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Page 7 Portland Observer AUGUST 17,1989 CONSTRUCTED IMAGES: NEW PHOTOGRAPHY Ford Foundation Commits $5 Million to Strengthen Black and Hispanic Art Museums The Ford Foundation today an nounced the first round of grants in a major new three-year, $5 m illion ini tiative to invigorate and fortify A m erica’s leading black and His panic art museums. Seven m useu m s-th ree in New York, and one each in San Francisco, Boston, Puerto Rico, and Hampton, V irginia-w ill share in grants total ing $840,000 to strengthen the care and m anagem entof their collections. In subsequent rounds o f grants to other museums, these m useum s will be eligible for further support. “ W e plan to help A m erica’s preem inent minority art museums address their curatorial and develop mental needs,” said Franklin A. Thomas, president o f the Ford Foun dation. “ These institutions, many of them bom o f the civil rights m ove ment or as part of the cultural expan sion surrounding the Bicentennial, have becom e the nation’s chief cu s todians o f black and Hispanic cul ture. They also play an essential role in supporting contemporary black and Hispanic art through exhibition pro grams. our intention is to encourage the kind o f institutional m aturation that will ensure the survival o f their collections into the next century.” According to Ruth M ayleas, pro gram officer for the arts at the Ford Foundation, “ These m useum s’ hold ings encom pass a wide range o f work from nineteenth century Puerto Ri can to pre-Hispanic Mexican to Harlem Renaissance, and many of these valuable collections are at risk. Black and Hispanic museums share with their mainstream counterparts the need to upgrade the care o f their collections, yet they have far fewer resources to carry out this critical w ork.” The chief concern o f the Founda tion’s arts program is to encourage the expression o f the human spirit, a goal closely related to its work in support o f education, human rights, and com m unity developm ent. Itdoes this in part through initiatives that promote cultural diversity, thereby enriching the texture o f American life. Foundation arts program s have offered training opportunities to m i nority artists, have broadened access to minority artists’ w ork, and have strengthened minority arts institu tions. The new museum program grew out o f two studies o f twenty-nine black and Hispanic museums com missioned by the Foundation during 1986 and 1987. The studies revealed an economically fragile, yet program m atically vibrant, group o f institu tions with rich and varied holdings that illum inate the cultural history of black and Hispanic people in the United States. Most have strong links to the com m unities they were cre ated to serve. They are, how ever, grappling with basic curatorial and adm inistrative problem s, and with a lack o f adequate storage and other facilities. The study identified the care and development of collections, strength ening managem ent, and staff train ing as priority concerns. This first round o f grants focuses on care and m aintenance to the collections. The Ford Foundation, established in 1936, is a private, nonprofit insti tution committed to preserving peace and advancing human welfare. A national and international philanthropy with an endowment of approximately $5 billion, the foundation has granted som e $7 billion to more than 9,000 institutions and 100,000 individuals worldwide. The Foundation m ain tains headquarters in New York City and has offices and sub-offices in fifteen countries in Latin Am erica, Africa, and Asia. The 150th anniversary o f the invention of photography was celebrated at the Studio Museum in Harlem during the gala opening o f C onstructed Images:New Photography and will be on display until Sept.24. The exhibi tion includes photographs com posed by 15 Black and Latin artists which involve com plex social and political issues, and reflect new ideas for the future o f photography. Supported by the Eastman Kodak Com pany, the exhibit is part o f the Schom burg C enter’s Traveling Exhibition Program. Pictured here (left to right): Frank Carbee, Kodak vice president/ northeast region; Essie Calhoun, K odak’s director of com m unity relations; Councilm an Hilton B. Clark (D-Harlem) of D istrict 5; K inshasha Conwill, The Studio M useum director and Raymond H. D eM oulin, vice president and general m anager o f K odak’s professional products division. BURRELL PUBLIC RELATIONS FORMS HISPANIC DIVISION To strengthen and expand its seg mented m arketing capabilities, B ur rell Public Relations Inc., the coun try ’s largest m inority-ow ned public relations agency, has established a Hispanic Marketing Division, accord- mg to Jam es H. Hill, the agency’s p resid en t and c h ie f operating officer.The new operation will be headed by M yrna G utierrez,w ho has been nam ed director-H ispanic M ar keting Division. She will report to Hill. “ Combining B urrell’s 18 years of experience in segm ented marketing with Ms. G utierrez’ com m unications background and know ledge o f the Hispanic m arket, com plem ents our current business direction and gready expands the agency’s expertise in segmented m arketing,” said Hill. Prior to joining Burrell Public R e lations, G utierrez was m anager, in ternational com m unications for W estinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh. W hile at W estinghouse, Gutierrez was responsible for the cor poration ’s overseas com m unications in over 20 countries. Prior to that, she was manager, community relations, and coordinator, communications for 7U P/RC Bottling Com panies of Southern California. Her responsi bilities included corporate image ad vertising, media relations and em ployee communications for the South w est and Puerto Rico Burrell Public Relations Inc. is a division o f Burrell Com m unications Group, which also includes Burrell Advertising and Burrell Consum er Promotions. The Chicago-based public relations firm has conducted program s for such m ajor com panies as M cD onald’s Corporation; Kraft G eneral Foods Group; Citicorp/Citi- bank; Citicorp Savings o f Illinois; Sara Lee Corporation; Brow n-For man Beverage Com pany; Polaroid Corporation; Illinois D epartm ent of Public Aid; Procter & G am ble, and the National Field Selling A ssocia tion. ia ia u la o lo o ln o lQ o ta o io a o o ia o io P iO B & CIAL TO HEAD EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS AD MINISTRATION Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole has applauded the S enate’s confir m ation, by unanim ous consent, of W illiam C. Brooks to be assistant secretary for the em ploym ent Stan dards Adm inistration (ESA). Brooks will oversee the W age- Hour Division, the O ffice o f Federal Contract Com pliance Program s and the O ffice o f W orkers’ Com pensa tion Program s. ESA is the largest agency within the Labor Department. In welcom ing Brooks, Secretary Dole said “ la m very proud that we have an appointee o f such high cali ber. Bill Brooks has a strong back ground in all aspects o f personnel and has served the G eneral Motors Corporation in executive positions for over 15 years.” From 1973 until January 1989, Brooks served in various executive positions at G M corporate headquar ters and its field operations. His prior federal governm ent service included the Office of Management and Budget, the Departm ent o f D efense, the Departm ent o f Labor, and the D e partm ent o f the Air Force. Brooks was executive director of personnel adm inistration for the General Motors Corporation based in Detroit. “ I look forward to return ing to Federal governm ent in an area where both Secretary Dole and Presi dent Bush have such a deep com m it ment. It is my sincere desire to im prove the quality o f life for every American w orker,” he stated. A graduate o f the Advanced M anagem ent Program at H arvard’s Business School, Brooks has a bache lor of arts degree from Long Island University and an MBA from the University o f O klahom a. He was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Florida A & M University. A native o f St.G cnevicve, Mo., Brooks has participated in numerous com m unity activities, including a M ember o f the Board o f Directors for the Detroit Urban League, the Detroit area chapter o f the Boy Scouts o f America, the Economic Action ¿ > Com m ittee o f New Detroit, Inc., and the National Black MBA Associa- lion--from which he received the “ Outstanding MBA of the Year A w ard” in 1980. Last year he re ceived the D etroit City C ouncil’s “ Recognition” award and the “ Spirit o f D etroit” award. Brooks is married and has three children. 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