To support the V&A East Storehouse and Museum’s inaugural installation of Work + Progress, a program of artist’s commissions, workshops, talks, and events creating a dialogue between contemporary artists and the V&A’s collections and local communities. In the The Long Goodbye Carrie Mae Weems explores migration histories in East London and parallel sites in the U.S., such as Brooklyn, NY. The project illustrates the diverse make-up of British and American cities at the heart of the creation of new shared identities, engaging hyper-local audiences aged 16–25 and bringing together the knowledge of East London’s communities and the creative approach and work of Carrie Mae Weems.

To support a three-day workshop in New Orleans for emerging art writers addressing arts writing and reporting while focusing on Caribbean diasporic perspectives. The program offers participants the possibility to publish texts in Contemporary And (C&) and engages with questions linked to local contexts. The workshop is followed by a six-month mentoring program connecting mentee participants with local and international art writers with the aim of expanding their professional networks.

To support Building Constellations, an initiative that includes the creation of a global network of artists, curators, scholars, and activists fostering the inclusion of women and non-binary artists within academic and institutional fields, as well as a two-day international convening with network members to be held in Paris in fall 2024, followed by a half-day public event. Modeling collaborative and inclusive practices in its implementation through the introduction of new methodologies, horizontal learning, and knowledge transmission, the project’s outcomes will be shared through website postings, newsletters, and the social media channels of partnering organizations as well as arts-related mailing lists.