Virtual Programs and New Education Department Staff

FAIN: ZED-283828-22

American Folk Art Museum (Long Island City, NY 11101-2409)
Rachel Rosen (Project Director: May 2021 to November 2023)

The hiring of a community engagement educator and the retention of six staff to develop ongoing virtual programs.

The American Folk Art Museum requests funding from the NEH to bolster Education Department initiatives: supporting and enhancing ongoing virtual programming and the addition of a new staff position, a Community Engagement Educator. Support will allow the Museum to build on the initial successes of virtual educational programs developed during the pandemic that reach a wide national audience. Support will also be used to hire a Community Engagement Educator, a new position that will capacity of the Education Department and deepen our engagement with diverse communities in New York and beyond. Both activities were identified as a priority in our new Strategic Plan, adopted December 2020, to increase our DEAI (Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion) engagement and impact.