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Letitia Quesenberry, from the series little darlings, 2014–ongoing, panel, lacquer, photo, wax, resin, 6 x 5 x .25 in each, photo courtesy of the artist

Exchange and Dialogue: Supporting Practice Change in the Field

Musées partagés octobre 2022. Photo Anne Volery © Palais de la Porte Dorée

Foundation Report 2019–22

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The Terra Foundation fosters intercultural dialogues and encourages transformative practices to expand narratives of American art.

Our grant program, art collection, and initiatives support visual art projects engaged in reshaping how the story of American art is told.

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Terra Foundation Launches Art Design Chicago: A Citywide Event And Exhibition Series

Terra Foundation's Art Design Chicago continues into 2025, includes 50 Chicago-area arts organizations across 30 neighborhoods, and showcases the work of hundreds of artists.
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Convening Grants: Letters of Inquiry Due December 8

Grant support is available for programs that foster exchange and collaboration, such as workshops, symposia, and colloquia.
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Terra Foundation Collection

The Terra Foundation collection of American art includes over 750 paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, and sculptures by 242 artists.

Painting of a telephone wires above a house.

Joseph Stella, Telegraph Poles with Buildings, 1917

Frederic Edwin Church, The Iceberg, 1875

Painting of an Laotian boy wearing a red shirt.

Jamie Wyeth, Kalounna in Frogtown, 1986

Black and white lithograph of a spindle, draped fabric, and suggestions of a head.

Arshile Gorky, Mannikin, 1931

Abstract painting with four squares and three lines.

Albert Eugene Gallatin, Room Space, 1937–38

Painting of a boy and a cow, with buildings in the background and a black sky.

Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Boy with Cow, 1921

Painting of letters, newspapers, notebook, a feather, stamp, and other memorabilia held to a brown bulletin board by pinned, thin red tape.

John Frederick Peto, Old Time Letter Rack, 1894

Impressionist painting of a street scene in Paris. Two individuals and a dog are in the foreground, and a domed building is in the background. The sky is gray and cloudy.

Henry Ossawa Tanner, Les Invalides, Paris, 1896

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Headshots, clockwise from top left, of Kaywin Feldman, Henry P. Johnson, Catherine Sarr, Victoria Rogers

Terra Foundation adds Kaywin Feldman, Henry P. Johnson, Victoria Rogers, and Catherine Sarr to Board of Directors

May 3, 2023

Artwork featuring neon lights installed in a gallery space.

New Initiative Allocates $5M for Latinx Art in Museums

February 13, 2023

Las fundaciones Mellon, Ford, Getty y Terra anuncian una nueva iniciativa de $5 millones destinada al programa Advancing Latinx Art in Museums (Promoviendo el arte latino en los museos)

Grants Awarded June 2023

Exchange and Dialogue: Supporting Practice Change in the Field

Foundation Report 2019–22

The Terra Foundation fosters intercultural dialogues and encourages transformative practices to expand narratives of American art.

Announcements & Deadlines

Terra Foundation Launches Art Design Chicago: A Citywide Event And Exhibition Series

Convening Grants: Letters of Inquiry Due December 8

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Terra Foundation adds Kaywin Feldman, Henry P. Johnson, Victoria Rogers, and Catherine Sarr to Board of Directors

May 3, 2023

New Initiative Allocates $5M for Latinx Art in Museums

February 13, 2023

Las fundaciones Mellon, Ford, Getty y Terra anuncian una nueva iniciativa de $5 millones destinada al programa Advancing Latinx Art in Museums (Promoviendo el arte latino en los museos)