February 7, 2011

MELLON FOUNDATION AWARDS MAJOR GRANT TO WEX and OSU TO FOCUS ON BRAZIL

Columbus, OH—The Wexner Center for the Arts and The Ohio State University have been awarded a $782,300 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a multidisciplinary, four-year initiative focusing on the vibrant visual and media arts culture in Brazil. The grant will support trans-institutional curatorial research and programming across exhibitions, film/video, and arts education—all in the spirit of developing in-depth and sustained creative and intellectual exchange with Brazil. Over time, the center’s engagement with Brazil will include artist residencies and commissions, a film project and series, a significant exhibition and catalogue, lectures, scholarly symposia, and a postdoctoral fellowship to be shared with OSU.

Details can be found here: http://www.wexarts.org/info/press/1011/mellon/

Media contact: Karen Simonian, ksimonian@wexarts.org or 614-292-9923