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Terra Foundation Adds Arthur Cohen and Martha Tedeschi to Board of Directors, Amina Dickerson Elected Chair, Kaywin Feldman Elected Vice Chair

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Terra Foundation Adds Ricardo Estrada to Board of Directors, Stephanie Harris Elected Chair, Amina Dickerson Elected Vice Chair

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

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

Artwork featuring neon lights installed in a gallery space. — Patrick Martinez: America is for Dreamers, a 2017 exhibition at VPAM curated by Pilar Tompkins Rivas with Joseph Valencia, who has assumed the role of Curator of Exhibitions there thanks to the ALAM initiative. Courtesy of VPAM and Charlie James Gallery, photo by Monica Orozco. Artwork © Patrick Martinez

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New Initiative Allocates $5M for Latinx Art in Museums

Artwork featuring neon lights installed in a gallery space. — Patrick Martinez: America is for Dreamers, a 2017 exhibition at VPAM curated by Pilar Tompkins Rivas with Joseph Valencia, who has assumed the role of Curator of Exhibitions there thanks to the ALAM initiative. Courtesy of VPAM and Charlie James Gallery, photo by Monica Orozco. Artwork © Patrick Martinez

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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)

Turry M. Flucker, photo by Mark Geil.

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Terra Foundation for American Art Appoints Turry M. Flucker as Vice President of Collections and Partnerships, a Newly Created Position

Four headshots arranged in a square. — Clockwise, from top left: Amina Dickerson; Eric T. McKissack; Amanda Williams, photo by Tony Smith; Ravi Saligram.

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Terra Foundation adds Amina Dickerson, Eric T. McKissack, Ravi Saligram and Amanda Williams to Board of Directors

Painting that is primarily red vertical marking painted over an image underneath, which appears only as blue, yellow, and green marks beneath the red. — Alma Thomas, Red Atmosphere, 1973, acrylic on canvas, 35" x 52", Tougaloo College Art Collections, 1973.072, Purchased by Tougaloo College with support from the National Endowment for the Arts

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Terra Foundation Awards $2.5 Million to US Arts & Culture Organizations for Permanent Collection Projects

Clare Muñana and Huey Copeland — Terra Foundation board members Clare Muñana and Huey Copeland.

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Terra Foundation Adds Huey Copeland and Clare Muñana to Board of Directors

A person looks into a plexiglass case housing teal-colored ceramics. — Visitors to Arte Diseño Xicágo: Mexican Inspiration from the World’s Columbian Exposition to the Civil Rights Era, National Museum of Mexican Art, 2018, supported by Art Design Chicago

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Five Foundations Commit $16 Million to Black, Latinx, Asian, and Indigenous Arts Organizations

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Terra Foundation Announces $8M COVID-19 Relief Fund for Visual Arts Organizations Engaging with Art of the United States

A woman with glasses and short brown hair is seated and smiling. — Photo by Greta Rybus.

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Sharon Corwin Appointed President & CEO of Terra Foundation for American Art