Public Program Revitalization Initiative

FAIN: ZPP-283248-22

Creative Glass Center of America (Millville, NJ 08332-1568)
Susan M. Gogan (Project Director: May 2021 to present)

Implementation of a series of programs with a focus on diversity and inclusion as well as the continuation of its postponed 50th Anniversary exhibitions and programming.

Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center will use NEH funding to implement the "Wheaton 50 Forward", a program revitalization initiative. As Wheaton prepared to celebrate its 50th Anniversary in 2020, an event to be commemorated with a year of programming celebrating the successes of the past, COVID-19 hit. Operations ceased and all programs and events were canceled or postponed. Now in 2021, informed by the sobering realities and devastating impacts of COVID-19, as well as the elevation of our need to address social injustice in operations and services, our focus turns to redefining the future. Our project will include institutional assessments, an interpretive plan informed by community input, and the implementation of programs that advance our mission “to engage artists and audiences in an evolving exploration of creativity” through the lens of sensitivity toward the needs of individuals, our community and our institution to recover and be sustained in an equitable, post-pandemic future.