CallOctober 29, 2021
The Paper Project: Prints and Drawings Curatorship in the 21st Century
In January 2018, the Getty Foundation launched The Paper Project: Prints and Drawings Curatorship in the 21st Century. This international initiative supports the training and professional development of emerging and mid-career curators specializing in printmaking, drawing, or paper-based media.
The Paper Project helps curators navigate the demands of the 21st-century museum, both by preserving traditional skills that have been passed down through generations of specialists and by supporting innovative efforts to make graphic arts collections accessible and relevant to today's audiences.
Previous grants awarded by The Paper Project have included support for curatorial projects, collections-based research, short-term traveling seminars, professional workshops, digital projects, exhibition projects, and publications at museums, libraries, archives, and other institutions working with prints and drawings. Please note that Paper Project Grants support individual curators indirectly; grants are only awarded to organizations.
We are currently accepting applications for the following types of Grants:
Project Support (Exhibition, Publication, Digital): Exhibition and Publication Grants help mid-career curators organize exhibitions and publications that showcase prints and/or drawings. These grants provide significant opportunities for curatorial innovation and professional development. Fellowships can support permanent exhibition projects based on collections or loans.
Digital fellowships help emerging, and mid-career curators execute an original digital project that showcases prints and/or drawings. Previously supported projects included virtual exhibitions, microsites, interactive galleries, digital publications, and digital public engagement. Please note that these grants are not suitable for sizeable digital infrastructure projects.
Workshop support: offers curators at any professional level the opportunity to organize face-to-face and virtual meetings with an emphasis on professional development and shared learning among curators on critical issues in the field of printmaking and drawings. Fellowships may also support skills-focused training and short courses or webinars. Please note that these grants are not intended to support public symposia, such as those accompanying an exhibition or recurring professional meetings or conferences.
The Getty is particularly interested in project proposals related to collections and themes in the history of prints and drawings that have not received adequate curatorial attention and have the potential to significantly contribute to the field. They welcome proposals from curator-led projects with specialization in prints and/or drawings of any period. Projects led by an eligible guest curator are also welcome, particularly an individual who brings expertise that is not currently represented on the curatorial staff of the applicant institution.
Awards range from $25,000 to $100,000. Awards of up to $125,000 will be considered for larger workshop projects involving travel for participants.
Further application information: https://www.getty.edu/foundation/initiatives/current/paperproject/paperprojectindex.html?fbclid=IwAR1FIWm6Quf9_MJVKF1c6wjNZk7lHR0av5vjWZxAZ2_ApDvf_2C6PEZAOyw
Dates to consider:
- Complete the Intent to Apply form by November 1, 2021.
- After submitting this form, eligible organizations that are invited to apply will receive a link to the Getty Foundation grant portal along with detailed application instructions. Foundation staff will guide as needed.
- Completed applications are due by December 1, 2021.
- Applicants will be notified by May 2022.
For more information or to sign up for The Paper Project mailing list, email thepaperproject@getty.edu.
The Paper Project helps curators navigate the demands of the 21st-century museum, both by preserving traditional skills that have been passed down through generations of specialists and by supporting innovative efforts to make graphic arts collections accessible and relevant to today's audiences.
Previous grants awarded by The Paper Project have included support for curatorial projects, collections-based research, short-term traveling seminars, professional workshops, digital projects, exhibition projects, and publications at museums, libraries, archives, and other institutions working with prints and drawings. Please note that Paper Project Grants support individual curators indirectly; grants are only awarded to organizations.
We are currently accepting applications for the following types of Grants:
Project Support (Exhibition, Publication, Digital): Exhibition and Publication Grants help mid-career curators organize exhibitions and publications that showcase prints and/or drawings. These grants provide significant opportunities for curatorial innovation and professional development. Fellowships can support permanent exhibition projects based on collections or loans.
Digital fellowships help emerging, and mid-career curators execute an original digital project that showcases prints and/or drawings. Previously supported projects included virtual exhibitions, microsites, interactive galleries, digital publications, and digital public engagement. Please note that these grants are not suitable for sizeable digital infrastructure projects.
Workshop support: offers curators at any professional level the opportunity to organize face-to-face and virtual meetings with an emphasis on professional development and shared learning among curators on critical issues in the field of printmaking and drawings. Fellowships may also support skills-focused training and short courses or webinars. Please note that these grants are not intended to support public symposia, such as those accompanying an exhibition or recurring professional meetings or conferences.
The Getty is particularly interested in project proposals related to collections and themes in the history of prints and drawings that have not received adequate curatorial attention and have the potential to significantly contribute to the field. They welcome proposals from curator-led projects with specialization in prints and/or drawings of any period. Projects led by an eligible guest curator are also welcome, particularly an individual who brings expertise that is not currently represented on the curatorial staff of the applicant institution.
Awards range from $25,000 to $100,000. Awards of up to $125,000 will be considered for larger workshop projects involving travel for participants.
Further application information: https://www.getty.edu/foundation/initiatives/current/paperproject/paperprojectindex.html?fbclid=IwAR1FIWm6Quf9_MJVKF1c6wjNZk7lHR0av5vjWZxAZ2_ApDvf_2C6PEZAOyw
Dates to consider:
- Complete the Intent to Apply form by November 1, 2021.
- After submitting this form, eligible organizations that are invited to apply will receive a link to the Getty Foundation grant portal along with detailed application instructions. Foundation staff will guide as needed.
- Completed applications are due by December 1, 2021.
- Applicants will be notified by May 2022.
For more information or to sign up for The Paper Project mailing list, email thepaperproject@getty.edu.
