Detroit Institute of Arts receives grants from National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities Upcoming exhibition, DIA’s Research Library & Archives to benefit
Updated May 13, 2016
May 13, 2016 (Detroit)—The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) was awarded a $40,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support the exhibition “Bitter|Sweet: Coffee, Tea, & Chocolate,” which will be on view Nov. 20, 2016–March 5, 2017.The museum also received $40,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to be used toward an analysis and plan for the DIA’s archives.
The NEA grant supports “Bitter|Sweet: Coffee, Tea, & Chocolate,” which is organized by the DIA and traces the story of how these beverages appeared on European tables starting the in late 16th century. The artworks range from rare examples of porcelain and metalwork to important paintings, prints and sculptures. The exhibition explores themes related to the consumption of coffee, tea and chocolate, such as globalization, colonialism, sociability and the slave trade.
The DIA’s Research Library & Archives will receive the NEH grant that will be used toward an analysis and plan for the museum’s archives. The archives house primary source materials from 1883 to the present, provides global research services and includes artist correspondence, directors’ and curators’ papers, acquisition documents and other items of historical importance. These first-person accounts document the development of the DIA’s collections and include original correspondence from people such as Edsel B. Ford; Howard Carter, who discovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb; and artists, whose works are at the DIA, such as Diego Rivera, James McNeill Whistler and Mary Cassatt.
“We are very grateful for the generosity and longtime support of the NEA and the NEH,” said Salvador Salort-Pons, DIA director. “Supporting the funding of major exhibitions is crucial to help bring these outstanding artworks together for our community to enjoy.” He continued, “The NEH grant will tremendously facilitate the preservation of the DIA’s rich history. Our archive keeps documents of invaluable historic importance and is a fundamental source of information for scholars all over the world.”
May 13, 2016 (Detroit)—The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) was awarded a $40,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support the exhibition “Bitter|Sweet: Coffee, Tea, & Chocolate,” which will be on view Nov. 20, 2016–March 5, 2017.The museum also received $40,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to be used toward an analysis and plan for the DIA’s archives.
The NEA grant supports “Bitter|Sweet: Coffee, Tea, & Chocolate,” which is organized by the DIA and traces the story of how these beverages appeared on European tables starting the in late 16th century. The artworks range from rare examples of porcelain and metalwork to important paintings, prints and sculptures. The exhibition explores themes related to the consumption of coffee, tea and chocolate, such as globalization, colonialism, sociability and the slave trade.
The DIA’s Research Library & Archives will receive the NEH grant that will be used toward an analysis and plan for the museum’s archives. The archives house primary source materials from 1883 to the present, provides global research services and includes artist correspondence, directors’ and curators’ papers, acquisition documents and other items of historical importance. These first-person accounts document the development of the DIA’s collections and include original correspondence from people such as Edsel B. Ford; Howard Carter, who discovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb; and artists, whose works are at the DIA, such as Diego Rivera, James McNeill Whistler and Mary Cassatt.
“We are very grateful for the generosity and longtime support of the NEA and the NEH,” said Salvador Salort-Pons, DIA director. “Supporting the funding of major exhibitions is crucial to help bring these outstanding artworks together for our community to enjoy.” He continued, “The NEH grant will tremendously facilitate the preservation of the DIA’s rich history. Our archive keeps documents of invaluable historic importance and is a fundamental source of information for scholars all over the world.”