The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, named for the American abstract expressionist painter, announced on Wednesday that it had committed $10 million to the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative to help the nation’s visual arts institutions become more energy efficient.
“We wanted to help U.S. art institutions join the climate fray,” Fred Iseman, the president of the foundation, said in a statement. “There is a void to be filled, a crying need to provide technical know-how and financial support to art institutions to scope their needs, define problems and implement solutions.”
The first round of grants, which start at about $7,300 (the Laguna Art Museum in
Laguna Beach, Calif.) and include a top award of $100,000, totals $5.1 million and
includes 79 institutions in more than 25 states.
Fifteen of the institutions are in New York and are tentpole museums like the
Metropolitan Museum of Art ($50,000). Elsewhere, the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston ($100,000), and smaller museums like the William A. Farnsworth Library
and Art Museum in Rockland, Maine ($29,523), are also recipients.
The California Indian Museum and Cultural Center in Santa Rosa is using the funds
to create a more resilient power system and cleaner air system that will transform it
into a safe haven for at-risk residents during natural disasters like forest fires
($100,000), while the Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico will use a $50,000
grant to help it create an earthquake-safe museum. The Guggenheim ($35,000), the
Museum of Modern Art ($50,000) and the Davis Art Museum at Wellesley College
in Massachusetts ($100,000) are using the grants to help them become carbon
neutral.
An additional $4.9 million is set to be awarded over the next two years, with the
next grant cycle expected to open in early 2022. A full list of grantees is available at
frankenthalerclimateinitiative.org.
“We wanted to help U.S. art institutions join the climate fray,” Fred Iseman, the president of the foundation, said in a statement. “There is a void to be filled, a crying need to provide technical know-how and financial support to art institutions to scope their needs, define problems and implement solutions.”
The first round of grants, which start at about $7,300 (the Laguna Art Museum in
Laguna Beach, Calif.) and include a top award of $100,000, totals $5.1 million and
includes 79 institutions in more than 25 states.
Fifteen of the institutions are in New York and are tentpole museums like the
Metropolitan Museum of Art ($50,000). Elsewhere, the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston ($100,000), and smaller museums like the William A. Farnsworth Library
and Art Museum in Rockland, Maine ($29,523), are also recipients.
The California Indian Museum and Cultural Center in Santa Rosa is using the funds
to create a more resilient power system and cleaner air system that will transform it
into a safe haven for at-risk residents during natural disasters like forest fires
($100,000), while the Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico will use a $50,000
grant to help it create an earthquake-safe museum. The Guggenheim ($35,000), the
Museum of Modern Art ($50,000) and the Davis Art Museum at Wellesley College
in Massachusetts ($100,000) are using the grants to help them become carbon
neutral.
An additional $4.9 million is set to be awarded over the next two years, with the
next grant cycle expected to open in early 2022. A full list of grantees is available at
frankenthalerclimateinitiative.org.
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