Art Bridges Foundation

We love to hear from our partners about their experience collaborating with us to get art out of storage and into their community. Here's a word from?Vivian Zavataro, Executive and Creative Director at the Ulrich Museum of Art, who was our special guest as we launched our new webinar series last month! Join us for our next webinar on March 27 using the link below: https://lnkd.in/guXSqpwz

“Bill Viola: Moving Stillness” opens this Friday, March 22! Experience this monumental video installation by #BillViola, who was renowned for creating immersive environments that delve into profound themes of death, rebirth, fragility, and strength. Set against the backdrop of #MountRainier, an active volcano in Washington State, Viola’s work captures the dual nature of this majestic landscape—its serene beauty juxtaposed with the latent power for sudden, violent change. Shown in a darkened room, the installation features a calm pool of water reflecting a projected video of the mountain, accompanied by an immersive soundscape. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/e7jyCCC6 Exhibitions are made possible by assistance provided by the Westchester County Generous support for this exhibition is provided by Art Bridges Foundation #HRMBillViola #MovingStillness #Installation #Video #VideoInstallation #MtRainier #WashingtonState #Exhibition #NewYork #Westchester #Yonkers #HudsonRiverMuseum Image: Bill Viola (American, 1951–2024). “Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier, 1979,” 1979. Color videotape playback with rear projection reflected off a pool of water onto a suspended screen, in a large, dark room, water disturbed by hand at intervals, and amplified stereo sound: 8 in. × 10 ft. × 20 ft. On loan from Art Bridges. Photo: Kira Perov.

We love seeing our Museum professionals in their natural habitats! Congratulations to Nyree Dowdy and Chelsea Pierce for their hard work on the exhibition 'Define Yourself!,' now on view at Mosely Gallery. This exhibition is part of the Atlantic Coast Cohort Partnership of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the Mid-Atlantic Region, including University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Elizabeth City State University, and Norfolk State University. Thank you to the Art Bridges Foundation for sponsoring this exhibition. For more information, visit https://lnkd.in/euPzi5vH #ChryslerMuseum #DefineYourself #AtlanticCoastCohort

Let's meet the stars of our next webinar, coming up on March 27! Introducing... (insert drum roll??) - Susanna Temkin, Ph.D., Senior Curator at El Museo del Barrio, who will preview artworks that are available through our Partner Loan Network - Dr. Karli Wurzelbacher, Ph.D., Chief Curator at The Heckscher Museum of Art, who will dive into our very first exhibition of works by Emma Stebbins. You’ll also get a sneak peek at new acquisitions to the Art Bridges Collection from our Associate Curator?Javier Rivero Ramos, Ph.D., before?Brittany Vernon, MBA—Director of Engagement, Awards, and Impact—shares how your museum can drive community impact with Learning & Engagement support. Last but certainly not least, our wonderful host, Director of Partnerships Rashida Phillips, returns to guide the discussion. Will you be joining us? RSVP at the link below: https://lnkd.in/guXSqpwz

Did you know? Every Sunday at CMA is #FreeSundays thanks to the generous support of the Art Bridges Foundation Access for All program. #FreeSundays means free general admission for all visitors, regardless of age or address. Grab a friend, bring your family, or enjoy a solo visit and explore our newest exhibitions "Wild Earth: JB Blunk and Toshiko Takaezu" and "Louise Nevelson: Dawn to Dusk."

Relevance requires trust, and we love this exciting example of a museum trusting the public enough to be its partner in the way it exhibits art. Congratulations to Masha Turchinsky and Hudson River Museum for a creative use of support from Art Bridges Foundation and art shared by the Joslyn Art Museum. You don't need a survey to know that the public would appreciate more ways to see museums listen to them AND respond in real time.

The HRM is proud to announce it has been selected as a winner of Museum Association of New York 2025 Award of Distinction! The HRM is one of 14 museums and museum professionals across New York State honored this year. The Museum was recognized for its Free First Fridays initiative in the Engaging Communities category, which celebrates organizations that use exceptional and resourceful methods to engage their communities and build new audiences. #HRMFreeFirstFridays is made possible with generous support from Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program. Anne Kraybill, CEO, Art Bridges stated: "We are thrilled to celebrate the Hudson River Museum’s Award of Distinction from the Museum Association of New York for its Free First Fridays programming. We are honored to support this program through our Access for All initiative, which aims to increase access to museums across America and foster engagement with local audiences. The success of Free First Fridays, and acknowledgement from Museum Association of New York, demonstrates how impactful programs like this one successfully break down barriers to access quality art.” Read more at hrm.org/press Art Bridges Foundation #MANY #MuseumAssociationofNewYork #AccessForAll Images: Images: Left: Free First Fridays: Thunderbird American Indian Dancers, photo by Jason Green. Right: Free First Fridays: Free First Fridays: Salsa Night with DJ Antonio, photo by Kathryn Jagelka.

Thanks to Art Bridges Foundation for highlighting this fun interactive experience in conjunction with our exhibition "Order/Reorder: Experiments with Collections." Visitors were invited to arrange reproductions of artworks to tell their own visual story - grouping works according to subject matter, style, color, shape, pattern, design, aesthetic, or whatever came to mind! #HRMOrderReorder

Evaluation doesn’t have to be complicated. We love how our partner, the Hudson River Museum (HRM), used a programmatic approach to gather visitor feedback after reinstalling a selection of artworks, including several on loan from the Joslyn Art Museum through our Partner?Loan Network. Spoiler alert... this story does not involve a survey! HRM opened “Order / Reorder: Experiments with Collections,”?an exhibition co-curated by Laura Vookles and Bentley Brown, in June 2022. Throughout its run, which ended in the fall of 2023, the museum provided a magnetized reproduction of each artwork in its lobby alongside a prompt that encouraged visitors to curate another version of the show, organizing the works in a way that told their own visual story. After a few rounds of voting, HRM chose the most popular arrangement and reinstalled the works in its gallery to match.?? We always encourage our partners to think beyond the sometimes-overused survey and incorporate fun techniques, such as this, into their plans to determine how the public engages with artworks and how to improve upon future Learning & Engagement efforts. Have you ever participated in an interactive activity like this at a museum? If so, tell us about your experience in the comments! Photo by Steven Paneccasio.

Are you passionate about sharing the transformative power of art with others? Join our Learning & Engagement team and help our partner museums create interdisciplinary programming that engages audiences and connects communities everywhere! Visit the link below to learn more and apply: https://bit.ly/3F0v2VQ