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ges transformative practices to expand narratives of American art. About Mission Our Team Foundation Reports History Our Offices Newsroom Employment Grants Grants and Fellowships Grants Database Fellows Database Grantee Resources Collection Art Collection Loans Image Rights and Reproductions Library for American Art Stories Search Menu Close About Mission Our Team Foundation Reports History Our Offices Newsroom Employment Grants Grants and Fellowships Grants Database Fellows Database Grantee Resources Collection Art Collection Loans Image Rights and Reproductions Library for American Art Stories Search Grants Awarded Spring 2024 Woven in Wool curatorial team. Seated, left to right: Chepximiya Siyam’ Chief Janice George, Tillie Jones, Buddy Joseph. Standing, left to right: Siseenaxalt Gail White Eagle, Bethany Palkovitz, Katie Bunn-Marcuse, Kelly Robinson, sa’hLa mitSa Susan Pavel, Bridget Johnson, Olive Keilholtz, Michelle Cohen, Roxanne Hockett, Rose Mathison, Ashley Verplank McClelland. Salish blanket of mountain-goat wool in foreground. Burke Museum, Nov. 3, 2023. Photo Credit Burke Museum/Timothy Kenney. Art Design Chicago Grants Awarded Spring 2024 The "Chicago Sukkah Design Festival" is hosted at James Stone Freedom Square; landscape designed by Could Be Design and Nekita Thomas, working with Stone Temple Baptist Church. Photograph by Brian Griffin for the Chicago Sukkah Design Festival. Letter from our PresidentCEO, Winter 2024 Big Soldier family (Iowa Tribe) reunited with their grandfather’s breechcloth at First Americans Museum, 2023 [NMAI 027462.000]. Photo by James Pepper Henry. ← → 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. GrantFellowship Opportunities AnnouncementsDeadlines Grants Awarded Spring 2024 The Terra Foundation for American Art awarded 53 grants in spring 2024, totaling nearly $3.8 million of support for projects that broaden understandings of American art. Grants awarded include support for strategic initiatives, exhibitions, and Art Design Chicago. Learn More Art Design Chicago Grants Awarded Spring 2024 The Terra Foundation for American Art awarded 22 grants in spring 2024 through its Art Design Chicago initiative. Totaling nearly $820,000, these grants support projects that highlight Chicago’s unique artistic heritage and its creative communities. Learn More ← → Terra Foundation Collection The Terra Foundation collection of American art includes over 750 paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, and sculptures by 242 artists. Joseph Stella, Telegraph Poles with Buildings , 1917 Frederic Edwin Church, The Iceberg , 1875 Jamie Wyeth, Kalounna in Frogtown , 1986 Arshile Gorky, Mannikin , 1931 Albert Eugene Gallatin, Room Space , 1937–38 Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Boy with Cow , 1921 John Frederick Peto, Old Time Letter Rack , 1894 Henry Ossawa Tanner, Les Invalides , Paris , 1896 View the Collection Loans Stay connected Receive news about grant opportunities, collection projects, and partner features. Sign up for our newsletter News Terra Foundation Adds Ricardo Estrada to Board of Directors, Stephanie Harris Elected Chair, Amina Dickerson Elected Vice Chair December 4, 2023 Read More Read More Terra Foundation Launches Art Design Chicago: A Citywide Event And Exhibition Series November 3, 2023 Read More Read More Terra Foundation adds Kaywin Feldman, Henry P. 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