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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
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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.
The E m ploym ent S tandards
Administration implem ents and en
forces labor laws pertaining to the
minimum w age,child lab or,affirm a
tive action and nondiscrim ination,
and w orkers’ compensation.
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