{"id":166864,"date":"2023-08-22T09:14:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T09:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culture.org\/?p=166864"},"modified":"2023-08-22T09:14:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T09:14:43","slug":"helen-frankenthaler-foundations-historic-2-million-donation-to-smithsonian-american-art-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culture.org\/art-and-culture\/helen-frankenthaler-foundations-historic-2-million-donation-to-smithsonian-american-art-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Helen Frankenthaler Foundation\u2019s Historic $2 Million Donation to Smithsonian American Art Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explore Helen Frankenthaler Foundation makes a landmark donation of $2 million to the Smithsonian American Art Museum.<\/span><\/p>\n           <!--  <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n                jQuery(document).ready(function() {\r\n                    jQuery(\".key-accordion-item .key-menu\").on(\"click\", function() {\r\n                        if (jQuery(this).parent().hasClass(\"active\")) {\r\n                            jQuery(this).next().slideUp();\r\n                            jQuery(this).parent().removeClass(\"active\");\r\n                        } else {\r\n                            jQuery(\".key-content\").slideUp();\r\n                            jQuery(\".key-accordion-item\").removeClass(\"active\");\r\n                            jQuery(this).parent().addClass(\"active\");\r\n                            jQuery(this).next().slideDown();\r\n                        }\r\n                    });\r\n                })\r\n            <\/script> -->\r\n\r\n\r\n            <!-- start html -->\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"news-key-takeaway-wapper\">\r\n                                <span style=\"background-color:#4db2ee;\">Key Takeaways<\/span>\r\n                <ul class=\"news-key-nbox\" style=\"border-color:#4db2ee;background-color:rgba(77, 178, 238, 0.1);\">\r\n                                                        <li>The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation donates $2 million to the Smithsonian American Art Museum, marking the largest contribution in the fellowship program\u2019s 53-year history.<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>The donation will create the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Fellowship, focused on modern and contemporary American art.<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>The fellowship aims to foster academic and professional development among a diverse new generation of scholars and students.<\/li>\r\n                                                <\/ul>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            \n<h2><b>Frankenthaler Foundation Fuels the Future of American Art with $2 Million Donation<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a significant act of philanthropy, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation has bestowed a generous donation of $2 million to the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM). This substantial gift marks the largest donation that the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/art-and-culture\/top-10-must-visit-museums-in-america-a-journey-through-art-history-and-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">museum\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> fellowship program has received in its 53-year history. Additionally, it brings a monumental $10 million capital campaign for the fellowship program to its completion.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Sowing Seeds for the Next Generation of American Art Scholars<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The donation from the Frankenthaler Foundation will serve to establish an endowment for a fellowship, named the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Fellowship. This fellowship will be concentrated on modern and contemporary American art. The inaugural Frankenthaler Foundation Fellowship is slated to be awarded for the 2024-25 academic year, with the application deadline set for November 1, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Positioned within SAAM\u2019s Research and Scholars Center, the fellowship is designed to be accessible to scholars at every stage of their academic journey, from Ph.D. candidates to seasoned academics. This program is envisioned as an integral component in the research necessary for scholars to complete their dissertations or publish their books.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, the Foundation\u2019s $2 million donation is not solely tied to the new fellowship. It is also earmarked for professional development resources available to all fellows actively participating in the Research and Scholars Center.<\/span><\/p>\n                        <!-- <div class=\"container-c\"> -->\r\n                        <!-- <div class=\"row justify-content-between\"> -->\r\n                        <!-- <div class=\"col-post-800\"> -->\r\n                        <!-- start html -->\r\n                        <div class=\"blockquote-wapper\">\r\n                            <div>\r\n                                <span class=\"text_quot\">\r\n                                    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explore Helen Frankenthaler Foundation makes a landmark donation of $2 million to the Smithsonian American Art Museum.<\/span><\/p>\n                                <\/span>\r\n\r\n                                <div class=\"quot_icon\">\r\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-content\/themes\/culture\/icons\/i_quot.svg\" type=\"image\/svg+xml\">\r\n                                <\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"quot_tick\" src=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-content\/themes\/culture\/icons\/i_quot_tri.svg\" type=\"image\/svg+xml\">\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                        <!-- end html -->\r\n                        <!-- <\/div> -->\r\n                        <!-- <\/div> -->\r\n                        <!-- <\/div> -->\r\n                                    \n<h2><b>A Remedy for Academic Isolation and a Pathway to Collaborative Growth<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to SAAM Director Stephanie Stebich, the process of writing a dissertation or book can be isolating and arduous, and she sees the SAAM\u2019s fellowship program as an antidote to this solitude. &#8220;It is a nurturing space where scholars learn from each other, deepening and expanding their thinking,\u201d Stebich mentioned in a communication with ARTnews.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Appointed as SAAM\u2019s director in the spring of 2017, Stebich initiated the $10 million capital campaign the subsequent year, leading up to the fellowship program\u2019s 50th anniversary in 2020. She emphasized the museum\u2019s \u201coutsized impact as an educational and research institution\u201d and articulated the need for augmented funding to sustain its scholarly initiatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Philanthropy Reflecting a Legacy of Influence in American Art<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a detailed interview, Elizabeth Smith, the Executive Director of the Frankenthaler Foundation, underlined the alignment of the Foundation\u2019s donation with its enduring commitment to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/art-and-culture\/a-summer-spotlight-on-black-artists-in-u-s-museums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American art<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014a field that was pivotal to Frankenthaler herself. Smith passionately described SAAM\u2019s fellows as representing \u201can exciting cross-section of the best of the field.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Established during the artist\u2019s lifetime and activated in 2013, two years following Frankenthaler\u2019s death, the Frankenthaler Foundation has been vigorously supporting <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/history\/the-legacy-of-afro-hispanic-painter-juan-de-pareja-a-journey-from-enslavement-to-artistic-excellence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">art history<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and visual arts programs at various universities nationwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a parting note, Stebich said, &#8220;Helen Frankenthaler was one of the leading American artists of the twentieth century. Establishing an endowed fellowship in the Foundation\u2019s name, devoted to modern and contemporary art, seemed pitch perfect.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10028,"featured_media":166886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[410],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-and-culture"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166864"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}