Enhancing Digital Programming and Engagement at The Newark Museum of Art

FAIN: GA-274134-20

Newark Museum (Newark, NJ 07102-3109)
Silvia Filippini-Fantoni (Project Director: May 2020 to October 2022)

The retention of eleven employees, who would help transition the museum to virtual programming, provide teacher training, a engage in outreach to educational communities.

The Newark Museum of Art requests support for a project to enhance its capacity to develop and present virtual public programming for diverse audiences that includes humanities subjects and activities. This initiative will involve: i) digital program content development; ii) planning to support a concurrent website redesign project (which is being funded separately) that will strengthen the delivery of digital content; ii) staff training on effective digital engagement strategies; and iii) the implementation of a variety of digital programs and activities aimed at school, family, youth and adult audiences across the country and the world. The proposed project will enable the Museum to respond to the growing public demand for digital museum programming that has arisen due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It will also allow the Museum to retain a total of 11 current employees through the end of the December 2020.