{"id":6553,"date":"2021-02-10T21:44:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T21:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/new-grant-alert-mellons-monuments-project-seeks-to-challenge-narratives-behind-commemorative-spaces\/"},"modified":"2021-02-10T21:44:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T21:44:26","slug":"new-grant-alert-mellons-monuments-project-seeks-to-challenge-narratives-behind-commemorative-spaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/new-grant-alert-mellons-monuments-project-seeks-to-challenge-narratives-behind-commemorative-spaces\/","title":{"rendered":"New Grant Alert: Mellon&#8217;s Monuments Project Seeks to Challenge Narratives Behind Commemorative Spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-md-12 panel-display mccoppin clearfix \">\n<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 radix-layouts-column2 panel-panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-panel-inner content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-dynamic-token-fieldnode-gia-submitted-by field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item\">\n<div class=\"field--name-node-submitted-by\">Submitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.giarts.org\/blog\/Carmen%20Graciela%20D%C3%ADaz\">Carmen Graciela D\u00edaz<\/a> on February 10, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-dynamic-token-fieldnode-body field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item\">\n<p>The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation\u2019s Monuments Project initiative will fund, according to the announcement, five projects &#8220;focused on confronting the past and shaping the future by challenging the narratives behind America\u2019s monuments.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n<p>Launched last Fall, the Monuments Project is the foundation\u2019s $250 million grantmaking effort to &#8220;reimagine and transform commemorative spaces to celebrate America\u2019s diverse history.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>These grants will be awarded to the Emmett Till Interpretive Center, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), MASS Design Group, Prospect New Orleans, and the Social and Public Art Resource Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mellon.org\/news-blog\/articles\/mellon-foundation-announces-five-new-proposals-funded-through-monuments-project\/\">Read the announcement here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/.mccoppin --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted by Carmen Graciela D\u00edaz on February 10, 2021 The Andrew W. 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