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SIUE's University Museum Awarded $153K Museums for America Grant

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Monday, September 27, 2021
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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill., Sept. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The University Museum at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville was awarded a two-year $153,459 grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services as part of their Museums for America program.

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  • EDWARDSVILLE, Ill., Sept. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The University Museum at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville was awarded a two-year $153,459 grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services as part of their Museums for America program.
  • It will also provide a foundation for increased intellectual control and preservation of the Museum's ethnographic collections and expand the accessibility of the collections and associated data for both research and educational purposes.
  • "The value of the University Museum can be measured on multiple scales and differently by the many communities it serves," said Erin Vigneau-Dimick, executive curator of the SIUE University Museum.
  • The creation of improved records and digital surrogates will reduce unnecessary handling and increase remote access for university stakeholders.

My Black is Beautiful to Sponsor TEXTURES Exhibition at Kent State University Museum, Celebrating the Historic and Contemporary Connotations of Black Hair

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Thursday, September 9, 2021
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My Black is Beautiful, a community-first platform created for the Black diaspora that is committed to promoting positive representation of Black people and Black culture through the lens of beauty since 2006, today announced that it will sponsor The Kent State University Museums long-awaited exhibition, TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair.

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  • My Black is Beautiful, a community-first platform created for the Black diaspora that is committed to promoting positive representation of Black people and Black culture through the lens of beauty since 2006, today announced that it will sponsor The Kent State University Museums long-awaited exhibition, TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair.
  • Organized by the Kent State University Museum with co-curation from Kent State University professors, TEXTURES synthesizes new research in history, fashion, art and visual culture to reassess the hair story of people of African descent.
  • My Black is Beautiful acknowledges, elevates, and supports all that is beautiful about Black culture (shapes, shades, textures, identities, ages, and self-expression).
  • At this time, the Kent State University Museum is requiring everyone to wear face coverings regardless of vaccination status.