2022':717B,747B '20th':822B,1504B '20th-century':1503B '25':189B '49':625B '50th':713B '8':14B 'abl':1401B 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The reopening is timed to coincide with Veterans Day. Active military personnel, veterans and their families will receive free admission that day.</p><p><br></p><p>The project includes a redesigned Lillian &amp; Larry Goodman Auditorium and Gallery, an enlarged lobby in the Shapiro Family Foundation Welcome Center, and a refreshed Resilience Hall with an expanded stage for presentations and public programs.</p><p><br></p><p>Updates to the Zev &amp; Shifra Karkomi Holocaust Exhibition include additional material on the roots of antisemitism, the story of Chicago resident Leo Edelman, and the experiences of other groups targeted by the Nazis. A new reflection gallery, accessible from the exhibition, offers visitors a quiet space during and after their visit.</p><p><br></p><p>“Every visitor’s experience now begins differently and runs deeper,” said Kelley Szany, the Museum’s senior vice president of education and exhibitions. “The new welcome center sets the tone from the moment people arrive, the enhanced core Holocaust exhibition brings the history and the voices of survivors into sharper focus, and our new auditorium gives us a place to gather, listen, and talk about what it means for our communities today.”</p><p><br></p><p>Existing attractions, including the virtual reality theater, the interactive Survivor Stories Experience holographic theater, the Take A Stand Center and the Voices of Genocide Exhibition, will remain part of the Museum’s offerings.</p><p><br></p><p>Following the reopening,&nbsp;<em>Blacklist: The Hollywood Red Scare</em>&nbsp;will open November 15 in the special exhibition gallery. Created by and on loan from Jewish Museum Milwaukee, the exhibition examines the intersections of politics, antisemitism, freedom of speech and national security during the Red Scare of the 1940s and 1950s. It will remain on view through March 2027.</p><p><br></p><p>The Museum’s satellite location in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, <span style=\"color: rgb(13, 13, 13);\">Experience360, </span>will remain open through December 31, 2026. The downtown space opened during the Skokie renovation to provide continued access to the Museum’s immersive exhibitions.</p><p><br></p><p>For information and ticket reservations, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ilholocaustmuseum.org</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><span style=\"color: rgb(136, 136, 136);\">Image: Museum exterior. 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Partners include the Richard Hunt Legacy Foundation, Adler University, CAI Designs, Chicago Public Art Group, Chicago Sculpture Exhibit and Diasporal Rhythms.</p><p><br></p><p>Born and raised on Chicago’s South Side, Hunt developed an internationally recognized practice while continuing to live and work in his hometown. His welded metal sculptures brought together abstract forms, references to the natural world and an enduring interest in freedom and social justice.</p><p><br></p><p>Hunt identified attending Emmett Till’s funeral in 1955 as a turning point in his artistic life. Till had lived just two blocks from Hunt’s home. Decades later, Hunt’s public commissions would honor figures including Martin Luther King Jr., Mary McLeod Bethune, Jesse Owens and Ida B. Wells, while also addressing the Middle Passage and the Great Migration.</p><p>In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson appointed Hunt to the National Council on the Arts, where he became its first African American member. In 1971, at age 35, he became the first African American sculptor to receive a retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. His career encompassed more than 150 solo exhibitions and more than 160 public art installations.</p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791479104/lltcodkx39gd8sbhtus1.png\"></p><p><em style=\"color: rgb(136, 136, 136);\">Richard Hunt with artist Chris Devins, who recently completed a mural honoring the sculptor in Hyde Park. Photo courtesy of Chris Devins.</em></p><p><br></p><p>Recent projects in Chicago offer new ways to encounter Hunt’s work and history. This fall, the Logan Center opened the Hunt, a café honoring the artist. Created and designed by Little Black Pearl founder and executive director Monica Haslip, the space incorporates two Hunt sculptures, African art, archival materials and photographs by Sandro Miller.</p><p>In Hyde Park, artist Chris Devins and historian Michelle Duster have brought a mural of Hunt to 1515–19 E. 54th Street. The portrait is based on photographs Devins took in Hunt’s studio before the sculptor’s death.</p><p><br></p><p>“Richard Hunt was a giant in the arts world and people need to see what he looked like and be inspired by his legacy,” Devins said.</p><p><br></p><p>Pigment International’s dedication also reflects its own relationship with Hunt. 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