Terra Foundation for American Art Europe
In 2009, the Chicago-based Terra Foundation for American Art opened a resource center in Paris dedicated to serving international scholars and curators as well as the interested public. Terra Foundation for American Art Europe creates and disseminates new research on American art through institutional partnerships, academic programs, exhibitions, and publications, as well as residential programs in Giverny, France. In addition, Terra Europe supports the foundation's grant program, builds international connections between individuals and institutions, and provides access to resources on American art through a specialized library.
Exhibitions
Terra Europe facilitates the use of the Terra Foundation for American Art collection throughout Europe and works with curators to create opportunities for Europeans to view and study the visual art of the United States, through exhibitions, grants, and partnerships. Additionally, we organize exhibitions, provide curatorial assistance, and serve as a liaison for museums seeking international contacts and venues.
Academic Programs
Academic programs are developed in close collaboration with universities and museums throughout Europe to encourage research and teaching on American art and to create international forums for the exchange of ideas. These programs include lectures, workshops and symposia, research and teaching fellowships, and residential programs for scholars such as the Terra Summer Residency based in Giverny, France.
Terra Europe Events
Terra Europe offers lectures, workshops and symposia on current topics in American art and visual culture with an emphasis on cross–cultural and cross–disciplinary perspectives. These programs bring together international scholars, university students, museum curators, and artists.
Click below to see our spring 2012 program:
Click below for details about each event:
Residential Programs in Giverny
Functioning as a satellite of the Paris center, the Terra Foundation properties in Giverny provide an exceptional rural and historical environment conducive to reflection and dialogue. Scholars and artists meet in this informal setting to write, create or simply engage in discussions about American art. When not used by the Terra Summer Residency the facilities are available for programs with a direct tie to foundation programs or in partnership with cultural institutions. For more information, please contact information@terraamericanart.eu.
Publications
Terra Foundation for American Art supports publications related to exhibitions and academic programs funded through the foundation's international grant program. We also work to develop projects that make American art research more accessible in Europe and promote non–American scholarship on the visual art of the United States such as The Terra Foundation for American Art International Essay Prize, created in partnership with the Smithsonian American Art Museum's journal American Art.
Library
Housing a library on American art unique in Europe, the Terra Europe library
specializes in the art of the United States from the eighteenth century to the 1980s with a strong focus on titles covering the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The catalog records are available online. The library is open to the public upon reservation.
