To support a residency and professional development program at the Soul Center for the Arts in Florence, Italy, which includes ten fellowship grants for five Native American, three African American, and two Afro-Italian artists. This program provides the artists with space to work and opportunities to further cross-cultural dialogue regarding geographically displaced BIPOC experiences. Fellows will engage in public programs locally, and their art will be shared via the internet and through publications.

To support Black Chapel, the 2022 Serpentine Pavilion designed by visual artist Theaster Gates and constructed with the architectural support of Adjaye Associates. The pavilion will be open from June 10 to October 16, 2022, and will be accompanied by a series of live artist interventions and an illustrated catalogue examining Black Chapel within the larger context of Gates’s body of work.

To support “Sharing Museums,” a three-day event featuring roundtables focusing on four themes: migration museums’ approaches and relationships to contemporary art; museums’ connections to diasporas; diversity and inclusion; and the restitution of artworks. This public convening will be livestreamed, with recordings to be made accessible on the museum’s website. A bilingual edition of the museum’s journal Hommes & Migrations will be published following the event.

To support “Tools for De-modernizing,” a collective learning program that seeks to rethink the legacy of modernism within art institutions. This multi-pronged initiative includes the creation of a global network of peer institutions in the field of contemporary art along with the development and implementation of a training program co-designed by members of the network guided by principles of diversity and inclusivity. Drawing from Black, Indigenous, and queer cultures, the program encourages the development of more mindful and inclusive institutional practices through these trainings, as well as via in-person and online lectures and events, and the creation of a chapbook.

To support two six-month affiliated fellowships for early- and mid-career Chicago-based artists who identify as BIPOC, providing them with opportunities to work on their art, cultivate their practice with mentors, and make new connections in an interdisciplinary context.