| PG-50134-07 | Preservation and Access: Preservation Assistance Grants | GRACE | Conservation Assessment of Contemporary Folk Art | 1/1/2007 - 11/30/2008 | $5,000.00 | Carol | A. | Putnam | | | | GRACE | Hardwick | VT | 05843 | USA | 2006 | Art History and Criticism | Preservation Assistance Grants | Preservation and Access | 5000 | 0 | 5000 | 0 | A preservation assessment of storage conditions and a conservation assessment for a collection of 1,300 artworks by Vermont contemporary folk artist, Gayleen Aiken.
Grant funds from the NEH's Preservation Assistance program would support Grass Roots Art and Community Effort (GRACE), a non-profit community arts organization to contract with M.J. Davis, private conservation specialist for the following: 1) a conservation assessment of a specific collection consisting of approximately 1,300 art works by Vermont contemporary folk artist, Gayleen Aiken to be added to the permanent and archival GRACE collections; 2) review GRACE's permanent and archival collection storage areas and make recommendations for improved storage and rehousing materials for this collection. Upon the completion of this project, a public exhibition of art works from the new acquisition by Gayleen Aiken will be scheduled at GRACE's Firehouse Gallery. |