National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

free exhibition-related programs including artist/scholar talks, performances, tours, and workshops. The
exhibition is anticipated to travel to the Bellevue Arts Museum in 2018.
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums (aka Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco)
$60,000 San Francisco, CA
To support "Stuart Davis: In Full Swing," and related educational and public programming. Co-organized by the
Whitney Museum of American Art and the National Gallery of Art, the traveling exhibition pays tribute to Stuart
Davis (1892-1964), one of the most important innovators in the evolution of American modernism and
abstraction. With approximately 75 works on display, ranging from his early paintings of commercial products
from the 1920s, to the canvas that was on his easel at the time of his death, the exhibition highlights Davis's
unique ability to assimilate pop culture influences-the aesthetics of advertising and the rhythms of jazz-with the
lessons of Cubism. The de Young will be the only exhibition venue west of the Mississippi. Comprehensive public
programming at the de Young is planned to complement the exhibition, including a month-long residency for a
local artist.
Currier Museum of Art
$15,000 Manchester, NH
To support "Soo Sunny Park: BioLath." Artist Soo Sunny Park (b. 1975) will create a large-scale, site-specific
installation out of Plexiglas and metal to investigate light, color, and visual perceptions. Installed in the Currier's
large, light-filled gallery, Park will make more than 50 self-standing, organic forms that take on natural
associations, such as human organs or boulders. Park will lead a workshop for children and will receive
assistance from local college students on the installation. Tours, hands-on activities for families, and a small, free
exhibition catalogue will complement the exhibition.
Denver Art Museum (aka Denver Art Museum)
$45,000 Denver, CO
To support the exhibition, "The Western: An Epic in Art and Film." The exhibition will feature more than 120
paintings, illustrations, film stills, and other objects that examine the visual culture that led to formation of the
"myth of the West." The content of the exhibition will show how the West was presented to the nation and the
world through the efforts of artists from the mid-19th century to the present. Thematic sections will introduce
landscapes from artists Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran; photographers Timothy O'Sullivan and Carleton E.
Watkins; and magazine illustrations by Frederic Remington and Charles Russell. Representations of race and
gender also will be explored with key images and clips from period films juxtaposed with contemporaneous
works by artists like Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. A panel discussion, and a catalogue will accompany the
exhibition.
Denver Botanic Gardens, Inc. (aka Denver Botanic Gardens)
$45,000 Denver, CO
To support the exhibition of works by Alexander Calder and accompanying catalogue. A partnership with the
Calder Foundation, the exhibition will feature approximately 10 large-scale outdoor sculptures by Calder (1898-
1976). Sculptures that demonstrate signature Calder forms and color will be on loan from the Calder Foundation
Collection, museums, and private collections, including "Funghi Neri" (1957), "Janey Waney" (1969), "Tripes"
(1974), and "Giant Critter" (1976). Lectures, family workshops, docent tours, film screenings, school tours, and a
web application that offers a free bilingual smartphone interface will be among the programs available for
visitors. The museum will provide docents with additional training to accommodate visitors with special needs
to offer hands-on experiences for the visually impaired.
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.