Enhanced art education platform for distance learning

The Barnes Foundation

Recipient

Grant Year 2021

Grant Amount $480,000

Status Active

Updated May 30, 2023

The Barnes Foundation plans to expand its online learning platform to produce and distribute arts education programs for pre-K–grade-12 students and adults. Virtual programs developed during the pandemic drew large and diverse audiences from the Philadelphia region and around the world. Now, research and analysis of current online education offerings and learners’ needs will inform a next-generation digital platform that will increase access to educational content and create a new earned revenue model.

The total grant amount represents project funding plus an additional 20% in unrestricted general operating support.

Recipient

The Barnes Foundation

The Barnes Foundation was established by Albert C. Barnes in 1922 to "promote the advancement of education and the appreciation of the fine arts and horticulture." The Barnes holds one of the premier collections of post-impressionist and early modern paintings, featuring works by Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso, and Modigliani; American masters such as Demuth, Glackens, Pippin, and Prendergast; alongside old master paintings; African sculpture; American paintings and decorative arts; antiquities from the Mediterranean region and Asia; and Native American ceramics, jewelry, and textiles.

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